Chinese Pickled Garlic Recipe 45 Recipes

CHINESE PICKLED GARLIC RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Put garlic into sterile, half-pint jar. Stir together vinegar, sugar and salt; pour liquid over garlic. Cover jar tightly with a nonreactive cap. Store in refrigerator at least one month before using garlic. It will keep well for one year in the refrigerator. This recipe yields 1 cup. Cook's note: I used commercially peeled garlic in this recipe. After a week, I noticed that some of the cloves had turned a blue-green color. Ziedrich said that the discoloration is harmless, and added that the cloves that discolored were probably either immature or old.

LAURA'S PICKLED GARLIC

Steps:

• Trim the tops from the heads of garlic. Peel off all but one layer of the outer skin. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaf, chile peppers and lemon zest. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garlic, and continue to boil for another 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand overnight at room temperature.
• Transfer to a clean jar. Strain the brine into the jar with the garlic so that the heads are completely covered. Discard the solids. Cover and store in the refrigerator until using. It will keep for 6 to 8 weeks. To keep longer, store in sterile jars and process in a hot water bath for at least 10 minutes to seal the jars.

PICKLED GARLIC

Steps:

• Divide the garlic and bay between two 500ml jars. Pour the vinegar, sugar, salt, chilli flakes and coriander into a pan with 200ml water. Bring to a simmer and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the liquid between the two jars and seal. Leave for a minimum of a week and up to three months in a dark, cool place. Serve with cured meats and cheese.