Posts tagged Cucumber

Sesame Noodles

Sesame Noodles

Prep 15 minutes

Cook about 15 minutes
Make 6 main-dish servings

Salt

1 package (16 ounces) spaghetti

1 cup fresh orange juice

¼ cup seasoned rice vinegar

¼ cup soy sauce

¼ cup creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil

1 tablespoon grated, peeled fresh ginger

2 teaspoons sugar

¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 bag (10 ounces) shredded carrots (about 3 ½ cups)

3 kirby cucumbers (about 4 ounces each), unpeeled and cut into matchstick-thin strips

2 green onions, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted (optional)

Green onion for garnish

 

1.   Heat large saucepot of salted water to boiling over high heat.  Add pasta and cook as label directs.

2.   Meanwhile, in medium bowl, with wire whisk or fork, mix orange juice, vinegar, soy sauce, peanut butter, oil, ginger, sugar, and crushed red pepper until blended; set sauce aside.

3.   Place carrots in colander; drain pasta mixture, cucumbers and sliced green onions with sauce in bowl.  If you like, sprinkle pasta with sesame seeds.  Garnish with green onion.

 

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Hot and Sour Prawn Soup

A Thai and Vietnamese version of our sinigang, enhanced with the unique flavors of tanglad and ginger.

Prawn soup

Hot and Sour Prawn Soup

1 Maggie Chicken broth cube, dissolved in
8 Cup water
1 Thumb-size ginger, crushed
2 Pieces tanglad leaves, tied in a knot
2 Pieces finger chili, sliced thinly diagonally
½ Cup taingang daga (or black woodear fungus). Soaked in water then drained
1 ½ Cup cube tofu
½ Cup thinly slice cucumber
¼ Kilo medium prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intact Mustasa leaves
1 20-g pack Maggi Sinigang sa Sampalok Mix
Patis to taste
Wansoy leaves to garnish

In a large pot, boil broth. Add ginger, tanglad leaves, and chili. Simmer about 15 minutes then remove ginger and tanglad orange. Add the Maggi sinigang powder and let boil. Remove from heat. Season to taste with patis if desired. Top with wansoy leaves.

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Cold Cucumber Soup

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Cucumber Soup

2 medium cucumbers
4 cups buttermilk
1 tbsp finely chopped green onions
¼ cup finely chopped parsley
1 tsp salt
dash pepper

Peel cucumber and scraped out seeds. Dice very finely. Combine with buttermilk, green onions, parsley, salt and pepper. Chill very well. 

Stir and spoon into chilled soup cups at serving time. Tops with a thin slice cucumber. -Margo Oliver

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Wardorf Salad

a_WaldorfSaladIngredients:

4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely diced

1 fennel bulb, finely diced (use less for a milder flavor)

Half a fresh pineapple, cored and finely diced

4 celery stalks, finely diced

Half a head of celeriac (celery root), peeled and finely diced

½ cup plain whole yogurt

4 oz (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts

1-2 tbsp lemon juice

1 cucumber, unpeeled, cut into half-inch slices

1 medium jicama, peeled and cut into silver dollar-sized slices

½ cup fresh mint leaves

Procedure:

Combine all ingredients except cucumber, jicama and mint;  add salt and pepper to taste.  Stack cucumber slices on jicama slices and spoon a dollop f the mixture on each.  Garnish with a sprinkle of mint leaves.

Photo courtesy:  delreypacking

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Italian Pasta Salad

feat_juneIngredients:

2 ½ cups uncooked spiral macaroni (about 5 ounces)
2 cups cur-up cooked chicken
1 cup cherry tomato halves
1 cup broccoli flowerets
½ cup coarsely chopped unpeeled cucumber
I medium carrot, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
½ cup reduced-calorie Italian dressing

 

Cooked macaroni as directed on package, drain. Rinse with cold water, drain. Mix macaroni, and remaining ingredients. Serve on salad greens if desired.

Photo courtesy: crisco

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