David Chang's quick pickles

Momofuku quick pickles

This is the super simple Momofuku pickles that Chang uses in the pork buns. I make them at home and my girlfriend loves these things. We put them in burgers too. These are awesome when cold!

- Cucumber

- Salt

- Sugar

Recommended gear: Mandolin

He recommends getting Kirby pickles, but a standard English cucumber works fine. I slice about half of it on a mandolin. Leave the skin on, and do it super thin. Put them in a bowl and add sugar & salt, 3:1 ratio. Start with two tsp of salt, six of sugar. Mix it up. Put it in the fridge for 20 mins and then you can start to eat them.

Loosely taken from David Chang's Momofuku book.