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Homemade Pickled Cowpeas

Homemade Pickled Cowpeas

Diced cowpeas ferment naturally in a brine-filled jar set upside down in water, an old trick that lets the beans sour gently over several days.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Prepare an appropriate amount of cowpeas, wash them, and drain the water for later use.

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    Remove the ends of the yardlong beans and then dice them

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    Add salt (a little more) to the cowpeas and mix well, set aside.

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    Place the mixed yardlong beans into a glass jar, add an appropriate amount of cold boiled water, making sure the water just covers the surface of the beans.

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    Take a deep bowl, invert the glass bottle into the deep bowl, add clean water to the bowl, making sure the water level is above the mouth of the glass bottle.

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    Change with fresh water once a day. After 2-3 days, the sour cowpeas will turn yellow.

  7. 7
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    The homemade pickled sour cowpeas are ready.

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    Add a small amount of oil to the pan and heat it up

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    Prepare an appropriate amount of chopped chili sauce

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    Add chopped chili sauce to the pan and sauté until fragrant

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    After adding the pickled cowpeas and stir-frying evenly, add an appropriate amount of chicken bouillon and sugar to season, and it's ready.

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    The sour and spicy, refreshing summer side dish for porridge, diced chili-stirred sour cowpeas, is ready!

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • yardlong bean
    to taste
  • Homemade pickled chili
    to taste

Seasonings

  • Salt
    to taste
  • chicken essence
    to taste
  • white sugar
    to taste