Prepare ingredients:
Chinese cabbage, apples, pears, ginger, garlic, Chili powder, white sugar and chicken essence.
Cooking steps:
Remove the withered leaves from the outside of Chinese cabbage, break them into pieces, then rinse them in clean water, put them in a sieve and dry them for later use.
Take a dried leaf of Chinese cabbage and sprinkle it with a layer of salt. Sprinkle the salt evenly on each leaf of Chinese cabbage, and put it in a basin for pickling, so as to force out the water in Chinese cabbage.
Take out the cabbage, control the water to dry, then rinse the salt on the surface of the cabbage and put it in a sieve to control the water to dry for later use.
clean the apples and pears and dice them, and dice the ginger and garlic for later use.
Take a bowl, add apples, pears, ginger and garlic, then add Chili powder, add salt and chicken essence and mix well.
add water and sugar and stir to make a thick cabbage sauce.
Take a leaf of Chinese cabbage and spread the sauce on it. Spread the sauce evenly on each leaf.
Put Chinese cabbage leaves in a jar neatly, marinate them for about 2 days, and take them out for eating.
Cooking tip:
When choosing Chinese cabbage, you must choose fresh and good varieties of Chinese cabbage.
sugar must be added. the purpose of adding sugar is beneficial to fermentation, so it must not be omitted.
Never put vinegar into pickled cabbage. The sour taste of pickled cabbage comes from the acidity produced by natural fermentation, not the result of adding vinegar.
How to eat spicy cabbage:
Pickled spicy cabbage is a kind of naturally fermented food, which can be eaten in all seasons. Pickled cabbage can be eaten directly, usually accompanied by staple food such as rice and steamed bread.
Spicy cabbage can be served with other vegetables because it tastes very good, and it can also be made into delicious small cold dishes, such as mixed tofu. Choose tofu with inner fat or tender tofu, put it in a bowl with spicy cabbage, add chopped green onion, soy sauce and sesame oil, and stir it a little. This cold dish, red and white, is very beautiful and appetizing, especially when served.
There is a dish of spicy cabbage beef soup, so it is also very delicious to mix Chinese cabbage and beef to make soup. First, cook the beef, then put the spicy cabbage into the pot and boil it together. The seasoning is delicious and delicious. I like it very much.