Served with Porridge and Side Dishes --- Pickled Cucumbers in Sauce
1.
After buying the cucumber, wash it with rice-washing water for the first time.
2.
Rinse the surface with clean water and place it on a large sieve to drain the water for later use.
3.
Put the cucumbers in a clean container without water and oil, add salt and marinate for 24 hours.
4.
It is best to press heavy objects on top, so that the water will come out faster.
5.
Boil a pot of boiling water in a pot, pour in the marinated cucumbers and quickly blanch for 5 seconds to remove.
6.
Put it in a sieve again to drain and dry for 1 day. It is better for the cucumber to change from green to white. Remember to turn it over.
7.
Put star anise, pepper, bay leaves, ginger slices and rock sugar in a clean pot.
8.
Pour in an appropriate amount of soy sauce.
9.
Then pour in an appropriate amount of Jinlan soy sauce.
10.
The ratio of soy sauce to Jinlan soy sauce is 1:2.
11.
Slowly boil over medium and small fire until the rock sugar melts.
12.
After the sauce cools, put it in an airtight container without water and oil.
13.
The cucumber will turn white in one day.
14.
Blanch the white cucumbers in a pot of boiling water for 2 seconds to remove them, and drain the water.
15.
Soak the cucumbers in the sauce and add some garlic cloves, seal them and refrigerate them for 3 days before eating!
Tips:
1. You can use white sugar instead of rock sugar! The taste of the sauce can be adjusted by yourself, and the sweetness is the same!
2. Packaged whole soy sauce can also be used to make sauce, but it must be boiled and allowed to cool, so that the cucumber will not deteriorate and it is also a good way to store it.
3. Be sure to choose when the weather is good!
4. I personally think that the steps to blanch cucumbers in boiling water cannot be less, this is the key to crispness! ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
5. Finally, add some garlic slices to enhance the fragrance and avoid the phenomenon of white hair in soy sauce!
