In winter, when the diet lacks fresh vegetables, home preservation will help diversify food and decorate the festive table. Many housewives roll pickled cucumbers, but not everyone is familiar with such an unusual recipe as canned cucumbers in hot chili ketchup. What are the cooking options for this dish will be described later.
Important! Preserved cucumbers must not be stored in the refrigerator. — they lose water and stop crunching.
Preparation of ingredients and kitchen tools
In order to quickly and easily roll cucumbers in a tomato sauce, you need to prepare all the necessary products and accessories in advance:
- vegetables are carefully sorted out, discarding soft or damaged fruits, and then soaked in containers with cool water for a couple of hours;
- then the cucumbers thoroughly washed under the tap;
- cans in which it is planned to close the blanks should be rubbed with a sponge with soda and rinsed in warm water;
- then the banks are sterilized over steam. You can carry out this procedure in a microwave or oven, pouring water to the level of 0.5 cm on the bottom of the container and wait until it boils. Sterilization time - 5 minutes;
- lids before seaming are sterilized by boiling for 5-6 minutes.
Winter cucumber recipes with ketchup chili without sterilization
Today, preservation of cucumbers in hot chili sauce is very popular among housewives, so there are many cooking options.
Simple recipe
One of the most popular methods for harvesting pickled pickles is available even for beginners and requires a minimum of time.
8 cans with a volume of 500 ml
ketchup chili
1 pack per 250-300 g
For pre-prepared and washed cucumbers, cut off the tips.
Mix the ingredients for the marinade in a pan until the salt and sugar dissolve, boil, then simmer over low heat.
Tightly pack the vegetables into the sterilized container, pour the boiling fill.
Boil water in a wide pan or bowl, cover with a towel, lower the cans so that the water reaches almost to the edge, but does not fill, cover the cans with lids and keep in boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
Being careful, pull out the cans using special forceps or mittens, roll up the lids with a preservation key. Place closed cans upside down, cover with a blanket and leave until the brine cools.
For pre-prepared and washed cucumbers, cut off the tips.
Mix the ingredients for the marinade in a pan until the salt and sugar dissolve, boil, then simmer over low heat.
Tightly pack the vegetables into the sterilized container, pour the boiling fill.
Boil water in a wide pan or bowl, cover with a towel, lower the cans so that the water reaches almost to the edge, but does not fill, cover the cans with lids and keep in boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
Being careful, pull out the cans using special forceps or mittens, roll up the lids with a preservation key. Place closed cans upside down, cover with a blanket and leave until the brine cools.Video recipe
Did you know? Not everywhere, cucumbers are considered a vegetable: in Cyprus they make jam, and in Iran they are attributed to fruit and served for dessert.
No sterilization
Many housewives prefer quick and simple recipes: the option of cooking canned cucumbers with chili sauce without sterilization will minimize time costs. This recipe will keep the vegetables hard and crunchy.
For brine: purified water - 1 l; ketchup chili - 6 tbsp. l .; table salt - 1 tbsp. l .; sugar - 2 tbsp. l .; vinegar 9% - 3 tbsp. l
dill
1 twig with umbrellas
- Rinse and process the cucumbers by cutting off the tails.
- Peel the garlic, chop each clove into several pieces.
- Fill the jar with vegetables, alternating them with pieces of garlic, at the end put a sprig of dill.
- In boiling water, combine salt, sugar and vinegar, dissolve, then pour ketchup and boil for 5-7 minutes on low heat.
- Pour cucumbers with hot marinade removed from the fire, tighten with sterilized lids.
- Leave the cans to cool with the lids down.
Important! Salt with the addition of iodine should not be used for preservation, as it can give the workpiece a bitter aftertaste.
With mustard powder
For lovers of savory snacks, the original version of rolling cucumbers with hot ketchup and mustard powder is perfect. This recipe is good because such cucumbers will be ready after 4 days.
1 can per 1 liter
blackcurrant leaves
1-2 pieces per liter jar
allspice
2-3 peas per can
ketchup chili
packing 250-300 g
powder mustard
2 tsp
- Rinse vegetables and spices well under running water, horseradish leaves can be torn into several parts.
- Currant leaves, horseradish, pepper and mustard powder are sent to the bottom of sterilized cans, cucumbers are laid on top.
- In a saucepan, mix the marinade blanks, boil over high heat, then weaken the fire and boil the mixture for 5-7 minutes.
- Pour the vegetables with the ready brine to the top of the cans and close with sterile lids.
Did you know? Since 2000, in Suzdal every year in mid-July, a holiday of cucumber, which is a symbol of this city, has been held. The event has the format of a festival where various dishes from this vegetable are prepared, contests and fairs are held.
Cut into pieces
For homemade preparations, not only small gherkins, but also large cucumbers are suitable: they can be pickled in sliced form. This dish is perfect as a complement to dinner or snacks to the festive table.
For brine: salt - 2 tbsp. l .; sugar - 160 g; vinegar 9% - 200 ml; water - 1 l; hot ketchup - 7–8 tbsp. l
medium sized cucumbers
3 kg
- Rinse greens and vegetables under the tap, chop cucumbers in circles 1.5 cm thick.
- Put spices and dill on the bottom of the sterilized jar.
- Boil water in a saucepan, then add salt, sugar and vinegar, let it boil for half a minute, stirring occasionally.
- Mix the marinade with ketchup and cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Pour the prepared mixture of vegetables to the neck of the jar and tighten with prepared clean processed lids.
How to store workpieces correctly
Successfully prepared home preservation will be well preserved throughout the winter only in the right conditions:
- pickled cucumbers are perfectly stored in an ordinary apartment, but it is better to choose a dark and cool place - a closet, lower cabinet drawers or a basement are suitable.
- the temperature in the room where the cans are stored should not exceed 25 ° C, and humidity - 80%;
- if the jar was opened, then it should be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 5 days, after which it is better to remove the vegetables from the brine, put them in a tight bag and freeze them. Such a product can be further used for dishes with heat treatment.
There are many ways to cook pickled cucumbers with spicy tomato sauce. Some of them, discussed above, are ideal even for beginner housewives. This dish will be a great alternative to classic pickles and will delight you with a piquant taste.
