Lightly Salted Cucumbers: A Quick Recipe In 5 Minutes, A Chinese Version Of The Dish, Reviews

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

No hassle: lightly salted cucumbers in 5 minutes

Young potatoes are already steaming on the table, generously sprinkled with chopped dill, households are preparing spoons and swallowing saliva, catching mouth-watering smells rushing from the kitchen, but bad luck - not a single salted cucumber was found in your refrigerator for a snack. Don't be upset! Helping the business is easy: you just need a few spices, a dozen fresh cucumbers and 5 minutes of time.

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• 1 5 minutes - and you're done: a selection of recipes for quick cucumbers

  • 1.1 Simple and tasty
  • 1.2 Spicy snack
  • 1.3 Fragrant cucumbers with caraway seeds, mustard and lemon juice
  • 1.4 Refreshing cucumbers with lime and mint
  • 1.5 Broken Chinese Cucumbers
  • 1.6 Video: lightly salted cucumbers without pickle in 5 minutes
• 2 Reviews

5 minutes - and you're done: a selection of recipes for quick cucumbers

When the ground is covered with snow, and frost crackles outside the windows, there is no better time for marinades and pickles: you open a carefully stored jar, and from each of you the warm sun and fragrant beds breathes on you. However, summer is a completely different matter; at this time, old stocks of pickles are running out, and young vegetables are filled to the brim with vitamins and microelements, so it's just a pity to bathe them in boiling water and vinegar. And there is no need, because there are wonderful "express recipes", each of which will allow you to crunch a lightly salted cucumber in pleasure, without spending a single extra minute on its preparation.

Simple and tasty

This recipe is a culinary classic of sorts, simple, elegant and always leading to great results, even if you have never done pickling in your life.

You will need:

• 1 kg of cucumbers;
• 1 bunch of dill;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. table salt.

Preparation:

1. Wash cucumbers thoroughly. For fresh fruits that have just been picked from the garden, this will be enough, but if the vegetables managed to lie in the refrigerator for several days, and you have an hour or two in stock, it will not hurt to slightly soak them in cold water - this will give the pulp elasticity and pleasant " crispness ".

   

   If the cucumbers were picked two or three days ago, soaking will do them good.

2. Chop greens and garlic and combine with salt.

   

   The harder you grind the garlic, the sooner it will give its flavor to the cucumbers.

3. Cut the cucumbers into circles or oblong wedges, removing the bitter ends, and place them in a plastic bag or food container with a lid. Do not fill the container to the top, vegetables should take up no more than 1/3 of its volume.

   

   Large pieces will not have time to salt, too small ones will be inconvenient to eat, so look for a middle ground

4. Pour the resulting mixture into cucumber slices, close the container tightly, and tie the bag.

   

   It is more practical to take two bags at once, so you can not be afraid that one will break

5. Shake the container with spicy crumbs vigorously for 2-3 minutes, then leave it alone for another 2-3 minutes.

   

   You can start tasting

Spicy appetizer

If in the previous recipe you did not have enough piquancy, we offer a sharper option, with hot pepper.

You will need:

• 1 kg of cucumbers;
• 1 bunch of dill;
• 1 bunch of cilantro;
• 1 green pepper;
• 4-5 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, ideally olive;
• 2 tbsp. l. table salt.

Cooking.

1. Rinse the cucumbers well in cold water, cut off the bitter butts, and cut the fruits themselves into medium-sized pieces.

   

   Chop cucumbers randomly

2. Chop the herbs.

   

   The fragrant component is ready

3. Chop the peppers finely.

   

   If desired, seeds can be removed

4. Pass the garlic through a press.

   

   You can add garlic directly to the oil

5. Place cucumbers, herbs and spices in a suitable container, cover with oil, add salt and shake well. After 5 minutes, the snack will be ready.

   

   A little more, and the appetizer is ready

Aromatic cucumbers with caraway seeds, mustard and lemon juice

On the hot pepper, the light did not converge like a wedge. Mustard can give the appetizer the necessary pungency, and spices and lemon juice will make the palette of tastes even more varied and interesting.

You will need:

• 1 kg of cucumbers;
• 4-5 cloves of garlic;
• 1 lemon;
• 1 bunch of parsley and dill;
• mustard seeds, caraway seeds - to taste;
• 1-2 tbsp. l. table salt.

Cooking.

