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mike i
Lv 4
mike i asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 2 decades ago

Can some one help me with a chinese recipe?

I am want to make the dish 排黄瓜 (pai huang gua), chilled cucumbers in vinegar and garlic (sometimes has a little bit of soy sauce and seseme oil as well). It was one of my favorite dishes while I was in China, and would like to make it here. Thanks for the help!

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  • Liz
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago
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    Ingredients:

    1 cucumber - (European type is best with fewer seeds)

    Rice vinegar - approximately 1 Tblsp (common white vinegar may be used)

    Soy Sauce - approximately 2 Tblsp

    Sesame oil - 1 Tspn

    Garlic - to taste

    Preparation:

    All of these ingredients can be used to taste, and quantities should also be determined by the size of the cucumbers used. Break up the cucumber into bite size pieces, then put all the pieces into a bowl. Chop garlic fine, and put the garlic in the bowl with the cucumber. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, and vinegar to bowl. Cover the bowl and shake it up. Eat this dish soon after preparation or it will become soggy.

  • 2 decades ago

    Here you go! The (pai) is part of asian medicine mean old in regards to roots an such I'm told. May explain your diffulculty finding this easy dish.

    Pickled Cucumber Salad- (iiang ban huang gua) A lightly pickled salad commonly served in Taiwan as a zesty appetizer.

    This is a simple dish but it needs to be prepared half a day in advance.

    Serves 4

    Ingredients

    3 cups oriental cucumbers

    1/4 cup carrot slivers

    3 tablespoons white rice vinegar

    5 cloves garlic, finely diced

    1 chili pepper, sliced

    3 teaspoons salt

    1 teaspoon sugar

    Method

    Scrub cucumber skin well (do not peel). Slice diagonally into 2 cm pieces

    Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of the salt over the cucumbers and carrot. Mix and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours (longer time equals more tender vegetables)

    Rinse off salt and drain

    Add the remaining teaspoon of salt, the rice vinegar, garlic, chili pepper, sugar. Mix well.

    Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours, mix and serve.

    Notes

    You can substitute the cucumber with other vegetables, such as kohlrabi, cabbage or Chinese cabbage. For a variation add a teaspoon of finely diced ginger.

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    Cucumber Salad w/ a thai twist.

    1/4 c rice or white vinegar

    1/4 c water

    1/4 c sugar

    1 tblsp , soy sauce, or salt

    1 chili, minced

    about 10 inches cucumber

    several sprigs coriander, finely minced

    In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, water, sugar, and soy sauce and bring to boil.

    Remove from heat and add chili.

    Let cool. Meanwhile, slice cucumber in 1/2 lengthwise and slice thinly.

    Mix all ingredients together when liquid has cooled.

    marinate at lease 1hr drain and seve spinkle w/ toasted seaseme seeds.

  • Swirly
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago

    SPICY CUCUMBERS:

    1 Hot House cucumber (English cucumber)

    5 tbs. Soy sauce

    3 tbs. vinegar

    1 tbs. sesame oil

    1 tsp. chile garlic sauce

    2 clove garlics, minced

    1 package Equal or 2 tsp. of sugar

    Cut cucumber to wedge shape, then thin slice.

    In a bowl, mix Soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chile garlic sauce, garlic and Equal.

    Add cucumbers, mix well.

    Let cucumber set for at least 20 minutes, stir every few minutes.

    Use as side dish, serve cold.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Indian recipes

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