• Ching's Chunky Bacon Cucumber Salad

    From Ben Collver@1:124/5016 to All on Thu Apr 25 11:15:30 2024
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    Title: Ching's Chunky Bacon And Cucumber Salad
    Categories: Chinese, Salads
    Yield: 1 Salad

    1 tb Groundnut oil
    6 Dried long chillies
    2 ts Sichuan peppercorns
    1 Whole star anise; (optional)
    3 oz Smoked lardons (100 g); cut
    -into 1 cm thick pieces
    1 Red chilli; de-seeded;
    -finely chopped
    1 tb Shaoxing rice wine or dry
    -sherry; up to 2 tb
    2 tb Clear rice vinegar or cider
    -vinegar
    2 tb Toasted sesame oil
    7 oz Cucumber (200 g); halved
    -lengthways, de-seeded and
    -sliced 1 cm thick wedges
    1 pn Sea salt
    1 pn Dried chilli flakes; up to 2
    1 tb Lime juice
    1 tb Chilli oil
    1 sm Handful fresh coriander
    -leaves; roughly chopped
    Dry-roasted peanuts
    -(optional)

    Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil, then add the dried
    chillies and Sichuan peppercorns. Stir fry for a few seconds, or until
    fragrant.

    Add the star anise (if using), bacon lardons and chilli and stir fry
    for 2-3 minutes, or until the lardons have turned golden-brown at the
    edges.

    Add the rice wine or sherry, vinegar and sesame oil and stir-fry for
    a few seconds, then add the cucumber and stir-fry for a few more
    seconds.

    Season with sea salt, dried chilli flakes, and lime juice, stirring
    well.

    Pile the stir-fry onto a serving plate, drizzle over the chilli oil,
    garnish with the chopped coriander, sprinkle over some peanuts, if
    using, and serve immediately.

    Recipe FROM: <gemini://gmi.noulin.net/cooking/86.gmi>

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