1. Wash the cucumbers and cut randomly.

   

   Don't forget to throw away the bitter tips!

2. Chop the greens, pass the garlic through a press.

   

   Garlic and greens are invariable components of cucumber pickle

3. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.

   

   If you roll the lemon with pressure on the table, it will be easier to squeeze the juice.

4. Place cucumber slices, herbs, garlic, salt and spices in a bag or other suitable container.

   

   In addition to greens of dill, when salting, they use its umbrellas and seeds.

5. Pour lemon juice over everything, seal the container and shake for a couple of minutes to evenly distribute the salt and spices inside. After 5 minutes, the first sample can be taken.

   

   The treat is ready

Refreshing cucumbers with lime and mint

Another interesting taste for those who like to try new things: juicy lime, fragrant mint and a set of peppers.

You will need:

• 1 kg of cucumbers;
• 2-3 limes;
• 1 bunch of dill;
• 1 bunch of parsley;
• 3-4 sprigs of mint;
• a mixture of peppers - black, white, allspice (3-5 peas each);
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt.

Cooking.

1. Wash cucumbers and cut into small pieces.

   

   Better to choose young, thin-skinned fruits

2. Using a fine grater, remove the zest from the limes, and squeeze the juice from the pulp.

   

   It is not forbidden to use lemon, but with lime it tastes more piquant.

3. Grind the salt, sugar and peppers in a mortar, and then combine everything with the zest.

   

   The dressing will turn out to be original, but tasty.

4. Chop the greens.

   

   Mint will add special notes to the finished dish

5. Place all ingredients in a bag or plastic container, tie or cover and shake well. After 5 minutes, the dish can be served.

   

   Hurry to the table!

Broken Chinese Cucumbers

Are you fed up with dill and garlic? Want to add an exotic touch to your dish? Easy! True, it is recommended to insist broken cucumbers a little longer - 15–20 minutes. But cooking them will take you no more than the same 5 minutes.

You will need:

• 500 g of cucumbers;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• 1–2 tsp sesame seeds;
• 2 pods of hot chili;
• 0.5 tsp salt;
• 1.5 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
• 0.5 tbsp. l. dark sesame oil;
• 1.5 tbsp. l. rice vinegar;
• sweet rice wine Mirin.

Cooking.

1. Wash the cucumbers, cut them in half and either tap them lightly with a kitchen hammer, or press them down with a knife, laying it flat. Do not overdo it! Cucumbers should not scatter into dust, but only slightly crack, and in the most dexterous housewives, cracks appear only on the pulp, while outside the fruits remain intact.

   

   If at first the cucumbers will crack outside, it's okay

2. Cut a pod of hot pepper into rings.

   

   According to Chinese tradition, pepper is cut obliquely, but this is an optional requirement.

3. Pass the garlic through a press.

   

   A little garlic never hurts

4. Fry the sesame seeds over low heat, being careful not to burn them.

   

   Sesame should only brown slightly

5. Dissolve the salt in the wine.

   

   Mirin is often found in Chinese snack recipes

6. Cut the prepared cucumbers into small slices and place in a bag or container along with the rest of the ingredients and shake well several times.

   

   Final chord

7. Let the cooked cucumbers sit in the refrigerator for another 15–20 minutes and serve.

   

   True connoisseurs advise adding a small (1-2 cm) piece of ginger root grated on a fine grater to the dressing

Alas, the harsh reality now and then knocks the wings of my ineradicable craving for culinary experiments. This time, the desire to join the Chinese culture stumbled upon an insurmountable obstacle in the form of a kitchen cabinet in which neither sesame oil nor rice wine was found. They had to make concessions to the circumstances, opting for less exotic olive oil, ordinary table vinegar and prosaic sugar instead of the mysterious Mirin wine. Probably, in China, a cook who took such liberties would have been immediately booed, but in Russia the tasting of the resulting dish was successful. True, in the end, a strict jury in the person of three family members, two guests and a neighbor concluded that the cucumbers that reached the end of the dinner turned out to be tastier than those that were eaten immediately.therefore, it is better to cook them a little ahead of time - the taste will only benefit from this.

Video: lightly salted cucumbers without pickle in 5 minutes

Reviews

That's all the wisdom of cooking "five-minute cucumbers". Agree, simple? Take note of the recipes and enjoy crispy lightly salted cucumbers any time of the year at your first request.