How to make homemade ginger candy

Many people have eaten ginger candy. It has a light ginger flavor, can warm the stomach and drive away the cold, replenish qi and blood, and has many benefits for the body. But do you know how to make ginger candy? The method of making ginger candy is not complicated. You can make it at home. I will write down the method of homemade ginger candy so that everyone can make delicious ginger candy at home.

How to make homemade ginger candy

1. Materials and preparations for homemade ginger candy

When making homemade ginger candy at home, you need to prepare 500 grams of ginger, 400 grams of white sugar, and an appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the prepared ginger with clean water, remove the moisture, and then cut it into thin slices about one millimeter with a knife for later use. Prepare a clean pot.

2. How to make homemade ginger candy

Pour clean water into the pot, add the prepared white sugar, turn on the heat and bring to a boil, dissolve all the sugar to get syrup. Now you need to put the chopped ginger into the syrup, bring to a boil over high heat, then cook over medium heat for ten minutes to boil out the water in the ginger slices. After the soup becomes thick, turn to low heat and simmer slowly while stirring constantly. Do not let it become stringy. After simmering, take out and pour into a non-stick pan, add powdered sugar, mix well and cool down, and the homemade ginger candy is ready.

3. Precautions for making homemade ginger candy

There are many things to pay attention to when making homemade ginger candy. The most important point is the ratio of ginger to sugar. It is best to put eight taels of sugar for one pound of ginger. It should not be too less. It can be prepared in a one-to-one ratio at most. In addition, if you don’t like spicy food, you can slice the ginger and soak it in clean water for two days. Change the water many times during the soaking process. In this way, the spicy taste of the ginger candy will be much lighter.