Delicious Sweet and Sour Pickled Mustard Greens Recipe

How to make Sweet and Sour Pickled Cabbage

• 1

  Prepare the saltwater

  Put 1 liter of water into a pot, add 30g of salt (about 3 tablespoons), and stir well until the salt dissolves.

  

  
• 2

  Soak the cabbage in saltwater

  Remove the stem from the cabbage you bought, cut it into bite-sized pieces about 2 finger lengths long.

  Then soak it in the prepared saltwater for about 1 hour and rinse 2 – 3 times with water, then drain.

  

  
• 3

  Making Fish Sauce

  Peel the garlic. Remove the stems from the bird’s eye chili and the long chili, then wash them thoroughly.

  Peel the ginger and slice it. Squeeze the juice from 5 limes into a bowl.

  Put the garlic, long chili, and bird’s eye chili into a mortar and pound them finely, then add 190g of brown sugar, lime juice, 210ml of fish sauce, 40ml of chili sauce, 60ml of soy sauce, and 400ml of water.

  Stir the mixture well until the ingredients dissolve to complete the fish sauce.

  

  
• 4

  Mixing Mustard Greens

  At this point, the mustard greens have drained; you should put them in a pot, add the sliced ginger, and pour all the fish sauce mixture into the pot.

  Wear plastic gloves to gently mix everything, then place it into a glass jar, and store it in a cool place for about 1 – 2 days before enjoying!

  

  
• 5

  Final Product

  The sweet and sour pickled cabbage will have a very eye-catching color once completed. When you taste it, you will feel each piece of cabbage soaked in a salty and sour flavor, crunchy and sweet, very delicious.

  You can enjoy it with meals, parties, or even with instant noodles which is also tasty, so show off your cooking skills!