Asian Hot-Sweet Pickle Salad

Ingredients

• 2  bay leaves 
• 6 small kirby cucumbers seedless sliced thinly sliced
• 0.3 cup dill leaves chopped
• 1  chile pepper red thinly sliced
• 0.7 cup rice wine vinegar 
• 1 small bunch scallions cut into long, thin slices on an angle
• 0.5 cup sugar 
• 2 tablespoons tamari sauce 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Layer the cucumbers, scallions, bay, chile pepper and dill in a storage container with a tight fitting lid.
2. In a small saucepan over low heat add the sugar, vinegar and soy sauce. Simmer until the sugar dissolves.
3. Pour the hot brine into the cucumber mixture and cover with a lid.
4. Let marinate for 10 minutes. Stir the mixture every few minutes.