拍黄瓜 Chinese Smacked Cucumber

Posted by: resc01 on: September 2, 2008

• In: Salads | Vegetables
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This recipe for ‘smacked cucumber’ (拍黄瓜: pāi huáng guā) is truly delicious. The cucumbers are whacked with the flat of a cleaver. This helps absorb the flavours of chilli, garlic, rice vinegar and sesame oil.

Ingredients

• Marinade
  • 2 tbsps. light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsps. vinegar
  • 2 drops sesame oil
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of sugar
• 1 green cucumber
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• chili flakes

Preparation

1. Chop off the ends of cucumber.
2. Lay cucumber on a chopping board. Hold blade of a cleaver flat against cucumber. Give cleaver a whack, so that cucumber bursts. Don’t turn it to mush.
3. Slice cucumber and mix well with garlic in a mixing bowl.
4. Add marinade and mix well.
5. Pepper with chili flakes.

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