Pickled Mustard Greens (Burong Mustasa) - Foxy Folksy (2025)

Pickled mustard greens (burong mustasa) is where mustard greens are fermented in brine for 3-5 days. Learn how to make them the easiest and simplest way.

I've harvested some mustardgreens (mustasa) from my pallet planter boxes some days ago. In the photo below, they are the ones with the big leaves on the right side of the box and in front and at the back. I brought the seeds from the Philippines. Ido not think they are popularly known to be edible here in Germany, can't even find a German word for it. So I thought I'll just grow me some of these piquant greens.

What to do with my fresh bounty? I would eat them fresh if I have some 'buro'. Buro is a Kapampangan delicacy of fermented rice with (fresh) fish or shrimp. It has a pungent smell and is usually an acquiredtaste.

So for now, I made pickled mustard greens or 'burongmustasa' instead. So how do you make pickled mustard greens??? There are different methods I found but of course, I chose the easiest and most basic one.

First, wash every single leaf with water. Making sure they are clean.

Pat them dry with a paper towel and leave them to dry out a bit for some hours or overnight.

This is absolutely optional. Others just cut them into smaller pieces but I wanted to have it exactly like how I remember them from our local market. So I tied each leaf into knots.

Place the knotted leaves in a bowl. Sprinkle with rock salt and add water.

Gently massage using your hands.

Transfer the leaves to a jar and fill the jar with the brine solution. Cover and place in a dark place with room temperaturefor three to five days.

They would look like this after 3-5 days and theyare ready.

Pickled mustard greens can be eaten as it is. But the usual Filipino way was to saute it with scrambled eggs added. On my next post, I will share a similar recipe with my batch of pickled mustard greens. It was simple but really good! Armin loved it, too bad I only made a small batch to try. Now I have to wait for my next harvest time to make it again.

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