Not Difficult At All: Oi-sobagi (Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi) Super Easy

• 3 Cucumbers
• 1 to 2 heaped teaspoons Salt
• 5 to 6 stalks Green onion
• 20 cm White part of a Japanese leek
• 7 to 8 stalks Chinese chives
• 1 Carrot (julienned)
• 1 grated, a tiny bit Garlic
• 1 grated, 1 heaped teaspoon Ginger
• 1 to 2 tablespoons, (to taste) Toasted white sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp Dried shrimp (the kind you put into okonomiyaki)
• 1 tbsp Shredded squid (dried)
• 3 tbsp Fish sauce
• 2 tsp Sake
• 2 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tsp Sake
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Dashi stock granules
• 1 tsp Gochujang
• 2 tbsp Korean chili pepper powder
• 1 dash, (to taste) Salt

1. "Oi" means cucumber in Korean.
2. Cut each cucumber into thirds.
3. Make a crisscross cut into each one lengthwise, leaving about 1/4 of each piece intact.
4. Dissolve the salt in hot water, add water to cool and put in the cucumber.
5. Leave like that for an hour.
6. Turn it over once in a while.
7. So let's make the stuffing in the meantime.
8. To start with, let's make the saeujeot (fermented krill) substitute with the ingredients.
9. Chop up the ingredients finely, add the fish sauce and sake, leave for about 5 minutes then microwave for 30 seconds.
10. Don't forget to cover with plastic wrap.
11. Roughly chop up the green onion, leek and chives.
12. Mix them, the julienned carrot, the combined ingredients from Step 4, ginger, garlic, and the seasonings in a bowl.
13. If you like, add lots of garlic.
14. Mix everything together.
15. Taste, and add salt or other things if needed.
16. Those cucumbers that were resting in brine, if they're too salty rinse them off quickly, and pat dry well...
17. Stuff in the stuffing.
18. Sprinkle any that's left over on the cucumber.
19. And it's done.
20. Drizzle on a bit of sesame oil when you eat it if you like.
21. The method is almost the same in this recipe: Raw Oyster Kimchi.
22. Take a look!

cucumbers, salt, stalks green onion, stalks chinese chives, carrot, garlic, ginger, shrimp, sauce, sake, vinegar, sake, sugar, granules, gochujang, pepper, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155883-not-difficult-at-all-oi-sobagi-stuffed-cucumber-kimchi-super-easy (may not work)