Ninniku Shoyu-zuke (garlic In Soy Sauce)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 garlic, whole bulbs
• 2 cups rice vinegar
• 1 1/4 cups regular soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• fresh garlic should be on the market by june. select smaller, well-proportioned bulbs as the garlic will served cut in half.
• peel the outer skin with your hands, leaving only one layer of skin holding the cloves together. trim away the stems.
• sterilize a small pickling jar in boiling water. pack it with the bulbs of garlic. pour the rice vinegar over the bulbs in the jar. seal the jar and let stand in a dark place for 2 weeks.
• 4 discard 2/3 of the vinegar (perfect for salad dressings). in a bowl, combine the soy sauce and the sugar until the sugar dissolves.
• pour the soy sauce over the garlic bulbs in the jar. cover with the lid and let stand in a dark place for 1 1/2 months more. total marinating time should be 2 months. if made in june, mixture will good until around may of the next year.
• when ready to serve, cut each garlic bulb horizontally in half.