3+ ways to use our Krautonics
We love our Krautonics and often feel they get pushed to the wayside as Kimchi, and hot sauce take the center stage. Today, we wanted to share a few ways to easily incorporate our Krautonics which, if your not familiar with are the briney liquids leftover from our krauts and kimchis. Teaming with antioxidants, trace minerals and live cultures these tonics can be taken by the shot, incorporated into soups, salad dressings and more! Read on to see our top 3 ways of enjoying our beloved Krautonics…
Krautonic quick pickle
Our Krautonics are pretty much brines (made from cultured vegetable juice, instead of just salt and water). This make a great base for pickling young, tender vegetables.
Cucumbers, small zucchinis, carrots, radishes and snap peas are favorites!!
Basic Instructions, improvise as needed:
1. Slice vegetables in rounds or cubes
2. Place in clean jar and cover with Krautonic of choice
3. Cap and tighten lid by hand
4. Place in fridge and let steep, taste after 1 week, you can let it continue steeping as long as you’d like!
Best stored in fridge. Your quick pickles will last indefinitely but have best flavor and texture within 6-9 months in the fridge.
Salad Dressing
cultured, that is!
We make a lot of salads at home, heres our go-to recipe:
-good quality olive oil, 1/2 C
-rice vinegar or lime juice, 1-2 Tablespoons
-krautonic (crimson and garlic scape top picks!), 3 Tablespoons
-soy sauce 1 tablespoon
1-2 garlic cloves, crushed
-dash of salt, healthy pinch of pepper
-optional: herbs of choice
Combine in jar, shake to emulsify. Taste, add more acidity if needed: your choice of vinegar, citrus juice, krautonic.
Citrus N’Tonic
Basic idea here is a 3 parts citrus juice to 1 part tonic of your choice. We love grapefruit juice this time of year, orange juice works nicely too, you can cut the citrus juice with water to your liking as well. As for which Krautonic to choose? We like either the plain krautonic or the garlic scape, the scape will add a teeny weeny essence of garlic.
Basic Recipe
fill your cup with 3 parts juice of choice
add 1 part krautonic of choice (we love plain krautonic or the garlic scape!)
DRANK! FEEL GOOOOOOD
Variation: Add some seltzer to it for some bubble!
NEXT LEVEL SOUP AND BROTHS
Add it to soup and bone broths. SIMPLE!
Like you would add miso, mix it in directly right into your bowl, don’t heat to keep those cultures alive. Also great for a quick cool down to your kiddos bowl of soup. Keep in mind these tonics do contain salt, so add salt very last, if at all!
