Cucumber pickles thai style
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Rice vinegar |
| ½ | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 6 | Pickling cucumbers | |
| 3 | tablespoons | Coarsely chopped shallot or purple onion |
| 1 | teaspoon | Finely chopped fresh hot Thai chili pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Finely chopped dry-roasted peanuts |
| Few fresh cilantro leaves | ||
Directions
From Real Thai by Nancy McDermott. It is often served with satay but also is a great accompaniment for dishes like the Thai Basil Chicken. The small "pickling" cucumbers are the best to use.
Combine the vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a gentle boil stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
Just before serving time, peel the cucumbers. (Make cuts or "score" the cucumber length-wise all around if you want to make this look a little more decorative.) Slice as you normally would slice cucumbers for a salad.
Combine the cucumber slices with the vinegar dressing, shallots, and chiles in a serving bowl. Sprinkle with the peanuts and garnish with the cilantro leaves.
Dale Hitchcock <dhitchco@...>
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