
Pickled cucumber
Salted cucumber spears are submerged in a spiced soy-vinegar brine perfumed with star anise and Sichuan pepper, keeping for weeks as a piquant rice companion.
Instructions
- 1

Cut 3 jin of cucumbers into strips and remove the seeds, then add 25 grams of sugar and 25 grams of salt to marinate for 2 hours.
- 2

Modify the auxiliary ingredients. Remove the seeds from the millet chili.
- 3

Put star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried chili segments into a small bowl, then pour hot oil over them to release their aroma.
- 4

Put 350 grams of light soy sauce, 150 grams of aged vinegar, 130 grams of cool boiled water, and 120 grams of sugar into the pot.
- 5

Bring to a boil and cook briefly, then let it cool for later use.
- 6

Rinse the pickled cucumbers twice with cold boiled or purified water. If you think they are not salty, you can skip rinsing, then put them in a squeezing bag to remove the water.
- 7

Press it down with a heavy object and squeeze out thoroughly.
- 8

Finally, put the sauce, seasoned oil, and cucumber into the same container, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before eating.
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Finished product image.
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Finished product image.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Cucumber1500g
- plain boiled water (cooled)130 g
Auxiliary Ingredients
- Cilantro rootsto taste
- Xiaomi chilito taste
- Garlicto taste
- Gingerto taste
Seasonings
- light soy sauce350 g
- Black vinegar150 g
- Sugar120 g
- Sichuan pepperto taste
- Star aniseto taste
- dried chilito taste