Spicy Cucumber

Name: Spicy Cucumber
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Pickled & Preserved
Ingredients: to taste Cucumber; to taste green chili pepper; to taste Refined salt; to taste Vegetable oil; to taste Soy sauce; to taste white sugar; to taste Star anise; to taste Cinnamon; to taste Ginger; to taste Garlic

Cucumbers and green chilies are salted for a full day, then submerged in a simmered soy-based brine. Expect crisp bites laced with savory, spicy depth.

10 minNewMedium Pickled & Preserved Braise Sour Spicy

Instructions

1
Wash the cucumber and green chili pepper and let them air dry.
2
Cut the cucumber lengthwise and then into sections, set aside.
3
Place the cucumbers in a clean, dry bowl and sprinkle in fine salt.
4
Put the sliced cucumber into the bowl, sprinkle with fine salt, and after marinating for 24 hours, pour out the water.
5
Air-dry the green chili peppers, then slice them and put them into a small bowl containing cucumbers.
6
Pour soy sauce into the pot, using an amount just enough to cover the marinated vegetables.
7
Pour in an appropriate amount of white sugar.
8
Add star anise and cinnamon, bring to a boil over high heat, and let cool.
9
Slice the ginger and garlic thinly and mix them into a small bowl containing the cucumbers.
10
Start another pan of oil and heat the oil.
11
Pour the oil into the cooled soy sauce broth.
12
Pour the drained marinade into the bowl with cucumbers (it can be eaten after marinating for a week).