Cucumber kimchi (Oi-sobagi: 오이소박이)

Summary by Krater

Maangchi demonstrates how to make Oi-sobagi, a spicy stuffed cucumber kimchi, step by step from salting the cucumbers and preparing the vegetable filling to stuffing and serving with barley rice.

From the video

Answers: How do I make spicy stuffed cucumber kimchi (Oi-sobagi)?

• Oi-sobagi preparation
• Cucumber salting
• Kimchi stuffing technique
• Korean side dishes

Ingredients

• 2 pounds kirby cucumber
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 cup bu-chu (Asian chives)
• 1 cup onion
• 1 medium carrot
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup hot pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• sesame seeds

What it concludes

• Oi-sobagi can be made in 30 minutes with a 20-minute salting time.
• Leaving stuffed cucumber kimchi on the kitchen counter for a few days makes it sour and pickled.
• Non-spicy soups like doenjang-guk or radish beef soup pair well with Oi-sobagi.