Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi

A very popular side dish known by people who watch K-pop, K-drama, and just love Korea know about kimchi. Kimchi is a national dish and there are many different kinds of it. The most known type is the one made with cabbage. When eating kimchi never expect all of them to taste the same because eat taste depends on the person/ company who made it. Some can be sour, some can be spicy, and some can be a mixture of both. The kimchi that I made was the Cucumber version, which is very tasty. This is actually my first time making any kind of kimchi so i was very worried that the dish was going to be hard to make, however to my surprise it was really simple. 

I never knew that to make the cucumber kimchi I had to use salt to coat the cucumbers, but I didn't use the regular salt I had to use sea salt. After salting it I had to wait an hour before I could so anything else (Song). After putting the salt with the cucumbers the amount of water did decrease.

The type of cucumbers really effect how the out come of the dish would be. There is a specific type of cucumber that is supposed to be used when making this "Traditional British cucumbers are not the best choice for this recipe- large smoothed gherkins or ridge cucumbers are better. They have a firmer texture, with less watery flesh and are used for all types of pickles..." (Song) This makes a lot of sense because traditional British cucumbers are very juicy and soft. However when you eat these at a Korean BBQ restaurants they are very crunchy. This was really fun to make and taste delicious, I dare those of your guys who haven't tried this before to go out and make it! 

What are some dishes you guys have made and what are some tips that you learn to make the dish taste better?

Citation:  Song, Young Jin. The Food & Cooking of Korea. London: Lorenz, 2007. Print.