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Hot & Sour Cucumbers

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 tablespoon sesame oil (toasted)
  • 2 garlic, cloves (thinly sliced)
  • 1 teaspoon fresh gingerroot, minced
  • 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms (stemmed and thinly sliced)
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, minced
  • 2 tablespoon rice vinegar (unseasoned)
  • 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
  • 1 cucumber, sliced (sliced 1/2 inch thick on the diagonal)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • Salt
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large nonstick skillet, heat the sesame oil. Add the garlic and ginger and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds.

  • Step 2: Add the mushrooms and jalapeno and cook, stirring, until the mushrooms start to soften about 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, sugar, cucumber slices and 2 tablespoons of water and stir to coat in the sauce,

  • Step 3: Cover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the cucumbers are tender and the sauce is thickened. 5 to 7 minutes.

  • Step 4: Stir in the lemon juice and season with salt.

  • Step 5: Serve warm.


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