Name: Sushi Style Pickled Ginger
Ingredients: 1/2 pound fresh ginger root (shin-shoga); 2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup rice vinegar; 1/4 cup water; 3 tablespoon sugar

Sushi Style Pickled Ginger

Ingredients

1/2 pound fresh ginger root (shin-shoga)
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

Pickled Ginger (Amazu Shoga). 4-8 Servings. Wipe ginger with a clean damp cloth. Peel and sprinkle with salt. Let stand, covered for 1 day. Combine the ingredients for the marinade in a glass pickling jar. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved. Add ginger and cover for a week. To serve, slice root thinly, about 1/8" thick along the grain. The pickled ginger will keep in the refrigerator for 4 months and will turn quite pink.