Sometimes it happens that cucumbers in a greenhouse at a summer cottage outgrow. What can you do with huge fruits? After all, it’s a shame to throw away a lovingly grown harvest. Surprise your friends and family with an unusual dish - fried cucumbers, canned for the winter without vinegar. I think that many people will like this recipe.



Ingredients:

• Cucumbers - 1 kg
• Vegetable oil - 100 ml
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves
• Fresh herbs, seasonings

Drain the released liquid, add your favorite seasonings to the cucumbers and fry in vegetable oil over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

Finely chop the washed greens and peeled garlic.

Pour the oil and herbs into the jars so that the mixture completely covers the cucumbers.

Quickly screw on the lids, turn the jars over and leave to cool slowly in the warmth. In winter, you can surprise your friends with an original snack.

Delicious preparations to you!

Canned cucumbers are a favorite at any feast. In addition, they are used to prepare various salads, pickle soup, solyanka, tartar sauce, burgers and hamburgers. To make canning vegetables enjoyable and not monotonous, every housewife tries to find interesting recipes. One of the unusual preparation options is fried cucumbers with garlic. They will appeal to those who prefer oriental cuisine or simply love spicy dishes and spices.

Usually, small fruits with dark, dense skin are taken for canning. However, large cucumbers are suitable for this recipe. They should be cut into circles or plates and fried in a small amount of vegetable oil. Just don’t use overripe, yellowish vegetables - they have large seeds and hard skin.

Before frying, chopped fruits must be salted. Coarse table salt is best for this as it will give a rich flavor.

For preservation, not only dill and parsley are used, but also other herbs. This could be celery (root and leaves), chili pepper, ginger.

If you are worried that the jars will explode, add some mustard seeds to them. In addition, before rolling, you can pour a little table vinegar (1 tbsp) directly into the container.

Of course, first of all it is necessary to properly prepare the jars and lids. They must be washed well with soda, rinsed with running water and sterilized. To do this, you can choose any of the following methods:

1. in the oven - the container is placed only in a cold cabinet, which is heated to 150 0 C. The jars are “warmed” for 10-15 minutes;
2. in the microwave - the method is quite fast and not labor-intensive. Pour a little ordinary water into the jars (about 1-2 cm). Place them in the microwave and turn it on at 800 watts. As soon as the water has boiled away, the container can be taken out;
3. steamed - usually a kettle or pan is used. The jars are placed neck down on a sieve or special sleeve and sterilized for about 10 minutes.

The covers must be clean and free of rust. If products with elastic bands are used, it is necessary to check that they fit snugly to the rim and do not form lumps. Place the lids in a deep bowl and pour boiling water over them. After 3-5 minutes. they are ready to use.

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Fried cucumbers are my SECRET OVERALL-CONSUMING PASSION! I adore them in a variety of forms and know a couple of dozen recipes in combination with other products, in different cuts, in different marinades...

Fried cucumbers with garlic is one of the simplest recipes, where all other ingredients except cucumber are either seasonings or technological components. This recipe focuses on the most important thing I love about fried cucumbers - their texture! Well, soy sauce plays an important role - it gives fried cucumber rolls an interesting brownish tint.

This dish, of course, can be made without soy sauce, but then the color will be different, much lighter. In short, soy sauce can be replaced with an increased amount of salt. Honey can be replaced with sugar. Mint can be replaced with any other fresh herb seasoning. But garlic cannot be replaced with anything - it creates flavor here. True, you can supplement it with chili if you like it very spicy.

Peel the long cucumber and cut it into slices about 3 mm thick.

Mix the marinade from 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. soy sauce and 1 tsp. honey in a large plate.

Marinate the cucumber slices for at least 1 hour, preferably 2-3. During marinating, it is advisable to turn them over and mix them several times. Keep in mind, cucumbers will release water, i.e. The plate should not be completely flat.

Just before frying, peel and chop the garlic clove. So far it's big.

We tear off the parsley and mint leaves from the hard branches and finely chop them along with the garlic. By the end of frying the cucumbers, the greens should already be ready.

Fry the cucumber in a preheated frying pan over medium heat in a small amount of vegetable oil on both sides, turning, until lightly browned.

We lay out the strips of still warm cucumber on some flat surface, sprinkle them with chopped herbs and garlic and wrap them with a fork into rolls.

Marinate the fried cucumber with garlic under film in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours, preferably a day.

By the end of marinating, the dish acquires a piquant taste and a delicate texture, and even has a rather original appearance - the cucumbers turn out slightly transparent, very beautiful embossed rolls. Can be speared for canapés, or taken with a fork or serving tongs.

Fried cucumbers are good as an appetizer, and are also suitable as a side dish for the main dish. In this article we will talk in detail about such an unusual preparation of our favorite cucumbers.

About the vegetable

There are many varieties of cucumbers. One type is good for canning, the other for salads. Cucumbers go well with other vegetables and herbs. This is a very juicy and healthy product. Cucumbers are 95 percent water and are a great thirst quencher.

Cucumbers are an affordable product. They are sold everywhere and in large quantities. The variety of varieties satisfies every taste, and the possibility of choice expands the tastes of customers.

