Eating in China
Sour fermented cabbage ingredient on a plain plate.

Sour fermented cabbage

酸白菜Suān báicài

Cabbage leaves fermented into sour cabbage, then sliced for the cooking pot.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Cabbage leaves fermented into sour cabbage, then sliced for the cooking pot.

In the kitchen

Stewed in pork broth with blood sausage in cuan bairou xuechang.

The Lanleng preparation uses naturally fermented cabbage; this is preserved cabbage rather than fresh leaves.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有酸白菜吗?

Does this dish contain Sour fermented cabbage?

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