How to make sour mustard greens? How to pickle sour mustard greens

Chinese potherb mustard is a common raw material for pickled vegetables. It is also called Chinese potherb mustard. It is rich in nutrition, has a crisp and tender taste, can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and can also strengthen the spleen and stomach. In southern China, it is often pickled and eaten as sour Chinese potherb mustard. So how should Chinese potherb mustard be pickled? Below I will write down its pickling method, and you will learn it after reading it.

How to pickle sour mustard greens

Ingredients for pickled mustard greens

When pickling sour Chinese mustard greens, you need to prepare 3 kilograms of fresh Chinese mustard greens, 500 grams of pickling salt, and a clean pickle jar.

Steps for pickling pickled mustard greens

1. Remove the old and rotten leaves from the prepared Chinese mustard and place them in a cool place to dry. When the Chinese mustard is half dry, take it out, wash it with clean water, remove the moisture and set aside.

2. Put the washed Chinese mustard greens in a kimchi jar, put a layer of Chinese mustard greens and a layer of salt, and finally put in an appropriate amount of clean water, the amount of clean water should cover the Chinese mustard greens. Then put a heavy object on the top and put it in a cool place to let it ferment naturally. After about twenty days, the Chinese mustard greens in the jar will be fermented. At this time, the sour Chinese mustard greens you pickled are ready to eat.

Other pickled methods of Chinese mustard

There are many ways to pickle Chinese mustard greens. If you don't want to eat sour Chinese mustard greens, you can also pickle salty Chinese mustard greens. When pickling, wash the Chinese mustard greens, dry it, add salt and pepper, and knead it evenly. Put it in a pot and cover it for two days, turn it over once, and turn it over again after two days. After turning it over, press it with stones. After fifteen days, the Chinese mustard greens will be pickled and you can take it out and eat it anytime you want.