A variety of vegetables allows you to cook many different dishes, come up with new recipes or improve existing ones.

About the dish

It's always fun to try something new, and fried cucumbers are just the thing. Everything matches: the availability of all ingredients and ease of preparation. And the main thing is the interest in frying something that has never been fried, even thoughts were not allowed in this direction.

For our people, real food is that which is fried in oil and not boiled in water. The only thing we didn't think of was frying the cucumbers. But in vain! This dish may taste like fried zucchini or eggplant. And yet the taste is different.

If they fry bananas, why not fry cucumbers, especially since we are fans of fried food. We need to change our taste preferences. Breaking national stereotypes.

Taste and benefits

Cucumbers are a wonderful cosmetic product. It has a beneficial effect on the female body. When used externally, these are good face masks that smooth out wrinkles, improve the structure and color of the skin, fight pigment spots, and perfectly remove toxic substances from the body.

Fresh cucumbers are very beneficial for the human body. They have both diuretic and choleretic properties, improve intestinal function, and relieve swelling. But cucumber is neutral in taste. And by making it tasty, you have to displace its benefits.

Cucumbers are a 100% dietary product. Ideal for fasting days. But “fried cucumbers” cannot be called dietary, as evidenced by one word - “fried.”

To combine taste and benefits, you don’t need to overdo it with ingredients. All you need is a little salt, breadcrumbs and frying oil.

Recipes

Typically, stars share very difficult recipes containing expensive ingredients. No one wants to cook such a dish and starve for a month. And I want to combine originality with cheapness, simplicity and deliciousness. Very often a recipe arouses interest if a famous person loves it. Our fried cucumbers in a frying pan are no exception: this is Alla Pugacheva’s favorite dish.

To make the dish truly tasty, you must strictly follow the sequence of actions.

1. Wash the cucumbers well. Cut off the ends on both sides, and then cut into round slices. Sprinkle the cucumbers with salt and leave them undisturbed for 10 minutes to release more juice.
2. In a separate saucer, mix breadcrumbs and black pepper. Pass the peeled garlic cloves through a garlic press. Add to the breading and mix.
3. Roll each cucumber ring in breading. Thanks to the juiciness of the green vegetable, the breading sticks well.
4. Place the breaded cucumbers on a hot frying pan with oil. Fry them on both sides for 2-3 minutes.

Fried cucumbers are good as an appetizer and are suitable as a side dish for the main dish. You can pleasantly surprise and delight your guests with this dish. Since this is an appetizer, and it is always the first to fly off the table, don’t be lazy and prepare more of it. But on ordinary days you can arrange a holiday of taste and treat yourself to something new and unusual.

Chinese fried cucumbers with spices

Chinese cuisine also pleasantly surprises us with its recipes. Now she is very popular. A wide variety of sauces (sweet and sour sauce or bittersweet sauce) gives an unusual taste.

As a rule, in Chinese cuisine, everything cooked over fire is cooked very quickly. The main feature of preparing Chinese dishes is preserving the crispy structure of any vegetables without losing their taste and benefits.

Chinese stir-fry is a quick stir-fry. It allows the product to remain juicy and fresh without losing its benefits. Sichuan cuisine is famous for its healthy yet very simple recipes. The taste, according to many, is very interesting, and the dish itself will perfectly diversify any table. But due to the fact that the recipe contains a large amount of hot pepper, this is a dish for those who like it spicy.

Ingredients:

• 2 cucumbers;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1 teaspoon Szechuan huajiao pepper;
• 4 pieces dried chili;
• 2 tablespoons vegetable or peanut oil;
• 1\2 teaspoon sugar;
• 1/4 teaspoon salt.

The cooking method is not as complicated as it might seem at first.

1. Leave the dried chili in water for half an hour. Then we cut it in half. Remove the seeds and cut into two-centimeter pieces.
2. Finely chop the garlic.
3. Take a long cucumber with a small amount of seeds, cut it lengthwise into 4 parts and cut into bars 5-6 centimeters long.
4. From each block we remove part of the seeds with pulp. Salt the bars and leave them untouched for 5 minutes.
5. Fry the huajiao pepper in a frying pan heated with oil. Add chili and a little sugar to it.
6. Blanch over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
7. Then we increase the heat. Place the cubes and fry for no more than 15–20 seconds. In this case, the cucumbers should be completely covered with oil.
8. Remove from heat. Allow time to cool and transfer to a beautiful saucer. To improve the taste of cucumbers, you can pour soy sauce over them and leave them in the refrigerator.

Fried cucumbers with Chinese pork

There is another interesting dish in Chinese cuisine that stands out among the rest. This dish is very original and when finished it looks very interesting on the table. These are not waffle tartlets, shortbread baskets, or even stuffed bell peppers, but cucumber cups stuffed with pork.

This dish belongs to Sichuan cuisine and is rightfully considered one of the best. This is a wonderful recipe that combines everything to create a very tasty and flavorful snack.

