Spicy-and-Sour Cucumber Salad

Name: Spicy-and-Sour Cucumber Salad
Yield: Serves 4 as a first course or salad course.
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 4 dried chili peppers; 2½ tablespoons peanut oil; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; Salt to taste; 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed; 1 medium carrot, cut into flowers; 2 Chinese cucumbers, diced; 1 tablespoon thin soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a first course .

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese Technique

By Ken Hom

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

2½ tablespoons peanut oil
4 dried chili peppers
2 cloves

Asia
China
Starter
Spicy
Vegan

Method

stir-frying

Over a moderate flame, heat the oil in a wok. Add the peppers and the garlic to flavor the oil.
stir-fry the carrots 1 minute.