A Stamina-boosting Cucumber Salad with Pork

Name: How to cook A Stamina-boosting Cucumber Salad with Pork - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Us

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Chef :

cookpad.japan

A Stamina-boosting Cucumber Salad with Pork

We are given a lot of cucumbers every year. I have tried different recipes to use them up. Even my meat-lover husband likes this dish. When I serve this dish as a starter it is filling, so he doesn't have to eat too much later.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 servings

Cucumbers

60 grams

Thinly sliced pork (any cut of your choice such as leg or belly or bacon too)

5 grams

Wakame seaweed (dried or fresh)

to 2 tablespoons Sesame oil

1 clove

Garlic, and 1 thumbtip-sized piece of ginger

Red chilli

2 tbsp

▣ Ponzu, or more

▣ Shiro-dashi 0.5-1 tablespoon

1 tsp

▣ Sugar

Toasted sesame seeds (ground), as required

generous amount Black pepper

add some if you like it hot ＊Ra-yu or ichimi spice

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Rehydrate the wakame seaweed in water and cut into bite sizes. Cut the pork into small pieces. Chop the garlic and ginger finely. Cut the red chilli lengthways in half and remove the seeds.

* Step 2

Rub the surface of the cucumber with salt and rinse in water. Cut lengthways in half and slice diagonally into 2-3 mm pieces.

* Step 3

Pour the sesame oil into a frying pan and add the garlic, ginger and chilli. Heat the frying pan over a low heat and infuse the oil with garlic, ginger and chilli.

* Step 4

Add the pork and fry until brown. Add ▣ ingredients and turn the heat to low. When the pork absorbs the sauce, turn off the heat.

* Step 5

Transfer the cucumber and wakame seaweed onto a serving dish.

* Step 6

Pour over the meat sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds (ground) and black pepper. Finish with bonito flakes to give a nice flavour.

* Step 7

Add some ra-yu or ichimi spice for a hot flavour. This salad goes well with beer. If you are on a diet, use lean meat.

* Step 8

Increase the amount of pork if you want to make a more satisfying dish. Bacon will work well. Bacon is salty, so adjust the saltiness when you season.

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