Pickled Ginger, Green Tea & Chile Salt

Name: Pickled Ginger, Green Tea & Chile Salt
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Asian Other,
Ingredients: 2 tbsps pickled ginger slices; 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar; 1/4 cup coarse sea salt; 1 1/2 tsps green tea leaves; 1/2 tsp McCormick® Red Pepper, Crushed

Make sea salt into the ultimate Asian finishing flavor by adding pickled ginger, rice wine vinegar, green tea leaves and crushed red pepper. Sprinkle over rice, noodle soups, chicken and fish dishes.

10m

PREP TIME

1hr 30m

COOK TIME

5

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 72 (1/4 teaspoon)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons pickled ginger slices
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup coarse sea salt
1 1/2 teaspoons green tea leaves Substitutions available / matcha green tea powder
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Crushed Red Pepper

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 275°F. Pat dry ginger slices with paper towels. Place ginger on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until ginger is dried. Cool slightly then coarsely chop.
2 Cook vinegar in medium nonstick skillet on medium heat 10 to 15 minutes or until reduced to 1 tablespoon. Add sea salt; cook and stir 5 minutes or until sea salt is dried.
3 Mix sea salt, chopped ginger, green tea and red pepper in small bowl until well blended. Store in tightly covered jar in cool, dry place. If needed, break up any clumps before using.