Pickled Radish
  • Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 4 yield(s)
Prep Time: 420 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 425 mins
Ingredients
  • 3 bunches daikon radishes
  • 2 oz salt
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp mirin
  • 3.5 oz sugar
  • 3 tbsp bonito flakes
  • 1 tbsp threaded kelp
Instructions
  1. Wash the daikon radish and slice it about 15cm long and 5mm thickness.
  2. Sprinkle salt over the sliced daikon and toss them to evenly coat daikon with salt. Leave it for 6-7 hours.
  3. Combine the rice vinegar, mirin, and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring it to boil over medium heat, when all the sugar has dissolved, turn the heat off and let it cool down.
  4. After 6-7 hours, drain and squeeze out the excess water off the sliced daikon radish. ( do not wash them )
  5. Lay the daikon radish into a large container and sprinkle a little bit of bonito flake, kelp, and vinegar mixture. Repeat the process until all the ingredients are used.
  6. Leave it in room temperature for a week.