How to make pickled cucumbers

My mother is a person who loves food. People who have eaten her pickled cucumbers say that they are delicious. For so many years, I have always asked my mother to pickle them for me and I would take them home. Later, I wanted to learn how to pickle some by myself. My mother taught me her method of pickling cucumbers in detail. After making it several times, I felt it was pretty good. Now I write down the method of pickling cucumbers so that friends who like to eat cucumbers like me can learn to make it.

How to make pickled cucumbers

1. Before pickling cucumbers, you need to prepare 5 kg of cucumbers and cut them into long strips. After cutting, put them in a bowl, add 500 grams of salt, mix well, spread them flat, and press them with a heavy object. Here, I warn you that in order to let the cucumbers lose more water, you can leave them overnight after adding salt, and then press them.

2. Prepare some ginger, garlic and chili, then prepare 1,500 grams of soy sauce and 250 grams of sugar. Prepare a pot and heat it on the fire. Put the soy sauce in and boil it, then add sugar, some star anise, pepper and other seasonings. Cook for a while and let it cool naturally.

3. After the sauce is cooked, put the ginger, garlic and chili into the pressed cucumber strips. Mix well and then pour the cooked sauce into the cucumbers. Try to cover the cucumbers with the sauce. Stir well with chopsticks. Put the cucumbers and soup in a jar together, cover it with a lid and seal it. After about three days, the homemade cucumber pickles can be eaten.