Chinese Cucumber Salad Recipe Garlic
Combine all of the remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over the cucumbers.
Chinese cucumber salad recipe garlic. Add the black fungus soy sauce vinegar garlic and sesame oil and 1 2 tbsp of cold water to the cucumbers and stir to dissolve the sugar. Mix well with mashed garlic and other sauces. Combine the vinegar soy sauce sugar salt and sesame oil in a small bowl and mix well. Rinse and dry on a kitchen towel.
Wash the cucumber and peel off tough skins. Chinese cucumber salad recipe instructions first prepare the garlic. Remove the two ends and smash with a wide kitchen knife like chinese slicing knife until the cucumber is well crushed. Place the cucumber on a large cutting board and carefully use a cleaver to crush it.
Let the marinade sit for 10 minutes. If you like a milder heat remove the seeds and membranes from the chili. Peel and smash do not mince the garlic cloves and add them to the cucumbers. Mix the oil and the rest of the garlic together and set over medium heat in a saucepan.
Put the cucumbers in a bowl sprinkle with the salt and garlic and mix well. No doubt about it this salad does have a kick. Adjust the amount of red pepper flakes to taste. Add the cherry tomatoes to the bowl and mix through the salt and sugar.
Since most recipes tell you to saute garlic for about 30 seconds i cut back on the time for fear that 5 minutes would turn the garlic bitter. I used 1 teaspoon of it. Coarsely chop the chili and add it to the cucumbers. 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more for cucumbers 2 teaspoons granulated sugar plus more for cucumbers 1 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 teaspoons sesame oil 2 teaspoons soy.
Transfer all cucumber cubes into a bowl. Whisk together the vinegar. Transfer to a salad bowl. If youre in the middle on spiciness you may want to add half a tablespoon of the chili garlic sauce taste and then add the rest if you feel you need it.
Transfer to a serving plate and serve. Transfer to the fridge for 10 minutes. Quarter the cucumbers lengthwise and slice off the center portions to remove the seeds. Right before serving pour the sauce.
Instructions dry the cucumber with a paper towel. Sprinkle the cucumbers with a generous amount of salt and let sit in a colander in the sink for 15 minutes. Ingredients about 2 pounds thin skinned cucumbers like english or persian 8 to 10 mini cucumbers 4 medium size or 2 large. For large hothouse cucumbers you may want to further cut the quarters lengthwise into eighths then cut the lengths into 2 inch long pieces.