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Crispy pickles

Crispy pickles

Pressed cucumber spears meet a fragrant mix of soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and honey with plenty of ginger and garlic, staying remarkably crunchy.

Instructions

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    Wash the cucumber and green pepper. Cut the cucumber into strips and the green pepper into chunks.

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    Add three spoons of salt and marinate for half a day.

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    Rinse off the excess salt with cool boiled water and squeeze out the water. If you want it to be a bit crisper and drier, you can place the cucumbers in a colander and press them with a basin full of water overnight.

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    Slice the ginger and garlic, and put them into a bowl.

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    Add two tablespoons of light soy sauce and one tablespoon of dark soy sauce.

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    Half a spoon of fragrant vinegar. You can also leave it out.

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    A spoon of sugar.

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    A spoonful of honey.

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    Toss the cucumber strips evenly and marinate for two days until they are infused with the flavor of the sauce.

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    Finished product. It can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator. If the sauce has not turned sour, it can be boiled and cooled, and then used again to pickle vegetables.

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    Finished product. Crisp and refreshing in taste.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Cucumber
    3 pieces
  • Green pepper
    3 pieces
  • Honey
    1 tbsp

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Ginger
    1 piece
  • Garlic
    1 head

Seasonings

  • Salt
    3 tbsp
  • Light soy sauce
    2 tbsp
  • dark soy sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Vinegar
    1/2 tbsp
  • white sugar
    1 tbsp