Seaweed is a product given to us by the sea. It is rich in a huge amount of vitamins that are so necessary for our body. But the main value of seaweed is iodine.

Many people underestimate the usefulness of seaweed, as it has a specific aroma. But there is a way that will help get rid of this smell and at the same time preserve all the beneficial properties of this product. And today we will learn how to pickle seaweed at home.

Pickled seaweed will be the perfect product for your table. Based on it, you can prepare a huge number of delicious salads that will bring only one benefit to our body.

Pickled seaweed - homemade recipe.

We will need:

400 grams frozen seaweed

5 pieces. carnation

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 bay leaves

3 tbsp. spoons of table vinegar

pepper to taste

1 liter of water

Place the frozen cabbage in a pan of cold water, place it on the stove and cook for 20 minutes.

Then drain the water, rinse the boiled seaweed, fill it with cold water and put it on the stove again for 20 minutes.

Drain the water again, wash the cabbage again and squeeze thoroughly.

Why do you need to change the water so many times and cook seaweed for so long? Thanks to this procedure, seaweed gets rid of the unpleasant aroma and becomes soft.

Now let's prepare the marinade. Pour water into a small saucepan and add salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, bay leaf. Place the resulting mixture on the stove and bring to a boil. As soon as the marinade has cooled, add vinegar.

Mix the seaweed with onion, cut into rings, and pour the resulting marinade over it.

After 8 hours pickled seaweed will be ready. This one keeps well in the refrigerator for a week.

Canned seaweed– this is a welcome guest for those who monitor their health. It is very useful because it contains a large amount of iodine. Very often, doctors recommend its use to those who have thyroid diseases.

Sea kale is supplied to the retail chain in the form of canned, dried or frozen products. If you decide to preserve seaweed yourself, you can use both dry and frozen seaweed for these purposes.

Ingredients:
- fresh frozen cabbage – 650 g
For the marinade:
- salt
- sugar
- Bay leaf
- carnation
- water – 2 glasses

Preparation:
1. Thaw the seaweed in cool water and rinse.
2. Now you need to boil the cabbage. Do it in the following way: place the cabbage in a saucepan, cover with cool water, boil, and cook for twenty minutes. Drain the broth, cover the cabbage again with warm water, and after the water boils, cook for another 20 minutes. This needs to be done 3 times. Due to the fact that this procedure is done 3 times, seaweed acquires excellent taste, smell and color.
3. Cool the boiled cabbage, chop it into noodles, pour cold marinade over it, and let stand for 10 hours.
4. The marinade is prepared as follows: add cloves, bay leaves, sugar, salt to hot water, cook for 15 minutes. Drain the resulting solution, cool, add vinegar.
5. Pickled seaweed can be consumed immediately, or can be rolled into sterilized jars. This is so original!

Try also preparing various seaweed salads.

Canned seaweed salad and squid.

Ingredients:
- squid – 120 g
- canned seaweed – 250 g
- sunflower oil – two tablespoons
- carrot
- pepper and salt
- parsley

Preparation:
1. Clean the squid, boil in water (add salt to it) for five minutes, cut into strips.
2. Cut the carrots into small cubes, chop the onion.
3. Mix canned seaweed with prepared ingredients, add vinegar, pepper, salt, sunflower oil, leave in a place with low temperature for ten hours.
4. Decorate the finished salad with parsley.

Pickled seaweed can be served as a savory snack or used in a variety of salads. This product not only has a unique pleasant taste, but is considered a storehouse of vitamins, organic substances and minerals.

How to pickle seaweed

Recipe for seaweed marinade

To marinate 500 g of frozen seaweed, you will need: - 1 liter of boiled water; - 1 tbsp. spoon of salt; - 2 pcs. bay leaf; - 1 teaspoon of sugar; - 2 teaspoons of vinegar (6%); - ½ teaspoon allspice; - 3–5 pcs. carnations.

Before you start pickling, it is important to properly prepare the seaweed. Thaw it at room temperature. Once the cabbage has thawed, pour hot water over it and leave for 2 hours. Then drain in a colander and rinse several times to remove any sand and debris. Place in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Then drain in a colander. Fill with water again and boil for 20 minutes. After the required time, drain the water and rinse the cabbage. Let the water drain and cool the cabbage. Cut into long narrow strips.

Sea kale contains a large amount of B vitamins, vitamins A, C and PP. It also contains high levels of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, sulfur and iron.

Prepare the marinade. Heat a liter of water and dissolve salt and sugar in it. Then add all the spices. Bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes and cool naturally. Add vinegar to the solution and stir. Dip the seaweed into the marinade and let it brew for several 6-8 hours. Drain the liquid and put the pickled cabbage in the refrigerator.

To make the cabbage more spicy, you can replace the cloves and allspice in this recipe with 1 tbsp. spoon of Dijon mustard

Salad with pickled seaweed

Ingredients: - 300 g seaweed; - 250 g lightly salted salmon; - 3 eggs; - a head of onion; - olive oil; - 1 teaspoon lemon juice; - salt to taste.

