Ferments & funk · fermented
Suan cai
Also called Chinese sauerkraut, sour pickled mustard greens, Sichuan pickled mustard greens
Chinese sour fermented mustard greens or cabbage, tangy and crunchy; the defining flavour of Sichuan fish in pickled cabbage soup.
- A kind of Pickled mustard greens
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodSauerkraut
Cabbage rather than mustard greens; similar sour funk, works in fish soups.
- T3 · In a pinchAged kimchi
Sour but spicy and garlicky; rinse off some of the chilli.
- T3 · In a pinchSnow vegetable
Salty rather than sour; add a splash of vinegar.
Cook with Suan cai
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