Japanese · Preserve / ferment

Gari Sweet Pickled Ginger

Name: Gari Sweet Pickled Ginger
Total time: 72 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 110 g fresh ginger root, young and plump if possible; 1 tsp salt; 120 ml rice vinegar; 50 ml water; 1¼ tbsp sugar

Whole ginger knobs dry-salted for a day, then steeped for a week in sweetened rice vinegar until they blush pink; shaved paper-thin, it is the palate-clearing companion to every sushi meal.

YieldServes 8
Hands-on15 min
Total3 d
Difficulty

Ingredients

110 gfresh ginger root, young and plump if possible
1 tspsalt

pickling vinegar

120 mlrice vinegar
50 mlwater
1¼ tbspsugar

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
Vegan

Contains

Rice
Ginger
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

Under 20 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 1
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

pickling vinegar

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