Best Pickled Napa Cabbage With Umeboshi Plums Recipes

Pickled Napa Cabbage image

Yield Makes about 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

3/4 pound Napa cabbage, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch-wide strips
3 tablespoons finely chopped carrot
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 ounce (30 grams) kombu, about 20 square inches
4 fresh green shiso leaves or 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped

Steps:

Toss together cabbage, carrot, and salt in a bowl. Put kombu in a narrow straight-sided container (5 to 6 inches in diameter) and top with cabbage mixture. Cut a piece of cardboard to fit just inside container and enclose it in a sealable plastic bag. Top cabbage with plastic-covered round and stack 4 to 6 pounds of canned goods on top to weight it. Chill weighted cabbage at least 3 hours.
Discard kombu. Squeeze excess liquid from cabbage and toss with shiso.

Pickled Napa Cabbage with Umeboshi Plums image

Provided by Lillian Chou

Yield Makes about 4 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 (3-pound) head Napa cabbage, halved lengthwise, cored, and cut crosswise into1-inch-wide strips
1/4 cup kosher salt
6 umeboshi plums, pitted and minced
1/4 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
1/4 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)

Steps:

Transfer cabbage to a large bowl and separate leaves, then toss with kosher salt. Let stand at room temperature, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
Stir together umeboshi plums, mirin, and rice vinegar in a small bowl.
Rinse cabbage with cold water in a colander and drain.
Firmly squeeze 1 handful cabbage several times to remove excess water and transfer to cleaned bowl. Repeat with remaining cabbage. Stir in umeboshi mixture, then chill, covered, stirring once or twice, at least 1 hour.