Chinese Spicy Pickled Napa Cabbage

Name: Chinese Spicy Pickled Napa Cabbage
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 12 servings chilies; 12 servings garlic; 12 servings ginger; 12 servings Napa cabbage; 12 servings peppercorns; 12 servings sea salt

Chinese Spicy Pickled Napa Cabbage is a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 recipe with 12 servings. One serving contains 13 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. A mixture of napa cabbage, sea salt, ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of Chinese food.

Instructions

Cut Napa cabbage into sixths, core and slice across each section into 2-inch (5 cm) wide sections; mix well with salt. Cover; set aside at room temperature for 1 day in warm weather or 2 in cooler weather (taste after 1 day to see if the cabbage has soured). Rinse lightly under cold running water; drain, squeezing out excess moisture. Set aside.

Ingredients you will need

Napa Cabbage

Cabbage

Cooler

Water

Salt

In a dry frying pan over medium heat, toast Szechuan peppercorns until fragrant and slightly darkened. Toast chilies until fragrant and slightly darker in color. Stir together cabbage, Szechuan peppercorns, chilies, ginger and garlic (if using), pressing with your hands to extract liquid from cabbage and to break up the chilies. Cover; refrigerate 1 day before serving.

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Peppercorns