Production
Traditionally, Northern China has used Napa cabbage as the vegetable of choice while Southern China uses the Chinese mustard "jìe cai" (芥菜) variety to make suan cai (Cant. syun choy). Production of suan cai differs from other pao cai in that the vegetable is compressed. This is accomplished by placing a heavy weight such as a large rock on top of the cover of the container so that the Chinese cabbage inside the container is slowly pressed and fermented. The processing of the vegetable helps to create a distinct flavor.
Generally, the cabbage is dipped into boiling water, then put in a container with cold water with salt. Suan cai is often used in cooking with meat, especially pork. It is said to neutralize the grease of meat.
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