Chinese Pickled Cabbage

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs round cabbage
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon oil

Recipe

• 1 discard tough outer leaves and core of cabbage. cut into 1 inch cubes.
• 2 combine brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and salt.
• 3 heat 2 tblsp. oil. add cabbage and stir-fry until translucent but still crisp (about 3 minutes). transfer to a bowl.
• 4 heat remaining 1 tblsp. oil. add brown sugar-soy mixture and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. then pour over cabbage and toss.
• 5 transfer to tightly covered container and refrigerate overnight.
• 6 variations: for the cabbage, substitute red cabbage. for the wine vinegar, substitute cider vinegar.
• 7 in step 2, add 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper flakes.