pickled cucumber
Cucumber 10 pounds | Pickled Cucumber Candy 5 small spoons |
Pickled cucumber salt 5 small spoons | Light soy sauce 300g |
Old soy sauce 50g | Mature vinegar 100g |
Liquor 50g | Brown sugar 50 grams |
Rock Sugar 100 grams | Liangbaikai 500g |
Xiaomi spicy Appropriate amount | Pickled pepper Appropriate amount |
Garlic 2 | Ginger piece |
Zanthoxylum bungeanum appropriate amount | Star anise 2 |
Fragrant leaves 4 tablets |
Step 1
Be sure to choose the one with flowers on the top Younger cucumbers will taste better Rub a little salt on the cucumber skin and rub it repeatedly Clean away dust, insect eggs and pesticide residuesStep 2
Next, we cut off the head and tail of the cucumber.Step 3
Huang Guang first cut it in half and then into quarters, then cut off the top flesh of the cucumber. This will make the cucumber taste crisper.Step 4
Then cut the cucumber into the length you like.Step 5
Prepare a big basin for pickling cucumbers later. Don’t waste the pulp. I eat it with mustard and soy sauce. It tastes good and helps lose weight. You can mix it with sugar and eat it, which is also good.Step 6
Here I used five tablespoons of sugar Marinate with half and half of five tablespoons of salt If you are a sweetie, you can just use all the salt. Mix thoroughly with hands and marinate for at least two hours. So much water came out after marinating for two hoursStep 7
Discard the water and rinse thoroughly This way it won’t be saltyStep 8
Put the washed cucumbers into the filter bag Or squeeze out part of the water from the gauzeStep 9
Then find a heavy object and put a basin of water on it for a night. This way it will be crispier and last longer.Step 10
This is the ingredient juice for ten pounds of cucumber: 300g light soy sauceStep 11
50g dark soy sauceStep 12
100g mature vinegarStep 13
About 500g of cool boiled or purified waterStep 14
50g strong liquorStep 15
50g brown sugarStep 16
100g rock sugarStep 17
Let me show you the pickled cucumbers in this state. If they break easily, it means they are not pickled properly.Step 18
If you like spicy food, add some millet spicy foodStep 19
Add a little more pickled pepper and pickled pepper waterStep 20
Add the sliced ginger and garlic as well, make sure they are clean and free of raw water.Step 21
Put the mixed sauce inStep 22
Grasp it evenly with both hands and marinate for about five hours.Step 23
Then pour out the sauce, add a few bay leaves and star anise pepper, bring to a boil and turn off the heat.Step 24
Then put the cool sauce into a cucumber basin and marinate for a day before eating.Step 25
This color is super tempting, right?Step 26
Once you take a bite, you won't be able to stop. It's so refreshing and appetizing.Step 27
The next morning, I quickly cooked rice porridge and paired it with pickled cucumbers, and a happy day began. I made a little more this time and shared some with my friends.Step 28
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