Finished dish photo of Crispy Spicy Cold Cucumber Salad 【Aromatic Flavor】

Crispy Spicy Cold Cucumber Salad 【Aromatic Flavor】

Previously, I released many light recipes! Now, it's time to develop some intense-flavored recipes! Intense flavors must be aromatic—the cucumber with peel is squeezed to remove water and then drizzled with aromatic oil, resulting in crispy skin and sweet flesh. You can't stop eating bite after bite!

Ingredients

CucumberAs appropriate
Dried Chili10 pieces
Garlic Cloves6 cloves
Ginger Slices6 slices
Sichuan PepperSome
Rapeseed Oil50ml
Cinnamon2 small pieces
SaltAs appropriate
Fragrant Spicy Chili Sauce1 spoonful
Soy Sauce2 spoonfuls
Sugar1 spoonful
Aged Vinegar1 spoonful

Steps

1

Wash the cucumber and cut it into 1/8 segments.

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Sprinkle 1 spoonful of salt on the sliced cucumber, mix evenly, and marinate for about 1 hour.

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3

Rinse the marinated cucumber twice with water!

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Wrap the cucumber in a cloth and squeeze out all the water! This step is crucial~ The drier it is, the crunchier the cucumber will be!

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5

Prepare the spices: garlic cloves, ginger slices, dried chili, Sichuan pepper, and cinnamon!

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Heat rapeseed oil in a pot, then add the spices to release their aroma!

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Place the squeezed cucumber in a container and drizzle it with the hot aromatic spice oil.

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Add 2 spoonfuls of soy sauce, 1 spoonful of sugar, 1 spoonful of aged vinegar, and 1 spoonful of special fragrant spicy chili sauce, then mix well! For the chili sauce recipe, visit http://www.xiachufang.com/recipe/102317617/

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Plate it! Freshly prepared cucumber wafting spicy aroma; after mixing evenly, it becomes even more eye-catching!

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Take a closer look!

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Pick one up to see! The next step, of course, is to eat it! On a summer day without appetite, a plate of crispy spicy cold cucumber salad paired with white porridge is just irresistible!

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