Sweet Pickled Garlic – Chinese Pickled Garlic Recipe
Sweet pickled garlic is a traditional snack in northern China. It is rich in protein, healthy fats, sugar, vitamins and various amino acids, and many other nutrients required by the body.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 7 heads of fresh garlic about 420 grams after peeling
- 300 grams of white rice vinegar
- 200 grams of white sugar or brown sugar
- 800 grams of water
- 5 grams of salt
Instructions
- Peel the outer-most layer of skin on the garlic.
- Cut the roots.
- Rinse them, and let them soak in the 800g of water and 5g salt brine for a day.
- Soaked garlic is placed in a strainer head down, dry for more than half a day until dry.
- Mix vinegar and sugar.
- Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- The jar is cleaned, let to dry, and the garlic is placed inside.
- Pour the vinegar and sugar into the jar.
- Seal the jar and let set for at least 15 days.