Pickled Ginger

Ingredients:

2 lbs fresh young ginger (shin shoga)
3 cups rice vineger
2 cups sugar
2 tsps salt

Preparation:

Ginger root prep
Wash young ginger root and rub off skin. Slice ginger thinly (optional/use potato peeler). Salt all slices of ginger, place slices into a bowl and toss like a salad to mix. Leave salted ginger slices in a bowl for one hour. Dry ginger slices with paper towels and put them in a sterilized container/jar.

Final prep
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. Let cool with lid off of container. Cover the jar and store in the refrigerator.

Note:
Pickled ginger changes its color to light pink. (if using old ginger, it might not turn pink naturally)







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