Chinese Pickles


Serves: 10
Total Calories: 60

Ingredients

2 cups round cabbage
1 1/2 cups Chinese turnip, , white
1 cup carrot
1 1/2 cups cucumbers
1 cup celery
4 cups water
2 slices fresh ginger root
2 or 3 dried red peppers
8 black peppercorns
1 teaspoon sherry
4 tablespoons salt

Directions:

1. Wash and core cabbage cut in 2-inch cubes. Peel turnip and carrots cut lengthwise in quarters, then crosswise in 2-inch sections. Peel cucumbers cut in 2-inch slices. Cut celery stalks in 2-inch sections.

2. Wipe all vegetables with cheesecloth then spread out to dry for four hours. Transfer vegetables to a crock or jar.

3. Bring water to a boil. Slice ginger root and add. Add dried red peppers, peppercorns, sherry and salt. Let simmer 1 minute then remove from heat and let cool.

4. Pour over vegetables and cover tightly. Let stand (unrefrigerated) 3 to 4 days in cool weather, only 2 days in summer.

NOTE: The marinade can be used again to pickle other vegetables if 1/4 cup sherry, 2 teaspoons brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt are added.

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 10
Total Calories: 60
Calories from Fat: 0

This Chinese Pickles recipe is from the Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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