Japanese Pickled Carrots
Ready In: 23 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup mizkan rice vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup mirin
- 1⁄2 cup sesame oil
- 1⁄2 cup black sesame seed, lightly toasted
- 12 carrots
- salt
Directions
- Boil water in a medium pot and add about a heaped teaspoon of salt.
- In a large porcelain bowl, place the 3 ingredients, rice vinegar, mirin and sesame oil.
- In a separate bowl, grate carrots with a mandolin, about an inch in length.
- When the water starts bubbling, add in the grated carrots to blanch.
- Count to 10.
- Remove carrots and drain.
- Toss carrots into bowl with the 3 ingredients and mix well.
- Add sesame seeds and toss again.
- Let it cool to room temperature.
- Squeeze them into a few medium size jars with the remaining juice.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Stays crunchy and fresh for months!
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