In the cold season, vegetables are quite expensive. However, you don’t want to remove them from your diet. Canned snacks are a great way to solve the problem. And for those who love savory dishes, you can close the spicy pickled zucchini for the winter. They can be prepared according to different recipes, thereby changing their taste. To obtain the desired result, it is necessary to correctly select the ingredients and follow the marinating sequence.
Features of pickling spicy zucchini for the winter
Zucchini contains a complex of vitamins and other useful substances. Canned vegetables retain their properties. When canning, it is important what kind of zucchini is used:
- young ones do not require peeling, as they are soft, thin and cannot be felt;
- more ripened ones require peeling.
Seeds are removed only if they are hard and large in size. If they are barely visible, they will not interfere when canned.
How to choose and prepare vegetables correctly
For twists, it is better to select young fruits with thin skin of light green color. Medium-sized zucchini is more suitable for storing in jars. When purchasing, you should avoid shelves with yellowish vegetables, as they can spoil the preparation.
Before canning, vegetables should be sorted and any that are damaged or have suspicious spots on the skin should be discarded. They should then be washed and dried. You can cut the fruits into various pieces, but for spicy dishes it is better to choose cubes.
Rules for preparing containers
Cans for preservation must be carefully prepared. To do this, they should be washed with baking soda and dried. After this, they need to be sterilized and cooled. For zucchini, a volume of 1 liter is considered popular. For large families, two-liter jars will also be relevant, in which you can place zucchini slices, cut lengthwise.
The best spicy zucchini recipes
There are many ways to prepare spicy zucchini. These can be salads with vegetables or fruits with garlic and pepper. They cook quickly enough and do not require painstaking preparation.
Classic way
The traditional way to marinate zucchini involves using vinegar.
For marinating, the following operations should be carried out:
- Cut the prepared zucchini into cubes approximately 3x3 centimeters.
- Boil them in boiled water for 6 minutes, then immediately lower them into a container with cold water.
- Prepare the marinade. For this you will need: water, salt, sugar, pepper, cloves and vinegar. The ingredients need to be combined, boiled and cooled.
- Place the zucchini in jars and pour in the marinade. You need to pour it in carefully so as not to damage the container.
- Cover the container with vegetables and boil for 20 minutes.
- Roll up the jars with contents.
This is a simple recipe that provides guaranteed results from the effort.
Option without sterilization
There is an option without sterilization. For it you will need carrots, garlic, spices, vinegar. The zucchini is chopped, and the garlic is passed through a meat grinder along with the carrots.
The marinade is prepared in the classic way, brought to a boil. The resulting spicy carrot mass is placed in it and boiled, after which zucchini is added to it.
The mixture is cooked for another 20 minutes. Then all this is transferred into prepared containers and sealed using a kitchen key. The finished pieces are turned over and wrapped in a warm blanket.
Quick zucchini in Korean
You can quickly cook spicy zucchini in Korean according to the following recipe. Zucchini, carrots, multi-colored bell peppers and onions should be grated on a special grater designed for Korean dishes.
Then the ingredients are placed in a container, filled with 100 grams of sugar and 40 grams of salt, chopped garlic and dried herbs and filled with vegetable oil.
After this everything is mixed. The resulting vegetable mixture is placed in jars and infused.After a few hours, roll up the lids and place them in storage.
Rules for storing sharps
In order for jars of cooked zucchini to be stored for a long time, it is necessary to allocate a certain place for them. This could be a pantry, cellar or refrigerator. The unit is used to store canned vegetables for several weeks.
It is optimal if the room is cool and dry. It is important that the temperature and humidity are constant.
You can move the jars to the prepared place only a few days after twisting. Spicy zucchini is a good option for any event. And if you close them for the winter, you can enjoy their taste at any time. They can be stored for a long time without losing their beneficial properties.
