Cabbage 1350g
Supplements
1 pear, 1 apple, 1 carrot
Seasoning
Salt 100g, Sugar 60g, Chili Powder 110g, Fish Bouillon 15g, Ginger 1 piece, Garlic 1 head Ingredients Collection Picture:
Homemade Spicy Cabbage Step 1
Homemade Spicy Cabbage Directions
Choose the outermost, unfresh leaves of the cabbage and do not discard them. Rinse the whole cabbage under running water, then drain the excess water
Step 2
Homemade Spicy Chinese Cabbage Step 2
Break the bottom of the cabbage from the center, and then break the cabbage into two halves with your hands (the reason why you break it with your hands instead of cutting it with a knife is that it makes the finished leaves look more spacious and natural)
Step 3
Step 3
Simple way to make homemade spicy cabbage
At the root of each of the two halves of the cabbage that were broken apart, make a cut, and then tear it apart with your hands, dividing it into four parts
Step 4
How to eat homemade spicy cabbage
With salt. Lift the cabbage leaves one by one and rub the salt evenly. I used about 80g of salt to pickle the whole cabbage this time, keep the remaining salt, you will use it again later (fresh leaves are very brittle and very easy to break, so make sure to be gentle)
Step 5
How to Make Homemade Spicy Chinese Cabbage
Place the salted cabbage in a large pot and let it marinate for 8-10 hours. The cabbage will gradually become soft and watery. Only by making the cabbage fully ooze out water will the leaves blend more fully with the sauce in the next step of pickling
Step 6
How to Stir-Fry Homemade Spicy Cabbage
After completing step 5, pour off the water that has oozed out of the cabbage without using it, and next, rinse the cabbage under running water. After washing, gently squeeze out the excess water and leave it to drain (try to rinse a few times, three or four times almost, wash away the excess salt attached to the leaves, so that the vegetables will not be salty enough to kill the salt seller)
Step 7
Homemade spicy cabbage how to cook
Drain the cabbage when we come to the preparation of the ingredients: carrots, pears, apples, are peeled, rubbed with the scrubber to shred or end, served in a large bowl (pears and apples are important ingredients in the preparation of spicy cabbage, the fruit can enrich the taste of spicy cabbage and promote fermentation)
Step 8
Homemade Spicy Cabbage How to Stew
Garlic and ginger peeled, and also rubbed into a garam masala ginger minced (garlic and ginger is the main seasoning, can not be missing. If you like leeks and white onions, you can also add them in moderation)
Step 9
Homemade Spicy Cabbage How to Stir-Fry
Mix the ingredients from step 7, step 8, and chili powder, sugar, 15g of fish sauce, and the remaining 20g of salt
Step 10
Homemade Spicy Cabbage How to Stir-Fry
Stir it well, and leave it to rest! A quarter of an hour or so (pears and apples will be part of the water, so that the various ingredients together, so do not need to add additional water)
Step 11
Homemade Spicy Cabbage how to do
Lay the drained cabbage flat on a cutting board, and use a paper towel to wash off the remaining water on the leaves (this is also done in order to make the sauce to fully penetrate into the cabbage, if it is too much trouble, it is not necessary to do so)
Step 10
Home-made spicy cabbage how to do
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Step 12
How to Stir-Fry Homemade Spicy Cabbage
Place the cabbage in a large container - I use a stir-fry pan. Wash the pan to make sure it's clean, just like making kimchi, the whole process of pickling should be oil free, lay the leaves flat
Step 13
How to Cook Homemade Spicy Cabbage
Spoon 1 tablespoon of the sauce and spread it evenly on the leaves with your hands (you can put on disposable gloves to avoid chili pepper from irritating your skin)
Step 14
How to Stew Homemade Spicy Cabbage
How to Stew Homemade Spicy Cabbage
Step 14
How to Stew Homemade Spicy Cabbage
Coat the leaves with the sauce in one layer. The root of the cabbage, which has a thicker texture, can be coated with more sauce (the perfect spicy cabbage has a complete shape, so we need to be gentle with our movements) Step 15
How to make homemade spicy cabbage
After each leaf is evenly coated with the sauce, roll the cabbage inward, from the root toward the end
Step 16
How to make homemade spicy cabbage Preparation
Prepare a clean, oil-free, sealable tupperware box. Place the rolled cabbage, yard into the tupperware box
Step 17
Homemade Spicy Cabbage Preparation
Pour the remaining sauce from the large bowl and pan into the tupperware box, cover the cabbage, cover with a lid, and let it ferment naturally at room temperature for a day, then place it in the refrigerator to chill, and it will be ready to serve in about three days