Pickled Cucumber

Description
Serves 4

Ingredients
1 pound pickling cucumbers 1 tablespoon salt 1/3 cup granulated sugar 4 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon chili oil 1/3 cup red rice vinegar 1 teaspoon ground Szechuan peppercorns

Directions
Julienne the cucumbers. Place in a colander and sprinkle with the salt. Let the cucumbers sit for 15 minutes. Remove from the colander and pat dry with paper towels. Arrange the cucumbers in a shallow glass baking dish.

While desalting the cucumbers, whisk together the remaining ingredients.

Lay the cucumbers out on a shallow glass baking dish. Pour the pickling mixture over. Cover and refrigerate overnight.