What is red in the snow? Teach you how to make pickles by hand!

Xuelihong, also known as green vegetables and snow vegetables, is a common green vegetable in China and a new variety of mustard mustard. It is very popular because of its good taste and high nutritional value. What is Xuelihong? What are the pickling methods?

What is Xuelihong?

1. Xuelihong, also known as platoon, roast vegetables and nine-head mustard, is a new variety of mustard. It is an annual herb of Brassica juncea of Cruciferae. Its leaves are large, its stems and leaves are stout, and they are light green and oval. After frost, some of the leaves turn red and get the name, and the flowers are bright yellow.

2. Xuelihong is a kind of leaf vegetable in mustard, so it smells spicy and tastes a little bitter, so it is mostly used to make pickles, and of course, it is also cooked or fried, but it is mostly used to make pickles in life.

3. Xuelihong is the tender stem and leaf of cruciferous mustard, which is rich in vitamins, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other elements. it contains 2.8g protein, 1.6g vitamins, 2.39mg calcium and 64mg phosphorus per 100g. It has the effects of reducing swelling and relieving pain, diuresis, dispelling wind and aiding digestion. it can be used to treat dysentery, hemoptysis, sore throat, adverse urination and other diseases. If you fall or joint pain can also be applied to the affected area, you can get a good treatment effect.

4. Snow red is cold-resistant, so it is more common in the north, of course, in the south, but it is rare to see leaves turn purple, so it is misrepresented as "snow red", and it is often eaten as pickles, and the pickled snow red can not only be fried, but also can be used to make stuffing and plum vegetables. It can be described as a variety of eating methods, which is more famous in Ningbo.

Second, what are the pickling methods of snow red?

Because Xuelihong is a mustard variety and tastes a little bitter, many people like to make it into pickles, which not only tastes good, but also can be preserved for a long time. Let's take a look at the specific pickling methods of Xuelihong pickles:

Ingredients: snow red, salt, pepper.

The specific pickling steps of Xueli Red:

Step 1: go to the vegetable field to pick some ripe snow red, then choose to wash, hang on the rope to expose for a day, wait for the leaves to be taken out and ready to be pickled. When choosing snow red, try not to choose too young, and do not choose too old, so as not to marinate out too young, too old to taste bad. At the same time, when exposed to the sun, do not get too dry, lest the pickled food is not crisp or delicious.

Step 2, put the dried snow red in a large basin, then sprinkle the right amount of salt, rub it hard with your hands, and let the salt fully infiltrate into the dish. In general, 250g salt per jin of snow is the best, if you put too much or too little will affect the taste.

Step 3, wash the pickle jar, dry the water inside, then put the processed snow red layer by layer or bundle into the tank, and finally evenly sprinkle appropriate amount of salt and pepper on it, pour salt and pepper into the salt water, cover the pickles and put them in a cool environment, and put a slate on the pickles the next day. It should be noted here that when you put the slate, you must not put it on the same day, lest the slate compacts the dish and the salt cannot infiltrate into the dish, resulting in some salty and light pickled vegetables in the later stage.

Generally speaking, Xuelihong is a mustard variety, which can not only be eaten as a vegetable, but also has high medicinal value, such as diuresis and digestion. At present, many people like to use it to make pickles and eat it in a variety of ways. If you don't know how to marinate, you can follow the three detailed steps above.