Cucumbers Stuffed with Beef, Peppers and Mushrooms

Name: Cucumbers Stuffed with Beef, Peppers and Mushrooms (Oi Sun)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 4 mini cucumbers or ½ English cucumber; 1 tablespoon Pine Nut Mustard Dressing; 2 dried shiitake mushrooms, reconstituted and cut into matchstick strips; ¼ red bell pepper, cut into matchstick strips; 2 oz (50 g) rib eye steak, cut into thin matchstick strips; 1½ teaspoons Sweet Soy Base Sauce; ½ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt or kosher salt; 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil; 4 mini cucumbers or ½ English cucumber; ½ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt or kosher salt

Oi Sun

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Korean Table

By Taekyung Chung and Debra Samuels

Published 2015

About

Cucumbers are sliced into bite-size ovals and staffed with seasoned beef strips and vegetables for a crunchy appetizer that’s sweet, salty, and spicy. For an easy no-fuss assembly with the same great flavor, pile the seasoned vegetables and meat on slices of the stir-fried cucumber.

Ingredients

4 mini cucumbers or ½ English cucumber
½ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt or kosher s

Asia
Korea
Starter
Spicy

Method

Cut the cucumbers into 2-inch (5-cm) pieces on the diagonal. Then cut slits about ¼-inch (6-mm) apart and ¼-inch (6-mm) deep into the cucumber. Do not cut all the way through. Sprinkle the salt on the cucumbers and let them sit for 3 minutes. Dry with a paper towel.

In a medium skillet, add 1 teaspoon<