Fried cucumber: different recipes

Such a culture as cucumber has always been considered salad. It was customary to eat vegetables in canned form or raw, without any heat treatment. Recently, however, the trend of cooking dishes that use fried cucumber has spread . This trend came from countries in the Asian region, such as China, Korea and so on. This product is very tasty and unusual, and you can cook it in different ways.

Cooking technology

Fried cucumber can be made with hot spices. The process can be reduced to the following main points:

1. Soak 10 shiitake mushrooms in warm water .
2. Peel two long cucumbers, ginger and carrots, cut everything into strips. Grind shiitake and one pod of chili peppers in the same way.
3. Heat the pan strongly, pour a little oil into it (enough to fry). Throw ginger and finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic first, then after about 30 seconds put the cucumbers, then with a small interval, carrots and mushrooms.
4. We add taste to vegetables with a pinch of sugar, soy and Worcester sauce, mirin or sherry. After that, add sesame oil, put chopped pepper and green onions and fry still about 1 minute.

Other recipes

You can also cook fried cucumber as a side dish for a hot meat dish. To do this, you must:

1. Peel the cucumbers (600 g) and divide into 4 longitudinal parts. Season the marinade with a quarter teaspoon of salt, half a spoon of sugar and three large tablespoons of vinegar. The mass should be well saturated with the solution, for this it is better to put the container with the vegetable in the refrigerator.
2. Cucumbers need to be divided into 2 equal in volume parts, one of which roll in starch and fry in well-heated oil. Take out the cucumbers, let the oil drain. After that, roll cucumbers in pre-chopped walnuts with nutmeg.
3. The second half must be fried without breading and cut into small pieces. Soak a lot of soy sauce and minced garlic.
4. Put a large fried cucumber in a salad bowl, and chopped mass on top.

There are other ways in which you can cook fried cucumbers (for the winter, however, it is not recommended to harvest vegetables prepared in this way). For example, you can make a Korean salad with this ingredient. This treat can be obtained by following these points:

1. 300 g of beef cut into thin straws and fry, lightly salted.
2. Grind one carrot and two onions in the same way. Fry vegetables in a separate pan.
3. Cut cucumbers into circles. Fry also separately. Put in a large container. Add other vegetables and meat.
4. Sprinkle the whole mass with vinegar (about a third of a teaspoon) and mix with chopped garlic (5 cloves) and pepper (a small spoon). Top up if necessary.
5. Heat 2 large tablespoons of oil (any vegetable) and pour the salad.

Knowing how to cook fried cucumbers, you can diversify the diet of households. This dish will be very useful at the festive table, they can treat friends and relatives. The treat is prepared quickly, and you can get a good result.