Pickles & Fermented Condiments

Sichuan Pickled Vegetables

泡菜

Sichuan, China

Vegetables — radish, long beans, cabbage, ginger, chillies — brined in a salt-and-baijiu mother liquid in a water-sealed clay jar, sour rather than sweet.

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Sichuan Pickled Vegetables sticker illustration

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What it is

A closer look at Sichuan Pickled Vegetables.

Vegetables — radish, long beans, cabbage, ginger, chillies — brined in a salt-and-baijiu mother liquid in a water-sealed clay jar, sour rather than sweet.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

The jar has a moat of water round the lid, which is how you tell it from the Korean kind. Served free at the start of a meal in Sichuan restaurants to cut the chilli.