Zha cai and cucumber cold dish
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- 1 whole Asian cucumber
Deseed the cucumber and cut it into 1 inch chopstick-sized strips.
Liangban cold dish with cucumber
- 1 whole mild red chili
- 40 g jia cai
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1¼ tsp sugar
- MSG
- 1½ tsp soy sauce
- 1½ tsp Chinese dark vinegar
Toss the cucumber and chili in a bowl with the jia cai, minced garlic, sugar, MSG, soy sauce and dark vinegar and mix well.
- scallion green (optional)
Optionally top with scallion green.