Laba garlic usually refers to garlic pickled with vinegar. The finished product is green in color and slightly sour and spicy in taste. Because it is often pickled on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "Laba garlic". Pickled Laba garlic is a traditional snack mainly popular in the north of China, especially in the north, and it is a dietary custom of Laba Festival. Make garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, the materials are very simple, namely vinegar and garlic cloves.
Laba garlic will accelerate the chemical reaction between vinegar and garlic in hot places, and it will be faster if it is good. So you can put it in a hot place during the day and in the refrigerator at night, which can speed up the greening. When the garlic turns green, put the garlic container in a cool place immediately, otherwise the chemical reaction will continue to work, and the garlic will turn yellow quickly and taste worse, so it can be put in the refrigerator in summer.
What are the precautions for curing Laba garlic?
Pickled garlic vinegar can be heated to about 30~40 degrees and then poured into the jar, which can also speed up the time for garlic to turn green. Disinfection and sterilization: To pickle Laba garlic, the jar containing Laba garlic must be disinfected with boiling water first, and appropriate amount of salt and liquor should be added in the pickling process for disinfection and sterilization.
When pickling Laba garlic, remember to remove the garlic root after peeling, which has the advantage of speeding up the exudation of rice vinegar and liquor in garlic; Moreover, it is necessary to choose slightly dry garlic with a complete and smooth surface, and the Laba garlic made is beautiful; In addition, tender garlic with too much moisture is not suitable for pickling Laba garlic, and its taste is not good.
After laba garlic is cooked, it should be sealed and preserved. In this way, it will not contact with the outside air, and it will not lead to mildew and deterioration of the ingredients inside.