Title: Marinated Cucumbers in Flavorful Sauce
Categories: Appetizer Salad
Yield: 1 Servings

1	lb	Young; straight cukes
3		Dried chili peppers
2 1/2	tb	Scallions(white part only)
2 1/2	tb	Ginger root peeled
1/2	ts	Salt
1 1/2	ts	Rice wine(or sherry)
3	tb	Sugar
4	ts	Vinegar (rice wine or cider)
2	ts	Sesame oil

Wash and cut ends off cukes. Cut into pieces. Odd shapes are OK (/if you know how to do a Chinese rolling cut, that is the best. ) Stack cukes in a large bowl and sprinkle a little salt on each layer. Marinate for 1 hour. Rinse off brine and return cukes to bowl.

Seed dired chili peppers and remove stems. cut chili peppers, scallions and ginger into fine slivers.

Heat a wok and add sesame oil. When smoke rises, add chili peppers. Stir fry until dark red. Add ginger and scallion shreds and stir-fry until fragrant. Add about 1/2 cup boiling water, salt rice wine and sugar. Bring to boil , lower heat and boil until sauce thickens. Add vinegar and stir. Remove and let cool.

Drain cukes and remove seeds and any mushy parts. When sauce is cool, pour over ccukes. Cover and marinate for 4--5 hours.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #2 by fatfree-request@fatfree.com on Jul 14, 1997

Recipe by: Chinese Veggie Cuisine

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