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Sichuan Province — pao cai jars are found in virtually every Sichuan household and restaurant

Sichuan Paocai (Pickle Jar) Method

Sichuan Province — pao cai jars are found in virtually every Sichuan household and restaurant

Sichuan's salt-brine vegetable fermentation in a water-sealed ceramic jar (pao cai guan). Unlike Korean kimchi (no seafood paste, no pepper paste), Sichuan paocai uses pure salt brine with aromatics — Sichuan pepper, dried chili, ginger, garlic. Results in crisp, sour, mildly spiced pickled vegetables fermented in 1–3 days.

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