Greetings, my dear readers. Tell me, do you like seaweed? If yes, then the topic of today’s article will be very close to you. I will share with you proven recipes on how to prepare pickled seaweed at home. Believe me, a homemade snack turns out much tastier than a store-bought one. And there are many more benefits.

If we take the calorie content of the canned version of kelp, then per 100 grams of product there are only 122 kcal. It contains 1 g of protein, 10 g of fat and 7 g of carbohydrates. This product contains a fair amount of iodine. And it is needed for the full functioning of the thyroid gland, especially in our climate. There is also a large number of and. Minerals are high in potassium, iron and magnesium.

Thanks to this composition, this product is very useful. It is even recommended to be eaten for weight loss. It’s just better to eat in small quantities so that liquid does not linger in the body due to salt. However, pickled kelp is not acceptable for everyone. Its consumption should be avoided in case of nephritis, nephrosis, hypersensitivity to iodine, and liver pathologies.

How to prepare kelp for pickling

You can buy seaweed dried or frozen. To make the snack tasty, the kelp needs to be properly prepared. If you purchased a dried product, rinse the cabbage several times. Then fill the kelp with cool water. The recommended ratio is 1:30. Let's say you have 50 g of dry product, then add 1.5 liters of water. And leave for 10-12 hours.

Frozen kelp should be defrosted at a temperature no higher than 20 degrees for half an hour. After this, you need to sort it out, if necessary, cut large pieces into smaller pieces. And then this product needs to be rinsed from sand several times with cold water.

How to pickle seaweed for the winter

To prepare this dish you will need:

• 500 g frozen kelp;
• 2 medium onions (or take one large head);
• 2 pcs. bay leaves;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
• a couple of pieces carnations;
• 600 ml water;
• ½ teaspoon coriander grains;
• 3-4 pcs. black peppercorns;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of 9% table vinegar or 3 tbsp. spoons of 6% apple;
• 1 tbsp. spoon with a heap of salt.

Place the prepared kelp in boiling water and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Afterwards, rinse it with cool water. And immerse again in clean boiling water. This time cook for up to 10 minutes. Check the condition of the seaweed. It should not be hard, but the consistency of the dough is also unacceptable. When you are sure that the kelp is ready, drain it in a colander and let it cool.

Meanwhile, add sugar, bay leaves and salt to a saucepan with water. For piquancy, add pepper, coriander and cloves. Bring this mixture to a boil. Then reduce the heat and cook for another 5 minutes. Then remove the brine from the stove and let it cool.

Peel the carrots and grate the root vegetable on a fine grater. Cut the peeled onion into half rings. Place seaweed, onions and carrots into a jar. Peel the garlic cloves, cut them into thin slices and add the garlic to the jar.

Remove the bay leaves from the cooled marinade and add vinegar. Pour the brine into a jar, cover with a lid and place in the refrigerator. A day later the snack is ready. The salad prepared according to this recipe can be stored for a long time under a nylon lid in the refrigerator.

Here is a video recipe for pickled cabbage with oil and vinegar. Moreover, here they prepare it from the dried version. After a day of marinating, the dish can already be tasted.

Making a quick salad with butter and soy sauce

Even those who hate seaweed will appreciate this dish. Believe me, you will not buy such food in any supermarket.

To prepare it you will need:

• 50 g dry kelp;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of soy sauce;
• juice from half a lemon;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sesame or flaxseed oil;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of seasoning for Korean carrots.

This appetizer is incredibly easy to prepare. Mix oil, sauce, juice and seasonings. Pour this aromatic mixture over the prepared seaweed. Mix everything thoroughly.

Then we transfer everything into a saucepan or jar and cover the container with a lid. Place the salad in the refrigerator for an hour. During this time, the kelp will be saturated with spices and marinated well. And then you can serve the delicious food to the table.

Seaweed and sauerkraut salad

You can make a delicious dish from homemade pickled kelp. It is prepared easily and simply. All you need is:

• 100 g pickled seaweed;
• 100 g sauerkraut;
• half an onion;
• a couple of pinches of sugar;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cranberries or red currants (both fresh and frozen will do);
• a little vegetable oil for dressing.

Cut the kelp into shorter pieces and combine it with the sauerkraut. If you have sweet onions, cut them into rings. But I recommend marinating the bitter onions before adding them to the dish. To do this, you can pour it with apple cider vinegar. Add a little salt and sugar here and let stand for 40-60 minutes. Add the onion to the cabbage, enrich the composition with sugar, berries and a small amount of butter.

Mix everything carefully and let the salad brew for about 5-10 minutes. And then we serve this delicacy on the table. Bon appetit.

Friends, how do you marinate kelp? If you have your own signature recipes, be sure to share them. And there are still so many surprises ahead of you. I tell you: see you soon!

