Today, pickled ginger is very popular. Truth, On sale, it is quite rare. Yes, and such a product is not cheap. Therefore, many housewives try to make it on their own. How to pickle ginger at home? For this, several quite accessible and very simple methods are known.

How to Pickle Ginger in a Simple Way

To begin with, it is worth considering an option that even a novice hostess can easily cope with. With its help, you can pickle ginger relatively quickly and simply, and then use it as a seasoning or as a component for cooking other, more complex dishes.

For work you will need:

  • 60 grams of peeled ginger root;
  • 100 milliliters of hot water;
  • 10 grams of salt;
  • 4 grams of granulated sugar;
  • 1 tablespoon (apple or tablespoon).

How to pickle ginger at home:

  1. Peel a small piece of the root.
  2. Carefully cut it into slices and place it in a previously prepared clean container (it is better to take a glass jar with a lid).
  3. Salt the crushed product and pour boiling water. Set aside until the solution cools completely. Of all the salt, ginger absorbs only the amount that it needs.
  4. Drain half the cooled brine. In this case, the remaining liquid should completely cover the product.
  5. Add sugar, pour everything with vinegar and mix.

The product can be used almost immediately. But it’s better to let him stand for several hours. Store pickled ginger preferably in a cool place.

Cooking in Rice Vinegar

If you have rice vinegar at hand, you can use a different pickling technology.At the same time, the finished product will be even tastier than the one that is sold in the store.

In order to pickle ginger root, you need to take:

  • 500 grams of ginger roots
  • 10 grams of sea salt;
  • 100 grams of granulated sugar;
  • 250 milliliters of rice vinegar.

The cooking method in this case differs from the previous version:

  1. First, ginger, as usual, needs to be peeled, and then cut into thin slices. To do this, you can use the usual peeler.
  2. Put the pieces on a plate, pour over salt and leave for about one hour.
  3. To prepare the marinade, place the sugar in a saucepan with vinegar, and then bring them to a boil.
  4. Put salted ginger in a sterilized container, and then pour hot marinade. Once the solution has cooled, the product can be tasted.

If desired, it can immediately be tightly corked (or rolled up with a metal lid) and stored for up to three months in a cool place.

Homemade Wine Pickling Recipe

Sometimes dry red wine is used to make marinade. Firstly, it makes the finished product more flavorful. Secondly, slices of ginger acquire a pleasant pale pink color.

In this case, you will need:

  • 3 ginger roots;
  • 25 grams of granulated sugar;
  • 30 grams of regular table vinegar;
  • half a glass of water;
  • 10 grams of salt;
  • 80 grams of wine (preferably red dry).

How to marinate ginger at home using these ingredients:

  1. The first step is to clean the roots and rinse thoroughly.
  2. Fold them in a pan, pour water and put the container on fire.
  3. Bring the contents to a boil and cook for 4 minutes. This procedure will make the product softer. Then it can be cut with a sharp knife into thin circles.
  4. Transfer the blanks to the jar.
  5. Add salt and sugar to the pan.
  6. Pour them with wine, and then add vinegar and water.
  7. Boil the solution over low heat.
  8. Pour the marinade into the jar. It should be coated with chopped ginger completely. If necessary, you can add a little boiling water.
  9. Close the jar with a lid. After cooling, put it in the refrigerator.

After three days, the pickled product will be finally ready for use.

Pink Pickled Sushi Ginger

Sushi lovers know that pickled ginger is an indispensable seasoning for this original oriental dish. Often they give it a light pink tint. This is done only so that the product visually harmonizes with the rest of the dishes on the table. The taste of seasoning does not change. How to cook sushi ginger in home cooking conditions, yes, even so that it is pink?

For this, the following ingredients will be needed:

  • 250 grams of fresh ginger roots;
  • 500 milliliters of water;
  • 30 grams of 9% vinegar;
  • 5 grams of edible salt;
  • 50 grams of granulated sugar;
  • a slice of fresh beets.

The method of preparation of pink ginger:

  1. Cut peeled and thoroughly washed roots as thin as possible.
  2. Boil some water (250 milliliters) in a saucepan.
  3. Add salt to it, mix well and remove from heat.
  4. The prepared solution to fill the workpiece. After 10 minutes, the liquid can be drained, and the processed pieces put in a jar.
  5. Dissolve sugar in the remaining water and bring it to a boil.
  6. Pour the hot liquid into the jar, having previously placed a piece of beet in it.
  7. Top up with vinegar.
  8. Cork the jar and, after cooling, send it to the refrigerator for storage.

After a couple of days, you can open it and enjoy the original seasoning with pleasure.

In lemon juice

For pickling ginger root, you can use different options. Everything will depend on which products are available for this.

For example, you can try a recipe that requires:

  • 100 grams of fresh roots;
  • 5 grams of sea salt;
  • 90 milliliters of table vinegar;
  • 1 small piece of beets;
  • 8-10 grams of cane sugar;
  • ½ part lemon.

How to marinate ginger from all of this:

  1. The peeled roots should be washed and finely chopped.
  2. Fill blanks with beets in a glass jar.
  3. Mix the juice of half a citrus with vinegar, adding salt and brown sugar to them. Wait for all crystals to dissolve.
  4. Pour the food with this liquid and store it under the lid in the refrigerator for two days.

After that, it will be possible to take a sample. If the taste of ginger is not pronounced enough, the pickling time can be increased.

Ginger Root Marinated with Vodka

In some cases, vodka is also used to pickle ginger. It, together with the main product, has an additional antimicrobial effect on the human body. This seasoning is just perfect for sushi.

To prepare it, you need the following components:

  • 200 grams of young roots;
  • 50 milliliters of wine vinegar;
  • 3 grams of salt;
  • 45 grams of sugar;
  • 10 milliliters of vodka.

How to marinate ginger root using these ingredients:

  1. Peel the core of the roots randomly cut into pieces.
  2. Fold them in a plate and pour boiling water.
  3. After 2 minutes, water can be poured out, and the products dried and finely chopped. After heat treatment, they will become softer, and it will be much easier to do.
  4. The remaining ingredients according to the recipe to collect in a saucepan and add to them a little water (20 milliliters).
  5. Next, all this needs to be mixed and boiled.
  6. Pour the ginger with the cooled marinade and leave it under the lid for 5 hours.

This seasoning is also perfect for any fish or meat dish.

What can be cooked with pickled ginger

Most often, in practice, use pickled ginger for sushi. As you know, such a dish is prepared with fresh fish, and this is completely unsafe. In this case, the original seasoning has a bactericidal effect. With strong antimicrobial properties, it protects the human body from possible infection when eating foods that have not undergone heat treatment. But this is not the only area of ​​application for ginger.

Plates of pickled roots are often used to make various salads and sandwiches.

 

These breakfast dishes can be an excellent boost of energy for the whole day. After all, pickled ginger is an excellent tonic, which gives strength and significantly improves performance. It can also be used to make sauces for meat or fish. Interestingly, even after heat treatment, it does not lose its beneficial properties.

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