I heart Vietnamese food.

Pho noodle soup for those cold, rainy days.

Fresh spring rolls with spicy peanut sauce.

Marinated chicken with broken rice.

And yummy Banh Mi sandwiches.

We have a favorite Pho restaurant we go to all the time, and the girls love their chicken, so it’s a win win for everyone.  And whenever we order a rice plate, there’s always a litlle scoop of pickled radish & carrots on the side.  It’s a great accompaniment to their rice dishes & they actually put it in their banh mi’s also.

When I went to the local asian market to find some, they were all out.  I was seriously heartbroken!  But that didn’t stop me.  I decided to make my own =)

I remember when I was a teenager, watching my grandmother in the kitchen pickle papayas….similar to this Vietnamese version.  So I asked her about it.  She was thrilled that I asked her about her cooking, and told me her recipe.  Which was actually very similar to the recipes that I found online.

Here is a grocery list to get you started…

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* I used old pasta sauce jars instead of buying new ones

This is what daikon radish looks like, in case you’re wondering.  It looks like a long white root of some sort

Peel the veggies and then cut them julienne style

Place them in a large bowl and add 4 tsp sugar & 2 tsp salt

Mix until you can bend a piece without breaking it…this will take a few minutes

Transfer to a colander, rinse well with cold water, and drain

Then pack your jars tightly

In a different bowl, mix 1 cup of sugar with 2.5 cups rice vinegar & 2 cups warm water (make sure water is warm enough to dissolve the sugar) mix til sugar is completely dissolved

It’s best to use a large pyrex measuring cup or a large spouted bowl to mix all the above ingredients in.  But if you don’t have one, just take a ladel and scoop some of the mixture from your bowl into your pyrex measuring cup like I did…

Pour the liquid mixture into the jars until the veggies are fully immersed

Cover, refrigerate overnight, then enjoy for about a month!

I made one for our house

and one for my parents & grandmother…

Makes a thoughtful handmade gift.

{Side Notes}

- I only used 4 carrots & 1 large daikon radish, and that gave me 2 jars full of this pickled goodness.  If you use 6 carrots & 2 large daikon radishes, you’ll get 4 jars full.  I had enough liquid mixture leftover, for 2 more jars, but I had no veggies =)

- Great with sandwiches, hot dogs, sandwich wraps and omelets

- Strong vinegar smell, Beware!

Hope you enjoy this pickled recipe as much as I do!!

                                                                                                                  xo, Louise

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