Almost every Sichuan family will have a few Pao Cai jars in their kitchen or on their balcony. What used to be a method to preserve a bountiful harvest has become a daily enjoyment: to many Sichuanese, no meal is complete without some crunchy pickled vegetables.

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Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced cucumber
- 1 cup green beans
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 2 cups coarsely cut cabbage
Pickling liquid:
- 16 cups water
- 2 tablespoons Sichuan peppercorns
- 2 star anise
- 1 black cardamom
- cup ¼ dried red chili
- 3 slices fresh ginger
- 3 cloves peeled garlic
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 6 tablespoon salt
- 4 tablespoons grain alcohol baiju
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