Quick Pickled Cabbage
12 servings
90 minutes
Quick pickled cabbage is a classic dish of Russian cuisine, filled with freshness and spiciness. This recipe allows you to get a crispy, aromatic snack in just a few hours, enriched with juicy notes of sweet pepper, carrot, and onion. Historically, cabbage was fermented for winter storage, but modern pickling techniques have sped up the process while preserving the traditional flavor. The perfect balance of salt, sugar, and vinegar gives the cabbage a pleasant sweet-sour sharpness, while vegetable oil makes the texture more tender. This snack can be served as a side dish to meat dishes, used in salads or simply enjoyed for its rich flavor on its own. With each passing day, pickled cabbage becomes even more aromatic, revealing new flavor nuances and providing a sense of home comfort.
1
Prepare all the products.
2
Chop the cabbage into thin strips.
- Cabbage: 2.5 kg
3
Grate the carrot on a coarse grater.
- Carrot: 500 g
4
Cut the pepper into strips.
- Red sweet pepper: 500 g
5
Chop the onion finely.
- Onion: 500 g
6
Transfer the cabbage to a bowl, add the carrot, mix, gently mashing.
- Cabbage: 2.5 kg
- Carrot: 500 g
7
Add onion and sweet pepper, mix.
- Onion: 500 g
- Red sweet pepper: 500 g
8
Put salt, sugar, vinegar, and vegetable oil in a bowl and mix.
- Rock salt (halite): 2 tablespoons
- Sugar: 125 g
- 9% table vinegar: 120 ml
- Vegetable oil: 120 ml
9
Pour the marinade into the cabbage and mix.
- 9% table vinegar: 120 ml
10
Leave the cabbage on the table for 30 minutes.
11
Put the cabbage in jars and store it in the refrigerator.
12
You can try it in 3 hours — the cabbage will taste better each day.