Laba Garlic

Overview

It’s Laba today, Laba tomorrow, it’s time to pickle Laba garlic! Laba garlic must be served with dumplings on the New Year's dinner table - usually the garlic is pickled on Laba day and opened on New Year's Eve. The garlic cloves are green and the vinegar is fragrant, which goes well with the fragrant dumplings.

Tags

• pickles with soy sauce
• appetizers
• common dishes
• children
• old man
• laba
• beijing cuisine
• winter recipes
• aged vinegar or rice vinegar
• garlic

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel the garlic and use kitchen paper to remove the dust. It doesn’t matter if the garlic cloves are small or slightly sprouted;

   

2. 2 Discard garlic cloves that have "disabled" parts or those that have been damaged by rough peeling;

   

3. 3 Fill a sealed acid-proof container with garlic cloves, either a clay pot or glassware, do not use a plastic container;

   

4. 4 Pour in mature vinegar (I like to use mature vinegar);

   

5. 5 Cover the garlic cloves, cover and seal, and store in a cool place (I put it in the corner of the north balcony).