Greetings, my dear readers. Tell me, do you like seaweed? If yes, then the topic of today’s article will be very close to you. I will share with you proven recipes on how to prepare pickled seaweed at home. Believe me, a homemade snack turns out much tastier than a store-bought one. And there are many more benefits.

If we take the calorie content of the canned version of kelp, then per 100 grams of product there are only 122 kcal. It contains 1 g of protein, 10 g of fat and 7 g of carbohydrates. This product contains a fair amount of iodine. And it is needed for the full functioning of the thyroid gland, especially in our climate. There is also a large amount of B vitamins and ascorbic acid. Minerals are high in potassium, iron and magnesium.

Thanks to this composition, this product is very useful. It is even recommended to be eaten for weight loss. It’s just better to eat in small quantities so that liquid does not linger in the body due to salt. However, pickled kelp is not acceptable for everyone. Its consumption should be avoided in case of nephritis, nephrosis, hypersensitivity to iodine, and liver pathologies.

How to prepare kelp for pickling

You can buy seaweed dried or frozen. To make the snack tasty, the kelp needs to be properly prepared. If you purchased a dried product, rinse the cabbage several times. Then fill the kelp with cool water. The recommended ratio is 1:30. Let's say you have 50 g of dry product, then add 1.5 liters of water. And leave for 10-12 hours.

Frozen kelp should be defrosted at a temperature no higher than 20 degrees for half an hour. After this, you need to sort it out, if necessary, cut large pieces into smaller pieces. And then this product needs to be rinsed from sand several times with cold water.

How to pickle seaweed for the winter

To prepare this dish you will need:

• 500 g frozen kelp;
• 2 medium onions (or take one large head);
• 2 pcs. bay leaves;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
• a couple of pieces carnations;
• 600 ml water;
• ½ teaspoon coriander grains;
• 3-4 pcs. black peppercorns;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of 9% table vinegar or 3 tbsp. spoons of 6% apple;
• 1 tbsp. spoon with a heap of salt.

Place the prepared kelp in boiling water and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Afterwards, rinse it with cool water. And immerse again in clean boiling water. This time cook for up to 10 minutes. Check the condition of the seaweed. It should not be hard, but the consistency of the dough is also unacceptable. When you are sure that the kelp is ready, drain it in a colander and let it cool.

Meanwhile, add sugar, bay leaves and salt to a saucepan with water. For piquancy, add pepper, coriander and cloves. Bring this mixture to a boil. Then reduce the heat and cook for another 5 minutes. Then remove the brine from the stove and let it cool.

Peel the carrots and grate the root vegetable on a fine grater. Cut the peeled onion into half rings. Place seaweed, onions and carrots into a jar. Peel the garlic cloves, cut them into thin slices and add the garlic to the jar.

Remove the bay leaves from the cooled marinade and add vinegar. Pour the brine into a jar, cover with a lid and place in the refrigerator. A day later the snack is ready. The salad prepared according to this recipe can be stored for a long time under a nylon lid in the refrigerator.

Here is a video recipe for pickled cabbage with oil and vinegar. Moreover, here they prepare it from the dried version. After a day of marinating, the dish can already be tasted.

Making a quick salad with butter and soy sauce

Even those who hate seaweed will appreciate this dish. Believe me, you will not buy such food in any supermarket.

To prepare it you will need:

• 50 g dry kelp;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of soy sauce;
• juice from half a lemon;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sesame or flaxseed oil;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of seasoning for Korean carrots.

This appetizer is incredibly easy to prepare. Mix oil, sauce, juice and seasonings. Pour this aromatic mixture over the prepared seaweed. Mix everything thoroughly.

Then we transfer everything into a saucepan or jar and cover the container with a lid. Place the salad in the refrigerator for an hour. During this time, the kelp will be saturated with spices and marinated well. And then you can serve the delicious food to the table.

Seaweed and sauerkraut salad

You can make a delicious dish from homemade pickled kelp. It is prepared easily and simply. All you need is:

• 100 g pickled seaweed;
• 100 g sauerkraut;
• half an onion;
• a couple of pinches of sugar;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cranberries or red currants (both fresh and frozen will do);
• a little vegetable oil for dressing.

Cut the kelp into shorter pieces and combine it with the sauerkraut. If you have sweet onions, cut them into rings. But I recommend marinating the bitter onions before adding them to the dish. To do this, you can pour it with apple cider vinegar. Add a little salt and sugar here and let stand for 40-60 minutes. Add the onion to the cabbage, enrich the composition with sugar, berries and a small amount of butter.

Mix everything carefully and let the salad brew for about 5-10 minutes. And then we serve this delicacy on the table. Bon appetit.

Friends, how do you marinate kelp? If you have your own signature recipes, be sure to share them. And be sure to subscribe to updates - there are still so many surprises ahead. I tell you: see you soon!