Pickled Oriental Pickling Melon
鶏スープを魔法のように奥深くする！黒くて甘じょっぱいシロウリの漬物
Description
A traditional Taiwanese pitch-black, sweet/salty bottled pickle where Taiwan's specialty 'Yuegua (Oriental pickling melon)' is aged and fermented long-term with Douchi (black beans), soy sauce, and sugar.
Classification: For Adults,Bottled/Preserves,Pickled Pickling Melon
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How to use
Ingredients
Instructions
- [Prep/Usage]
- Use bottled 'Yin Gua' sold in supers along with its sweet pickling juice. Delicious eaten straight as a congee companion.
- [Yin Gua Xianggu Ji Tang] A Taiwanese home cooking staple. Simmer a few pieces of this 'Yin Gua' with its juice in a pot with bone-in chicken, dried shiitake, and ginger.
- No salt/soy sauce needed. The aged sweetness and saltiness, plus Douchi's deep richness melted from Yin Gua permeate the soup, completing an amazingly mellow, deep supreme chicken soup.
- Shines as the core flavor for 'Yin Gua Zheng Rou (Taiwanese steamed hamburger)' steamed with minced pork.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Douchi fermented aroma and sweet soy sauce scent
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Bettara-zuke or Kyu-chan cucumbers (lacks Douchi richness)
Pairing
Chicken soup, Steamed minced pork, Plain congee
Trivia
[For Adults] 'Yin' indicates cooking with Douchi in Taiwan. Looks like simple pickled melon, but months of fermentation condense amino acids; adding just a little makes the taste jump to 'restaurant level'. A natural umami seasoning packed with Taiwanese grandmas' wisdom in a magic bottle.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] On summer mornings with no appetite, place a piece of pitch-black Yin Gua over cold plain congee, drizzle a little sweet pickling juice, and slurp smoothly like 'Ochazuke'!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce/Douchi)