Pickled Young Ginger

Slightly sweet and just a little bit sour, pickled young stem ginger is usually eaten raw or with preserved eggs (also known as Thousand-Year Eggs) as a snack or appetizer. Sometimes it is stir-fried with meats, poultry or vegetables, which it always enlivens. Because it is young, it is less fibrous and has a milder tang than mature gingerroot. But it has the authentic fresh and fragrant ginger appeal, and it can be sliced and eaten as a vegetable. At the food stalls of Hong Kong you will s