8 Easy Ways to Make Light & Refreshing Japanese Pickles a.k.a. ASAZUKE

Do you know “Asazuke,” Japanese pickles that can be made in a short time?
Try our healthy and delicious lightly pickled pickles, Asazuke using your favorite vegetables and Japanese seasonings. (Japanese Pickles Recipe / Tsukemono Recipe)
We will share 8 ideas using various vegetables so you can find your favorite combination.

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【CHAPTER】
00:00 Yamitsuki Cucumber
04:02 Mugen Cabbage
06:40 Pickled Yam and Cucumber with Umeboshi Flavor
10:01 Refreshing Napa Cabbage Asazuke
12:40 Quick and Easy Celery Asazuke
14:54 Carrot Asazuke with Miso Twist
17:01 Umami-Rich Daikon Asazuke
19:40 Zesty and Crunchy Three-Vegetable Asazuke

1. Yamitsuki Cucumber

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・7 oz (200g) Cucumber
・Salt (for preparing cucumbers)

・A pinch of Salt
・A pinch of Sugar

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tbsp Rice vinegar
・1 tsp Soy sauce
・1 tsp Mirin
・1 tsp Sesame oil
・A pinch of Dashi powder
・1/3 tsp Grated garlic
・Chili pepper (optional)
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2. Mugen Cabbage

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・7 oz (200g) Cabbage
・1 tsp Salt

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tbsp Rice vinegar
・1 tbsp Sesame oil
・1/2 tbsp Sugar
・1 tsp Grated garlic
・1 tsp Grated ginger
・1/2 tsp Ra-yu (Chili oil)
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3. Pickled Yam and Cucumber with Umeboshi Flavor

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・3.5 oz (100g) Japanese yam (Yama-imo)*
*You can also use Chinese yam (Naga-imo)

・7 oz (200g) Cucumber
・Salt (for preparing cucumbers)

・A pinch of Salt
・A pinch of Sugar

・1 Umeboshi (Pickled Japanese plum)

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tbsp Rice vinegar
・1/2 tbsp Beet sugar or Honey
・2-3 tbsp Dried bonito flakes (Katsuobushi)
・A pinch of Dashi powder
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4. Refreshing Napa Cabbage Asazuke

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・12.3 oz (350g) Napa cabbage (Chinese cabbage)
・1 tsp Salt

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1/2 tsp Dashi powder
・1-2 tsp Orange marmalade (optional)
・Chili pepper (optional)
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5. Quick and Easy Celery Asazuke

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・3.5 oz (100g) Celery

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tsp Rice vinegar
・1 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Sesame oil
・A pinch of Salt
・A pinch of Dashi powder
・Chili pepper (optional)
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6. Carrot Asazuke with Miso Twist

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・2 oz (60g) Carrot
・A pinch of Salt

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tbsp Miso paste
・1/2 tbsp Mirin
・1 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Grated ginger
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7. Umami-Rich Daikon Asazuke

Ingredients [for 2-3 servings]
・4.2 oz (120g) Daikon
・A pinch of Salt

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1 tsp Salted kombu (Shio-kombu)
・1 tsp Sesame oil
・1/2 tsp Soy sauce
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8. Zesty and Crunchy Three-Vegetable Asazuke

Ingredients [for 4-5 servings]
・3.5 oz (100g) Cabbage
・3.5 oz (100g) Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach)
・2.8 oz (80g) Daikon
・1 tsp Salt

Seasoning for Asazuke
・1.5 tbsp Rice vinegar
・2 tsp Sugar
・A pinch of Dashi powder
・1 tsp White sesame seeds
・Chili pepper (optional)
・4-5 sheets of Shiso leaves (optional)

[sarahyip]

Thanks for this variety of pickles. I always add a blanched vegetable as side dish to my instant noodles. Now, here's what I do: I blanched okra today just enough to soften them then I pour the premixed seasoning of soy sauce, vinegar, oil, pepper and sugar (as recommended here) onto the bowl of blanched hot okra. Voila... a tastier vege dish to go with my noodles 😊 Thanks for the inspiration!

[JonMasters-mp]

Delicious! Thank you for the recipe. I used lemon cucumbers and added lemon drop peppers to make it nice and spicy.

[boomshakarlaka]

This is a great video! I now live in Japan and I like learning about how to use the produce/spices around me. Thank you!

[guineatte]

The recipe for Nappa cabbage with orange marmelade sounds so good. Thank you for these recipes. They look good for the hot weather.

[notit]

I just made it with cucumber and celery to have with my lunch today, it’s so quick and easy!! Thank you! I want to try them all when I get these vegetables :)

[topoftheroc]

Nice, I will try all of them. Thankyou.

[hollish]

I am happy to see the daikon recipe as I just pulled/picked my first crop of them this week! Sounds great!

[mymerrymorning]

the cucumber and carrot recipe are so delicious! I'm making them again this week :)

[Vicki-sqjw]

I'm just starting out with Japanese cooking and find your videos very helpful, thanks from Canada.

[dollywohlert]

A big thanks to you for sharing this simple healthy Japanese salad recipe..

[anjaschless]

Ooooh - thank you for these recepies! 🥰

[Preschoolyo-yo]

Today i learned asazuke recipes are easy to make! ❤Thanks for teaching valuable knowledges. It should be instant and should not be fermented so maker & eater enjoy fresh in time with every meal. 🧸I dream of eating fresh salads making myself everyday.
Itadakimasu

[grokashrimp]

Thank you so much. They all look amazing!

[nickfuries]

Appreciate this video! Something which I like but now I know what they are called- Asazuke! 😊

[ufaalvaro]

Chili pepper makes everything better.. We eat alot chili everyday..maybe I'll adding more for best kick 🤭🤭🤭

Greeting from Indonesia .. Thanks for the recipe 👌👌👌

[cinemaocd]

This time of year I'm overwhelmed with fresh veg from my farm share. Cabbage in particular gets to ba alot so finding all these quick pickles is great! Thank you. I love how simple and straightforward your videos are. :D To answer your question about what kind of hot pepper I use, right now my garden has Annaheim, sorrano and "fish" peppers (which are small red peppers, VERY HOT). I will try different combos!

[decemberclouds]

Of course, I want to try the one with umbeboshi first, but I think they all look great!!

[Brainspoil]

This was very informative and easy to follow. I will absolutely try some of these to see which fits my pallet. It's always exciting to experiment with things I'm not used to. The vegetables is common here (Sweden), but the flavourings are a bit different from what I'm used to. Thanks for a great video :)

[haneczkahrk]

Thank you for introducing me to Asazuke😀 Lots of vegetables are easily available in Poland, it's worse with dashi and mirin🤫But I won't give up and I'll make some of your recipes😘

[justinh]

Any ideas on how they make a kimchi style raddish with dehydrated raddish? I've had a product from MichimotoFoods that I can't get anymore but it was amazing.