Coral cucumber, sweet and sour, slightly spicy, is the most suitable for summer food

Today I would like to share with you a refreshing and refreshing side dish - coral lily cucumber. This cucumber is my family's favorite small cold dish, sweet and sour, slightly spicy, refreshing and appetizing

No one is unfamiliar with cold cucumbers, but as long as you take a little care and change the cutting method, it will add a lot of color to the originally ordinary mixed cucumbers, and it will also make the eyes of your family light up when served on the table, and maybe you will praise your superb knife work~~

——Coral Cadella Cucumber——

【Ingredients】

Ingredients: 3 cucumbers

Excipients: 1 large shiitake mushroom, 15 grams of green onions, 6 dried chili peppers, 10 grams of ginger

Seasoning: 30 grams of sugar, 30 grams of balsamic vinegar, 2 teaspoons of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of salt

【Directions】

Step 1: Ingredients display, cucumber wash and set aside, mushrooms, green onions, ginger peeled and set aside, sugar, light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar

Step 2: Wash the cucumber, put it on the cutting board, and then put 2 chopsticks on both sides of the cucumber to clamp the cucumber; Cut the cucumber into slices at an angle of 45 degrees with the blade and chopsticks, and stop when you reach the chopsticks, without cutting it.

Step 3: After cutting one side, turn the cucumber over, (turn the cucumber 180 degrees) and place the cucumber on both sides of the cucumber with chopsticks. Similarly, the blade and chopsticks are cut at an angle of 45 degrees, and do not cut them off. Cut all the way to the cucumber tail.

Step 4: The cut cucumber is in this state, (as shown in the picture) and continues to be opened.

Step 5: Put the cut cucumber into a large bowl, add salt and marinate for 20 minutes.

Step 6: When marinating cucumbers, we will prepare the sauce, and cut the mushrooms, ginger, green onions, and chili peppers into shreds. (Soak the dried chili peppers in warm water for a while and then cut them into shreds, which is easy to cut, and it is not easy to change color when stir-frying)

Step 7: Heat oil in a pot, add green onion and ginger shreds and stir until fragrant.

Step 8: After stir-frying the fragrance, add shredded pepper and shredded mushrooms and continue to stir-fry over low heat to bring out the fragrance.

Step 9: After the seasoning has a rich fragrance, add 2 teaspoons of light soy sauce

Step 10: Add 2 tablespoons of sugar. Add sugar and stir-fry evenly.

Step 11: Finally, add balsamic vinegar and stir-fry evenly.

Step 12: Turn off the heat when it boils, and the sauce is ready. (When the sauce is dressed, you can also put some monosodium glutamate and chicken powder according to your habits to improve the freshness)

Step 13: Squeeze out the pickled cucumber and put it in the crisper box. Pour the sauce over the cucumber and marinate again for 1 hour before serving.

The fresh and refreshing side dish of coral lily cucumber is ready, sweet and sour with a hint of spicy, and it is definitely a popular cold dish on the summer table.

Give it a try if you like it!

Tips:

1. In order to facilitate cutting, it is best to choose straight cucumbers, which are easier to cut.

2. In addition, putting chopsticks is definitely a good way, especially suitable for novices, the cucumber with chopsticks will never be cut off and the depth of the knife edge is the same~·