How to make sweet and sour pickled cabbage

In life, many people like to eat sweet and sour food, whether it is meat or vegetarian dishes, such as sweet and sour spare ribs, fish-flavored shredded pork, etc., which are representative dishes of sweet and sour taste. Take cabbage for example. Generally speaking, cabbage is not made sweet or sour, but there is an exception, that is pickled cabbage. Today I will tell you the specific method of pickling sweet and sour cabbage. Let's try it quickly!

1. Raw materials:

6 pounds of cabbage, a handful of peppercorns, 20 garlic cloves, a pound of young ginger, 10 green and red peppers each, 50 grams of salt, and an appropriate amount of high-proof liquor.

II. Note:

When making kimchi, you can add some garlic, ginger, green and red peppers, etc. to make it taste better. Of course, you can also add other vegetables to the mix. But be careful not to soak eggplant, cowpea, etc., because these vegetables can easily spoil the brine.

3. Tools: a kimchi jar

Note: If you don’t have a kimchi jar, you can find a glass jar or a larger glass bottle.

Step 1: Fry the salt in a pan for 2 minutes, add appropriate amount of water, boil and cool for later use. This water is used to pickle vegetables, and the specific amount of water is estimated based on the size of the jar.

Step 2: Wash the cabbage and cut into pieces. Peel garlic into cloves. Chop young ginger into pieces. Wash the green and red peppers. Then dry all these things thoroughly without any raw water.

Step 3: Clean the kimchi jar, scald it with boiling water to disinfect it, then turn it upside down and let it dry naturally.

Step 4: After the jar and the vegetables to be soaked are dry, put all the vegetables into the jar, pour in the salt water that has been boiled and cooled in advance, and then press a clean heavy object on the vegetables to prevent the cabbage and other vegetables from being exposed to the water surface.

Step 5: Sprinkle the peppercorns into the kimchi jar, then pour in a little strong liquor, seal it and place it in a cool, dark place. If you are using a glass bottle, it is best to cover it with a black cloth and keep it away from light.