Pickled Chayote

Name: Pickled Chayote
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 medium chayote; 1 1/2 cup soy sauce; 1/2 cup water; 1 cup vinegar; 1 cup sugar; 2 big cloves of garlic; 2 slices ginger (1/2 inch)

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I thought of using regular pickles (Kosher Dill cucumber pickles) for the Spam sushi. But on second thought, I chose to use chayote pickles Instead because I didn’t think the clove fragrance in Kosher Dill would go well with the Spam sushi.

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Ingredients

3medium chayote
1 1/2 cupsoy sauce
1/2 cupwater
1 cupvinegar
1 cupsugar
2big cloves of garlic
2 slicesginger (1/2 inch)

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Steps

1

Wash and dry chayote with paper towel. Cut into quarters, remove seeds. Place in stainless bowl. Skin side up.
2

Put soy sauce, water, vinegar and sugar in a pot. Bring to boiling point. Boil for another 3 minutes. Pour over chayote.
3

Let it cool down for 1 hour. After one hour, transfer chayote and soy sauce liquid into glass jar, add ginger and garlic. Close lid. Keep in cool place. No need to refrigerate.
4

After 3 days, remove chayotes into a bowl, pour soy sauce into a pot and boil for 5 minutes (this step is to evaporate any moisture rendered from the chayotes). Cool completely.
5

Put back chayotes into jar, this time, put the one that was on the top to the bottom, and vice versa.
6

After another 3 days, repeat steps 4 and 5. Keep in cool place.
7

These pickled chayotes can be kept for a long time.The ones you see in the picture are about 5 months old. They are very crunchy.