Best Stir Fried Cucumbers Recipes

STIR-FRIED CUCUMBERS

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An inexpensive Chinese side dish. It is very quick to cook. I make this often, and sometimes add a chopped onion together with the cucumbers. The black beans I buy in an Asian supermarket, they are soya beans and salted. The recipe is from a Ken Hom cookbook

Provided by PetsRus

Categories Vegetable

Time 50m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs cucumbers
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon oil
1/4 teaspoon chili bean sauce or 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons black beans, coarsely chopped
4 fluid ounces water
1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil

Steps:

Peel the cucumbers, cut them in half lengthways and remove the seeds using a teaspoon.
Cut the cucumber in 1 inch cubes, put them in a colander, sprinkle with the salt, mix and let them stand for about 20 minutes to drain excess liquid.
Then rinse them in water and dry them with kitchen paper.
Heat a wok, then add the oil, when the oil is hot adding the bean sauce, garlic and black beans, stir-fry for 30 seconds.
Now add the cucumbers, fry them until coated with the spices, add the water and go on stir-frying for several minutes on a high heat until most of the water has evaporated.
Add the sesame oil, mix and serve.

STIR-FRIED SHRIMP WITH CUCUMBERS AND ONIONS

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Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/2 pound shrimp
1/4 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 or 2 cucumber
1 white onion
1 clove garlic
1 or 2 slice fresh ginger root
2 tablespoons oils
2 teaspoons sherry
1 tablespoon oil
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

1. Shell and devein shrimp. Sprinkle with salt and pepper then add cornstarch and toss to coat. 2. Peel cucumbers. Cut lengthwise in half and seed then cut crosswise in 1/4-inch slices. Slice onion thin. Crush garlic. Mince ginger root. 3. Heat oil. Add garlic stir-fry a few times. Add onion and stir-fry until translucent (1 to 2 minutes). 4. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pink (2 to 3 minutes). Add sherry stir-fry until it evaporates. Remove ingredients from pan. 5. Heat remaining oil. Add remaining salt, then minced ginger root stir-fry a few times. Add cucumber slices and stir-fry over medium heat until translucent (1 to 2 minutes). 6. Return shrimp, stir-frying only to reheat. Serve at once. VARIATION: * For the cucumbers and onion, substitute 2 or 3 green peppers, diced.The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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