How to pickle cucumbers and pickles How to pickle cucumbers and pickles

In life, we often have a poor appetite or a bad appetite. At this time, we always want to eat some light ingredients, and pickles will become people's first choice, especially the crispy and refreshing cucumber pickles, which can make people's appetites open. But do you know how to pickle cucumber pickles? If you want to pickle delicious cucumber pickles at home, you can take a look at my detailed introduction to its method below.

Marinating ingredients and steps

1. Prepare materials

When pickling cucumbers at home, you need to prepare one kilogram of cucumbers, 50 grams of salt, 50 grams of sugar, 40 grams each of white vinegar and aged vinegar, and appropriate amounts of ingredients such as peppercorns, dried red peppers, sesame oil, light soy sauce, star anise, ginger, and garlic.

2. Processing materials

When pickling cucumbers, you must handle the cucumbers carefully. The most important thing is to remove the flowers and stems, wash them with clean water, and then add the prepared salt and mix well before pickling. Put a heavy object on the top, and after pickling for 24 hours, pour out the water and dry the surface water for later use.

3. Marinating steps

After processing the cucumber, put a small amount of cooking oil in the wok, heat it, add the prepared peppercorns, dried red peppers and other spices, stir-fry over low heat, then add soy sauce, white vinegar, aged vinegar and sugar, heat and boil, and simmer for about ten minutes. Cut all the prepared ginger and garlic into slices, put them in the cucumber, then pour in the cooked sauce, and finally add sesame oil, marinate for about 24 hours, and the homemade cucumber pickles will be ready.

Precautions

The method of pickling cucumbers is not complicated, but you must be careful when pickling. The container for pickling cucumbers cannot have raw water, and it must be sterilized at high temperature before pickling. One-year cucumbers will deteriorate during the pickling process. In addition, when eating the cucumber pickles after they are pickled, you must use water-free and oil-free chopsticks, and take as much as you can eat. The uneaten pickles cannot be put back into the soup, otherwise other pickles will easily deteriorate.