Japanese Pickled Ginger Recipes

HOMEMADE PICKLED GINGER (GARI)

Steps:

• Cut the ginger into chunks and place them into a bowl. Sprinkle with sea salt, stir to coat and let stand for about 30 minutes. Transfer the ginger to a clean jar.
• In a saucepan, stir together the rice vinegar and sugar until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil, then pour the boiling liquid over the ginger root pieces in the jar.
• Allow the mixture to cool, then put the lid on the jar and store in the refrigerator for at least one week. You will see that the liquid will change to slightly pinkish in few minutes. Don't be alarmed because it's the reaction of rice vinegar that causes the change. Only quality rice vinegar can do that! Some commercial pickled ginger has red coloring added. Cut pieces of ginger into paper thin slices for serving.

JAPANESE PICKLED GINGER

Steps:

• Wash fresh ginger root and rub off skin.
• Slice the ginger thinly.
• Sprinkle salt on ginger.
• Leave salted ginger slices in a bowl for 1 hour.
• Dry the ginger slices with paper towels, and put them in a sterilized container/jar.
• Mix rice vinegar and sugar in a pan, and bring to a boil.
• Pour the hot mixture of vinegar and sugar over the ginger slices. Cool.
• The ginger will change color to light pink.
• Cover the jar, and store it in the refrigerator.

GARI: JAPANESE PICKLED GINGER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Wash the young ginger root and scrape off any brown spots with a spoon. Then scrape off all the skin with a scraper or peel the ginger by hand.
• Slice the ginger thinly and salt the slices. Leave salted ginger slices in a bowl for about 1 hour.
• Dry the ginger slices with paper towels and put them in a sterilized, heat-resistant container or jar.
• Mix the rice vinegar and sugar in a pan and bring to a boil until the strong vinegar aroma has evaporated.
• Pour the hot vinegar and sugar mixture over the ginger slices. If you want to keep the ginger spicy, pour out the liquid after about 1 minute. Otherwise, let the mixture sit for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Drain the slices in a colander and let them cool by placing them on a paper towel in a single layer. The pickled ginger should change its color to light pink; if you are using old ginger, it might not turn pink naturally.
• With clean hands, squeeze the liquid out of the slices and place them in a jar.

JAPANESE PICKLED GINGER-CANNING RECIPE

Steps:

• Soak ginger slivers in ice water, covered for 12 hours.
• Drain.
• In a small stainless or enamel saucepan combine vinegar, honey and miso.
• Bring to a boil.
• Pack drained ginger into 2 half pint jars.
• Pour hot liquid over ginger, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Seal and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
• See altitude chart for higher altitudes.