Pickled Cucumber Salad, the easiest Chinese dish!

Pickled Cucumber Salad, the easiest Chinese dish!
Mar 20, 2008 04:05
JANE01 Points: Join Date: Mar 3, 2008 Status: offline	This is a simple dish but it needs to be prepared half a day in advance. Serves 4 Ingredients 3 cups oriental cucumbers 1/4 cup carrot slivers 3 tablespoons white rice vinegar 5 cloves garlic, finely diced 1 chilli pepper, sliced 3 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon sugar Method Scrub cucumber skin well (do not peel). Cut cucumbers lengthways into halves, then quarters. Cut crossways into finger-length pieces. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of salt over cucumbers and carrot. Mix in. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours (longer time equals more tender vegetables). Rinse off salt and drain. Add remaining teaspoon of salt, rice vinegar, garlic, chilli pepper, sugar. Mix well. Refrigerate for a further 3 to 4 hours, mix and serve. Notes: You can substitute the cucumber with other vegetables, such as kohlrabi, cabbage or Chinese cabbage. For a variation add a teaspoon of finely diced ginger.

Mar 20, 2008 04:05

JANE01
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This is a simple dish but it needs to be prepared half a day in advance.

Serves 4

Ingredients
3 cups oriental cucumbers
1/4 cup carrot slivers
3 tablespoons white rice vinegar
5 cloves garlic, finely diced
1 chilli pepper, sliced
3 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar

Method

Scrub cucumber skin well (do not peel).
Cut cucumbers lengthways into halves, then quarters. Cut crossways into finger-length pieces.
Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of salt over cucumbers and carrot. Mix in.
Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours (longer time equals more tender vegetables).
Rinse off salt and drain.
Add remaining teaspoon of salt, rice vinegar, garlic, chilli pepper, sugar. Mix well.
Refrigerate for a further 3 to 4 hours, mix and serve.
Notes:
You can substitute the cucumber with other vegetables, such as kohlrabi, cabbage or Chinese cabbage. For a variation add a teaspoon of finely diced ginger.

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