Pickled Sushi Ginger (Homemade Gari)

Name: Pickled Sushi Ginger (Homemade Gari)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 250 ml water; 125 ml rice vinegar (unseasoned, not seasoned sushi vinegar); 80 g light brown sugar (or white sugar for a clearer, brighter pink); 1 tsp Japanese light soy sauce (usukuchi shoyu) (or regular soy + pinch salt); 1 small piece dried kelp (kombu) (about 5cm (2-inch) piece); 340 g young ginger root (shin shoga) (with pink stems); 1 tsp salt (non-iodized, for salting the blanched slices)

Instructions

Prep:30min

Learn how to make Japanese pickled sushi ginger, a bright, crunchy and refreshing pickle made with young ginger marinated in a sweet rice vinegar brine. Serve it with sushi to reset your palate between bites.

Updated at: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:40:12 GMT