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You can not only pickle and pickle cucumbers, but also prepare delicious salads from them. The piquancy of such preparations is given by the special crunch of cucumbers, which must certainly be preserved. There are many options for preparing cucumbers for the winter. There are recipes both with and without sterilizing jars.
Today we will tell you how to prepare a spicy cucumber salad for the winter with various additional ingredients. We recommend making several jars to try, so that in the future you can choose the option that suits your family’s taste the most.
Useful tips
Every housewife dreams that her preserves will be stored all winter. There are several secrets that will help you get rid of “explosions” in a peaceful kitchen:
- Never use iodized salt to prepare salads from cucumbers and other vegetables. It is because of this that the preserved food begins to ferment, the vegetables soften, and the lids swell. The contents of such jars are hazardous to health.
- The size of the cucumbers will depend on the conditions described in the recipe. For some salads, tender cucumbers are chosen; for others, overgrown cucumbers with seeds are suitable. But still, the preservation turns out aromatic and tasty.
- For storage in the cellar, basement or refrigerator, cucumber snacks do not need to be sterilized. But if salads prepared for the winter will be in the kitchen cupboard, then we recommend carrying out this procedure.
Now let’s get straight to the recipes for a spicy cucumber salad for the winter.
Variations on a theme
We bring to your attention several options for salads with cucumbers for the winter. Moreover, even the ingredients will be different. We recommend preparing cucumber salads in small portions according to different recipes. Imagine what variety of snacks you will have in winter. Every time a new delicious salad!
The salad is amazing
The salad received this name after the first taste by family members. They said one word in one voice - amazing. Preparing a spicy cucumber salad for the winter is simple and does not require sterilization. It can be eaten cold or hot, used as a side dish or as an independent dish. Spicy cucumbers with black bread are especially good.
Take vegetables per kilogram:
- cucumbers (any size);
- ripe fleshy tomatoes;
- sweet bell peppers of different colors;
- onion;
- several cloves of garlic;
- vegetable oil – 1 cup;
- salt and ground black pepper (red or black) to taste;
- vinegar essence – 1 tablespoon
If you eat it right away, then do without this seasoning, but be sure to use it for winter.
Cooking method
- Wash the vegetables for the spicy cucumber salad thoroughly with cold water. If there is no running water, change the water several times.Place them on a napkin to dry.
- We trim the cucumbers on both sides and cut them: thin ones into circles, thick ones into half rings. For tomatoes, remove the place where the stalk is attached. There is no need to peel the peel. Gut the sweet pepper, remove the seeds and membranes. We rinse again. Peel the garlic and onions. Vegetables for salad for the winter are cut into half rings into separate cups. Tomatoes in slices.
- Place the cucumbers in a saucepan, add salt and pepper, leave for a quarter of an hour until the juice appears.
- Place onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, pour oil. Mix carefully. Let it sit for another ten minutes and put it on the stove, covering the salad with spicy cucumbers with a lid. From the moment of boiling, cook the salad for no more than 25 minutes. Pour vinegar, add chopped garlic and simmer for another 5 minutes.
A spicy salad for the winter with an amazing cucumber taste is ready. Place in sterile jars, roll up with screw or tin lids, turn upside down and wrap. After a day, remove it to any cool place.
Spicy salad
To prepare a spicy, spicy cucumber salad for the winter, stock up on:
- cucumbers – 1 kg 300 g;
- carrots – 0.4 kg;
- bell pepper - 2 medium-sized pieces;
- ripe tomatoes – 1 kg 500 g;
- onions - 2 large heads;
- salt – 5 teaspoons;
- sugar – 2 teaspoons;
- ground black pepper – 1.5 teaspoons;
- sunflower oil (refined) – 300 ml;
- vinegar essence - 1.5 teaspoons.
How to cook
First, for a delicious cucumber salad, prepare all the vegetables and wash them thoroughly.
Peel the carrots and cut into thin strips.
Peeled and washed onions - cubes.
Chop sweet bell peppers of different colors into half rings.
We cut off the nose and butt of the cucumbers, cut them into rings, half rings or cubes, as you like.
Grate the prepared tomatoes for the spicy cucumber salad on a coarse grater. The tomatoes should be meaty. We start from the top of the head. The peel and space for the stalk remain in the hands. And in the cup there is tomato paste. Pour the mixture into a saucepan, adding a quarter of a glass of cold water, and place on the stove. From the moment of boiling, simmer the tomatoes for no more than 10 minutes.
