Stuffed Cucumber Recipe
Simmered Dishes Recipes

Ingredients:

4
2 tbsp
1
4
7 oz
1
2 tbsp
1 tsp
1/4 tsp
1/8 tsp
1 tsp
1 tbsp
2 tbsp
6 cup
5 cup

balsam pears( or cucumber)
shrimp (dried)
small piece ginger, chop
dried black mushrooms
ground pork
egg
cornstarch
salt
black pepper
sugar
MSG
sesame oil
soy sauce
oil
water
carrot for garnishing the plate

Directions:

1. Peel cucumber open both ends and hollow it.

2. Soak shrimp in warm water to soften, then chop it.

3. Soak mushrooms in warm water, then chop it.

4. Mix ground pork, chopped shrimp, ginger, mushroom, 1 egg, 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1/8 tsp sugar, 1/2 MSG, and 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, stir thoroughly till sticky as meat paste.

5. Stuff meat paste into cucumbers close both ends with toothpick.

Methods:

1. Deep-fry cucumber in 6 cup hot, 425 ^oF oil till soft, then remove.

2. Boil 5 cup water, cook cucumber over medium heat in boiling water for 30 minutes. Remove toothpick cut each cucumber into 3-4 sections, arrange in serving plate-save soup.

3. Boil about 2 cup of soup in which the cucumbers were cooked, and 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp MSG. Thicken with 1 tbsp cornstarch paste, and 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, then pour over cucumber.

4. Garnish with carrot.

Note: Cucumber may be used in place of balsam pear.