How to make homemade pickled cucumbers

Every year, my family grows some cucumbers. When autumn comes and the weather gets colder, some cucumbers will no longer grow and the selling price is very cheap. So my mother likes to pickle these cucumbers and eat them with rice in winter. They taste very good. Today, I also wrote down the steps of my mother's homemade pickled cucumbers. Friends who like to eat pickled cucumbers can learn to make them.

How to make homemade pickled cucumbers

Preparation of pickled cucumbers

When pickling cucumbers at home, in addition to preparing an appropriate amount of fresh cucumbers, you also need to prepare ingredients such as chili peppers, ginger, garlic, and table salt. In addition, you also need to prepare vinegar, dark soy sauce, sugar, white wine, as well as seasonings such as MSG and pepper.

Steps to make homemade pickled cucumbers

1. Wash the prepared cucumber with clean water, drain the water, and then cut the cucumber in the middle with a knife.

2. Put the chopped cucumbers in a bowl, add table salt in a ratio of ten to one, mix well and marinate. When marinating, you can take a heavy stone and press it on the cucumbers. Marinate for 24 hours, turning them over once during the marinating process.

3. Cut the pepper into sections, slice the ginger, and peel the garlic for later use. Mix all the prepared sugar, dark soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings together, then put them in a pot and boil them to make the sauce. You can control the proportion according to your own taste.

4. Heat a small amount of cooking oil in a pan, add peppercorns, garlic slices, and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour directly into the sauce and then put the cucumber in. After marinating for 24 hours, you can start eating.