Cucumber

Name: Cucumber
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 pieces Cucumber; 4 cloves garlic; 6 Dried chili; 10 capsules pepper; Some ginger; 3 tablespoons Vinegar; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; Some Sugar; Some salt

by Little Ai Chef

4.7 (1)

Favorite

1

Difficulty

Normal

Time

30m

Serving

2

Minyi cucumber is a traditional Han nationality dish, belonging to Shandong cuisine. Popular in Shandong and Beijing areas. It is a cold dish that is cut with a flower knife method and uses cucumber as the main ingredient. It is light and refreshing, sweet and sour, slightly spicy. "

Ingredients

2 pieces Cucumber
4 cloves Garlic

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6 Dried Chili
10 capsules Pepper

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Some Ginger

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3 tablespoons Vinegar
2 tbsp Soy Sauce

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Some Sugar

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Some Salt

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Cucumber

1. Prepare cucumbers.

2. Put two chopsticks under the cucumber, the knife blade and the chopsticks are inclined at a 45-degree angle, and cut to the chopsticks. After cutting one side, turn the cucumber over and cut it in the same way.

3. The cut cucumber.

4. Marinate the cut cucumbers with salt and then squeeze out the moisture.

5. Take a bowl, add salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and a little water and mix well.

6. Put oil in the pan, add shredded green onion and shredded ginger when the oil is heated to 60% of the heat, and stir fry for a fragrance.

7. Pour the sweet and sour sauce into a pan and bring to a boil.

8. Pour out the sweet and sour sauce and let cool.

9. Pour the sweet and sour sauce into the cucumber dish, sprinkle with minced garlic, add oil to the pot, and the oil is warmed to 80% hot. Sprinkle it evenly, put it in the refrigerator and marinate for 4-5 hours before eating.

Tips:
1. You must wait for the sweet and sour sauce to cool thoroughly before soaking the cucumbers, so that the cucumbers will be more crispy
2. It is a good way to use chopsticks to help cut the cucumber.
3. It is better to marinate the finished cucumbers for 5 hours before eating.