As Tet approaches, Ms. Hoang Thi Ha in Nghe An remembers the pickled onions and sugarcane juice dish. This is a typical dish of the people of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

When she was a child, she often saw her mother pickle onions with sugarcane juice to eat during Tet. After getting married, she specialized in pickling onions the way her mother did and selling this dish online.

Thanks to the pickled onions and sugarcane juice, she earns enough money to cover her living expenses and raise her young children.

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Pickled onions and sugarcane juice are often eaten with banh chung.

Recently, Ms. Ha shared the recipe for pickled onions and sugarcane juice on social media. Many women were interested and asked for the recipe to enjoy with banh chung.

“Salted onions with sugarcane juice have a unique flavor that cannot be mixed. In particular, pickled onions with sugarcane juice, ginger, chili… when eaten with banh chung is the perfect taste, just thinking about it makes me crave it,” Ms. Ha shared.

Pickled onions in sugarcane juice can be preserved for several months, without getting soggy, white and crispy.

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Pickled onions and sugarcane juice is a typical dish of Nghe An and Ha Tinh people.

VietNamNet introduces how to make pickled onions and sugarcane juice as instructed by Ms. Ha.

Ingredient:

1kg peeled onions (equivalent to 1.5kg dried onions)

200ml fish sauce

1 bowl of sugar

200ml vinegar

250 - 300ml filtered water

50ml sugarcane juice

How to prepare:

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Pickled onions with sugarcane juice, ginger... very crispy and delicious, naturally sweet and sour

Mix the onion with 2 tablespoons of salt and leave for 5 hours to reduce the pungency. Then, wash the onion with water and wait until it is completely dry.

Boil the mixture of fish sauce, sugar, vinegar, and water, then let it cool. The pickling liquid can be adjusted to taste for sweetness and saltiness.

Add onion, crushed ginger, chili, a few split sugarcane pieces and pour 50ml of sugarcane juice (if you like it a little sweet, you can add 100ml) into the jar.

Pour in the soaking water and let the onions sink for about 3-5 days, depending on the weather. Once the onions have fermented, store them in the refrigerator.

The finished pickled onions with sugarcane juice are very crispy and delicious, with a natural sweet and sour taste, and the aroma of ginger and sugarcane juice.

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