quick-pickled vegetables
Refers to vegetables that are pickled for a short time, often just a few hours or overnight, resulting in a fresh, lightly salted taste. Common in home cooking.
Quick-pickled cucumbers are easy to make.
I served quick-pickled daikon with dinner.
Standard kanji spelling.
Abbreviated spelling, less common but still used.
Compound of 早 (haya, 'quick, early') and 漬け (zuke, 'pickling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently describes the short pickling process.