Authentic pickled cucumber recipe

Pickled cucumbers are also a common pickled vegetable. They have a unique flavor and taste particularly crispy and refreshing. They go well with rice and have a good effect in increasing appetite. There are many ways to pickle pickled cucumbers. You can pickle them according to your taste. For example, you can add sweet bean sauce, soy sauce, and an appropriate amount of pepper and star anise. If you like spicy taste, you can also add dried chilies.

Authentic pickled cucumber recipe

Method 1

1. Prepare 10 catties of cucumbers and 0.5 catties of small hot peppers. Soak them in 1 kg of salt and squeeze out the water.

2. 7 cloves of garlic, sliced

4. Peel and slice 0.5 catties of ginger (young ginger is best)

5. Prepare 1 pound of white sugar, 0.4-0.5 pounds of white wine, 3 pounds of soy sauce, 0.3 pounds of salad oil, and 0.4 pounds of MSG. Put the ingredients into a jar and seal it. It can be eaten after a few days.

Method 2

1. Wash the cucumber, drain the water, cut it into two strips (optional), add coarse salt, mix well and compact it, and press the surface with a clean large stone. After 3-4 days of pickling, remove the cucumbers and drain the brine;

2. Wash and dry the pickling jar, pour in the drained cucumber and sweet noodle sauce, mix well, cover the jar and let the pickle sit for 10 days before eating.

Method 3

1. Cut the cucumber into 0.5 cm slices;

2. Add 15 grams of salt and stir well;

3. Place it in a mesh net;

4. Put heavy objects on it for one day;

5. Use 10g minced garlic, 30g chili sauce, 30ml soy sauce, 20g sugar, 10ml sesame oil and 150ml cold boiled water to make sauce;

6. Add cucumber and stir well before serving.

Instructions for use

Cucumber is high in water and contains certain vitamins. It is a vegetable that can beautify your skin and is known as the "beauty agent in the kitchen." Regular consumption or application on the skin can effectively fight skin aging, reduce the formation of wrinkles, and prevent and treat cheilitis and angular cheilitis.

Cucumber is a very good weight loss product. People who want to lose weight should eat more cucumbers. But remember, they must eat fresh cucumbers and not pickled cucumbers, because pickled cucumbers contain salt which can cause weight gain.

Cucumber contains trace elements such as chromium, which can lower blood sugar. For diabetics, cucumber is the best vegetable and fruit food.

The bitter substances in cucumbers have anti-cancer effects, and have the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.