Delicious Korean pickled perilla leaves in soy sauce brine
10 min
Serves
5
Easy
Asian
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 32 leaves perilla (98 g / 3.5 oz)
- 10 Tbsp soy sauce (, regular (I use naturally brewed kikkoman soy sauce.)
- 1 tsp Korean chili flakes (gochugaru)
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp spring onion (, finely chopped)
- 2 Tbsp green chilies (or red chilies, (optional), finely chopped)
Preparation
Not specified
Cooking
- Rinse the perilla leaves in cold running water and drain/air dry them while left in the colander.
- While waiting for the perilla leaves to dry, prepare the seasoning sauce.
- Place the perilla leaves in stacks in a large (glass) container (with a lid).
- Spread (about 1 Tbsp worth of) seasoning sauce on top of the perilla leaf.
- Repeat this process for every 3 leaves for the rest of leaves.
- As it is already stacked, you will have to lift the leaves at every third interval with one hand while the other hand is spreading the sauce.
- You don’t need to spread the sauce on every leaf.
- If you have any sauce leftover, pour it onto the stacked leaves.
- If you run out of sauce, tip the container and scoop out the sauce from the bottom corner of the container and spread it over the perilla leaves.
- Close the lid and move the container to the fridge.
- You can start eating this from the next day.
- Serve it with a hot bowl of rice.
- (It can be stored in the fridge for at least one week.
- Though traditionally this dish was made during the summer months when many perilla leaves are available and consumed through the summer to winter.).
Plating & Serving
Not specified
Suggested Sides
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