Hot and Sour Courgettes

Name: Hot and Sour Courgettes
Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish
Ingredients: rice vinegar 1 tbsp; garlic clove 1, crushed; sugar 2 tsp; soy sauce 1 tbsp; red chilli 1, deseeded and sliced into strips; dark sesame oil 1 tbsp; ginger root 2 slices, chopped; white peppercorns 1 tsp, freshly ground; spring onion 1, finely chopped; courgettes 2 large, thinly sliced; salt 1 tsp; light sesame oil 1 tbsp

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pepper

By Christine McFadden

Published 2008

About

Simple but good, this recipe is from Chef But at the late Kenneth Lo’s Memories of China restaurant in London. The Chinese consider black specks of pepper unsightly, so white pepper is used here. It has a mild bite which combines well with chilli to make a seasoned oil with just a hint of heat.

Ingredients

courgettes 2 large, thinly sliced
salt 1 tsp
light sesame oil

Side dish
Vegan
Spicy

Method

Put the courgette slices in a large colander and sprinkle with the salt. Cover with a plate and set a weight on top. Leave to drain for 15 minutes. Rinse off the salt and pat the slices dry with paper towels.

Heat the oils in a wok over high heat. When very hot but not smoking, add the chilli and pepper. Sizzle for about 30 seconds, then remove the chilli with a slotted spoon.