📋Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Do Chua)

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📋Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Do Chua)

Pungent pickled carrots and daikon are essential in Vietnamese dishes like Vietnamese sandwiches (banh mi), grilled pork and noodles, com tom, noodles bowls, egg rolls, and more. This easy-to-make instant vegetable pickle will stay in the fridge for 2 months.

Prep Time15

Pickling Time2

Total Time2 15

Course: condiments, pickles

Cuisine: Vietnamese

Servings: cups

Calories: 130kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

2 medium-sized carrots
1 large daikon white radish
1 ½ cup water
½ cup rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
½ cup sugar
4 teaspoons kosher salt

Instructions

Boil water. To boiling water add rice wine vinegar, sugar, and kosher salt. Mix well until sugar is dissolved. Leave the liquid aside to cool it down to room temperature.
Meanwhile, cut carrots and daikon.
Peel carrots. Cut into 2-inch-long pieces. Cut 2mm planks. Stack up a couple of planks together and cut them into thin even sized matchsticks.
Peel daikon. Cut into 2-inch-long pieces. Cut 2mm planks. Stack up a couple of planks together and cut them into thin even sized matchsticks.
Add julienne vegetables to a clean dry glass jar.
Pour room-temperature pickling liquid over it, ensuring the vegetables are covered.
Leave it for 2 hours or until vegetables are tender but have a nice crunch.
Store in refrigerator, it’ll keep for 2 months.

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Notes

Use a sharp knife to cut carrots and daikon matchsticks. If using a mandolin slicer, slice the vegetables into 2mm thick juliennes.
The readiness of the pickle can vary depending on the thickness of the vegetables.
You can use any ratio of the two vegetables, usually, I find a 50:50 ratio works best. If you can’t find daikon (radish) double up the carrot.
Optional step – Add salt to carrot and daikon matchsticks, toss well, leave it for 15 minutes, and remove the moisture. Then pour pickling liquid. This helps with removing moisture and making sure the carrot doesn’t leave an orange stain in the pickling liquid.

Nutritional Info – Please remember that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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