First add carrots, onions and sweet peppers, salt, sugar, sunflower oil, and ground black pepper to the boiling tomato mass. Cook for a quarter of an hour. Then pour in the cucumbers. Simmer for no more than 5 minutes. Add vinegar and after five minutes remove the pan from the stove, transfer the salad with spicy cucumbers into ready-made jars. We roll it up, put it on the lids and under the fur coat. We put it away for storage after the salad has cooled completely.
Cucumbers in tomato paste
This option is absolutely gorgeous. After all, there is often no time to look into a cucumber greenhouse; the fruits outgrow and even turn yellow. But there’s nowhere to throw away the cucumbers, and it’s a shame. As a matter of fact, there is no need to do this. Spicy cucumbers are made from “overgrown” cucumbers.
What you need for the salad:
- cucumbers – 4.5 kg;
- garlic – 2 large heads;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- refined sunflower oil – 1 cup;
- clean water – 1 glass;
- tomato paste – 1 liter;
- non-iodized salt – 2 tablespoons;
- vinegar 70% - 1 tablespoon.
This is perhaps the easiest and simplest recipe for a spicy cucumber salad.
First cut the washed and dried cucumbers into strips and then into small cubes.
We remove the outer clothing from the garlic, and then remove the transparent film from each clove. Grind it with a garlic press.
Place the cucumbers in a large flat bowl, add water, granulated sugar, salt, tomato paste, sunflower oil. Mix everything carefully so as not to disturb the integrity of the cucumber pieces and place on the stove. First on high heat. After boiling, reduce the temperature to a minimum and boil the salad for 10 minutes.
Add chopped garlic and pour in vinegar. Cook for 10 minutes and immediately place in clean, sterile jars. You can roll up screw or tin lids on a turnkey basis. Leave the jars with the delicious salad upside down under the fur coat until they cool completely.
This preparation can be stored well for the winter, even on the bottom shelf of a kitchen cabinet. A spicy cucumber salad with boiled potatoes or meat is very good. Bon appetit.
Nezhinsky
Are your cucumbers overripe and you don’t know what to do with them? Feel free to pick them and take them to the kitchen. We will recycle it and make another simple spicy salad for the winter.
So, we will need:
- 4 kg of cucumbers;
- 3 kg onions;
- 4 large spoons of non-iodized salt;
- 200 ml 9% table vinegar;
- 60 grams of a mixture of allspice and black peppercorns;
- a glass of vegetable oil.
This recipe is long-lasting and takes about two hours. But the finished savory snack is worth it.
Cooking steps
- We wash the vegetables. Cut off the ends of the cucumbers and cut them as you please: rings, half rings, cubes.
- Peel the onion and rinse with cold water. According to the recipe, we cut this vegetable into half rings.
- Combine the slices in a large flat bowl, add sugar, salt, allspice and black pepper. It is better to mix the vegetables with your hands so as not to mash the vegetables.
- Cover the basin with a lid. Do not touch the vegetables for half an hour. During this time, the cucumbers will be saturated with salt and sugar and will give juice.
- Place the pan on the stove at the highest temperature. As soon as the vegetables boil, switch to low heat and simmer the cucumber-onion salad for another 10 minutes.
- Pour in vegetable oil (it is better to use refined oil, but lovers can use regular fragrant oil) and table vinegar. We increase the temperature again. When boiling, reduce to low. During cooking, cucumbers settle to the bottom, so to avoid burning the mass, the appetizer must be stirred constantly.
While our appetizer was cooking, the jars and lids were sterilized. After all, you need to put vegetable preparations for the winter straight into hot jars. After rolling, turn them over and wrap them up.
We store the cooled jars in a dark and cool place.
Conclusion
As you can see, you can always find a use for cucumbers. You shouldn’t limit yourself to just pickles and marinades. Cucumber salads always turn out tasty and aromatic. Due to the fact that heat treatment is limited in time, useful microelements and vitamins are preserved in vegetables.
The cucumber itself, as well as the additional ingredients, are low in calories. Therefore, cucumber snack is an excellent option to include in your diet for weight loss.By spending a little time, you will provide your family with all kinds of pickles for the whole winter.
