Cucumbers fried in olive oil with chili peppers

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   We take the ingredients from the list and follow the recipe on how to cook fried cucumbers - perhaps this dish will seem unusual to some, but it’s worth a try!

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the cucumbers, cut them into strips and sprinkle with salt.

3. STEP 3

   

   Then put them in a colander to drain the liquid for 20 minutes. Squeeze excess moisture from the cucumbers and dry them with a paper towel.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the garlic, wash it, cut it into thin slices.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add thinly sliced ​​garlic and a pinch of chili pepper to olive or vegetable oil heated in a frying pan. Fry for about 30 seconds.

6. STEP 6

   

   Roll cucumbers in cornstarch. If you wish, you can roll the cucumbers in another starch or skip this step altogether.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then put them in a frying pan with the garlic and fry first on one side until golden brown.

8. STEP 8

   

   Turn over and fry on the other side until a crust appears.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add soy sauce and sesame seeds to the cucumbers. Fry for about 4-5 minutes.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the prepared cucumbers on a plate.

11. STEP 11

    

    Decorate them with green onions or any other herbs.

12. STEP 12

    

    Serve as an independent dish in the form of a hot appetizer, or as a low-calorie side dish for meat, fish, poultry, mushrooms, etc. Serve with any drinks.

13. STEP 13

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Anahit

03.08.2023

5

Yes, Olga, you deserve praise. To have such willpower, to bring such beautiful cucumbers to the stove and not eat them and, moreover, to fry them... I consider the dish to be one of the culinary extremes. Bravo!

Olga

03.08.2023

4.9

Dear Anahit, I completely agree with you - for us the name itself sounds too extreme, and it’s not typical for us Europeans to fry cucumbers. This dish belongs to Chinese cuisine, and you can also find not such tricks here. But the taste, as I mentioned above, is nothing special - it resembles fried zucchini, so you can eat it. And thank you very much for the praise, I just like to try something new.

Shura

03.08.2023

4.8

Girls, I tried a dish earlier - stewed meat with fresh cucumbers, like the Tatar azu, but the cucumbers were used fresh, everything with meat was tasty and I liked it, so I can easily cook Olya’s cucumbers, I love such extremes! Olga, the recipe is really intriguing , it looks very nice! I’ll definitely make it!