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Filipino-Style Spiced Vinegar

Name: Filipino-Style Spiced Vinegar
Cuisine: southeast_asian
Ingredients: 10 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 1/4 cup (35 g) dried fruit, such as raisins, cherries, or mangos (optional); 5 whole bird’s-eye chiles; 1 (3-inch/7.5 cm) knob fresh ginger, scrubbed and minced; 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns; 3 to 4 cups (720 ml to 1 L) white sugarcane vinegar; 1/4 cup (60 ml) fish sauce

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Put the garlic, dried fruit, chiles, ginger, and peppercorns in a clean glass jar or bottle and cover with the vinegar and fish sauce. Loosely cover or cap the jar and let sit at room temperature in a dark place for 48 hours.
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Transfer the jar to the refrigerator. The pinakurat will keep indefinitely, and the flavors will continue to develop over time.

Recipes sourced from Epicurious.com.

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