Cucumber Kimchi (Oi Gimchi)

Ingredients

• 6 cloves garlic
• 4 ¹/₃ cups water
• ¹/₃ cup table salt
• 10 pickling cucumbers
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon coarse sea or kosher salt
• ¼ cup Korean chile powder
• + 3 more ingredients
• • 5 green onions
  • ½ bunch Korean leeks (buchu)
  • ½ onion

Cut the cucumbers lengthwise into quarters and place in a large bowl. Dissolve the table salt in 4 cups of the water and pour over the cucumbers. Soak the cucumbers for about 20 minutes. Combine the garlic, onion, Korean leeks, green onions, chile powder, and sea salt in another large bowl. Remov...

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