Recipe for fried cucumbers

In Russian cuisine, pickles occupy a place of honor. They are eaten fresh, of them make vegetable salads. Salted or salted crisp cucumber – great snacks under cold vodka. Cucumber can not only salted, pickled, but also fried.

Recipe for fried cucumbers with onions and vinegar

If you want to cook original delicious side dish to meat or poultry, take 750-800 grams of fresh cucumbers, 1 medium onion, 0.5 teaspoon sugar, 4 tablespoons of 9% vinegar, 1 full (with top) tablespoon of salt. You'll also need a small amount of butter for frying sour cream (to add to finished dish).

Wash and dry with paper towels cucumbers. Cut vegetables with a sharp knife lengthwise into halves, remove seeds teaspoon. Then cut the cucumber halves crosswise into slices with a thickness of about one centimeter. Put in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar and salt, pour vinegar. Mix thoroughly, leave on for 20-30 minutes. This is necessary in order to make it easier to remove the cucumbers of excess fluid.

Try not to overdo the cucumbers in the marinade, otherwise they will soak the taste and smell of vinegar. You enough to sustain them in the mixture for 30 minutes.

Drain in a colander, let drain the juice. Then thoroughly dry the cucumber pieces with a paper napkin or towel.

Finely chop the onion and fry in butter. When the onions become Golden brown, add sliced cucumbers, strengthen the fire. Sauté the contents of the pan, stirring intensively. The finished dish pour sour cream.

It will be a great side dish to meat or poultry. But you can use these cucumbers as a standalone course.

Fried cucumbers with sesame seeds and soy sauce

For fried vegetables with sesame seeds take about 700-750 grams of small cucumber, 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, 2 tablespoon of soy sauce, 2-3 cloves of garlic, a little vegetable oil for frying, 2 teaspoons salt, spicy ground pepper to taste.

Washed cucumbers, cut in half, place in a bowl. Salt, stir and leave for about 20-25 minutes. Then rinse in warm water, dry, then roll in cornstarch.

In a deep frying pan with a rounded bottom, heat a little vegetable oil, put peeled and cut into thin slices garlic, sprinkle with hot pepper. Sauté the contents of the container, after 30 seconds add half cucumber, sprinkle in sesame seeds and pour soy sauce. Fry on high heat with constant stirring for about 4 minutes. Then immediately serve the dish to the table.