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.
The method is also extremely simple. Put the peeled garlic cloves in a sealable container, such as a jar or bottle, then pour in vinegar, seal the mouth and put it in a cold place. Slowly, the garlic soaked in vinegar will turn green, and finally the whole body will turn green, like jade and jasper.
From the north of China to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of Chinese New Year is getting worse every day. In most parts of northern China, the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar is called Laba garlic.
According to the old stress, Laba Festival should be soaked with Laba garlic, and when it breaks five, it should be equipped with all kinds of jiaozi. Laba garlic is garlic soaked in vinegar. Remove the old skin of garlic cloves with purple garlic and rice vinegar, soak them in rice vinegar, put them in a small jar and put them in a cold place until the garlic turns green.
To soak laba garlic, you have to use purple garlic and rice vinegar. Peel garlic cloves, soak them in rice vinegar, and put them in a small jar until New Year's Eve. Garlic cloves are bright green with the fragrance of garlic and spicy vinegar, which is the best seasoning for jiaozi. It can also be served with cold dishes, which has a unique taste.
People used to say that it is not green to soak garlic in Laba Festival. That's not the case at all. The reaction of garlic soaked in vinegar is that the green garlic cloves are spicy and sour; Acetic acid is fragrant and spicy. Now, if you go to an old Beijing-style restaurant and eat Zhajiang Noodles, there will be a small dish of green Laba garlic all year round.
Self-made method
1000g of purple garlic and 500g of rice vinegar.
1. Choose a clean pottery jar or glass jar as a container for soaking Laba garlic;
2. Choose purple garlic, peel it, wash it, dry it, and put it in a pottery jar or a glass jar. There must be no oil in it. Pour in rice vinegar until the garlic is over, cover it, put it in the sun of 10-15, brew for about 10 days, and then move it to a cool place for storage.