Unlike the two previous recipes, this one contains pork meat. Pork is a very tender meat that cooks quickly and goes well with spices. The presence of pork mixed with fried cucumbers emphasizes the variety and wide palette of flavors of Asian cuisine. Every guest at your table will love this appetizer.

The list of products in this recipe is amazing in its diversity.

For the cucumber cups:

• 2 cucumbers (any variety);
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch;
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Our compatriots love fried vegetables: eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, and many others. However, they are not used to frying cucumbers. Those who are not familiar with the traditions of oriental cuisine may think that cucumbers in this form are not tasty. But Asians prefer to eat them this way. Having tried this appetizer, most Europeans note its pleasant piquant taste, somewhat reminiscent of zucchini. Fried cucumbers for the winter can be prepared from both small and overgrown cucumbers. Recipes for such canned food deserve the attention of housewives, even those who have never tried to prepare cucumbers in this way.

Cooking features

Preparing fried cucumbers for the winter is much easier than it might seem to an inexperienced cook. The fruits are washed, cut into strips or circles, salted, and sometimes pickled. Then they are fried in boiling oil on both sides, placed in jars, filled with hot oil and marinade, closed and stored. To get the best results, there are a few things to consider.

• The appetizer will look beautiful if you use vegetables of approximately the same size and cut them in the same way.
• To prepare the dish, you can use not only young, but also overgrown cucumbers, but they should not be spoiled.
• To prevent cucumbers from sticking to the pan during frying, they can be breaded in flour.
• Jars for fried cucumbers prepared for the winter must be sterilized. The lids are also sterilized by boiling. It is allowed to cover the workpiece with plastic lids only if it will be stored in the refrigerator. To store indoors, even cool ones, the jars must be sealed with metal lids to ensure a tight seal.

Storage conditions for fried zucchini depend on the recipe used. They usually hold up well even at room temperature. The shelf life of the snack can be up to 12 months.

Fried cucumbers with garlic for the winter

Composition (per 1 l):

• cucumbers – 1–1.2 kg;
• table vinegar (9 percent) – 50 ml;
• vegetable oil – 100–120 ml;
• garlic – 3–4 cloves;
• salt, fresh dill, parsley - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Wash the cucumbers, cut into circles about 1 cm thick. If you are using very overgrown cucumbers, prefer a different form of slicing: divide the fruits lengthwise into 4 parts with a knife, cut off areas with large seeds, cut the remaining pulp into cubes. Cucumbers with rough peels can be peeled first.
• Salt the cucumbers, stir, leave for 5-10 minutes.
• Heat a frying pan, pour oil into it, and place cucumber slices in one layer.
• Fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.
• Place fried cucumbers in pre-sterilized jars and press down with a spoon.
• Finely chop the greens and garlic with a knife, put in the oil remaining after frying the cucumbers, fry for a couple of minutes, place on the cucumbers, pour hot oil over them.
• Cover the jars with the prepared lids.
• Place a towel on the bottom of the pan and place jars of cucumbers on it. Pour water into the pan so that its level reaches the hangers of the jars, and vinegar into the jars.
• Place the pan over low heat. Sterilize the jars 10-20 minutes after the water boils. Sterilization time depends on the size of the jars: half-liter jars will take 10 minutes, liter jars will take 20 minutes.
• Remove the jars from the pan, roll them up, and place them bottoms up. Cover with a blanket to create the effect of a steam bath - cooling in such conditions, the snack undergoes additional preservation.

Recipe for the occasion::

Once the jars of snacks have cooled, you can put them in the pantry or other place where you usually store winter supplies. If you plan to store fried cucumbers in the refrigerator, you can avoid sterilizing the snack in jars.

Fried cucumbers with onions for the winter

Composition (per 1.5 l):

• cucumbers – 1.2 kg;
• onions – 0.4 kg;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• salt – 40 g;
• sugar – 20 g;
• table vinegar (9 percent) – 40 ml;
• water – 1 l;
• vegetable oil – 120 ml.

Cooking method:

• Cut the cucumbers into halves or quarters of rings, not too thin (about 1 cm thick). Salt using one tablespoon of salt.
• Peel the onion, cut into half rings or quarter rings.
• Cut the garlic cloves in half.
• Pour oil into the bottom of a cauldron or other container in which you plan to cook the appetizer and heat it.
• Throw the garlic into the oil and fry it for 3-4 minutes. Remove the garlic.
• Drain the juice released from the cucumbers. Mix cucumbers with onions and place in a cauldron.
• Fry them over high heat, stirring until the vegetable pieces are browned but still firm.
• Transfer the fried vegetables into prepared jars and fill with the remaining oil.
• Boil water, dissolve the remaining salt and sugar in it, boil for 2-3 minutes.
• Pour in vinegar, stir, remove from heat.
• Pour the hot marinade over the vegetables.
• Roll up the jars, turn them over, wrap them and leave to cool in a steam bath.

If you plan to store the snack for more than 6 months, it should be sterilized for 10-20 minutes before rolling. Canned food made according to this recipe can be stored in any cool room.

Fried cucumbers with tomatoes for the winter

Composition (per 1.5 l):

• cucumbers – 1 kg;
• tomatoes – 0.3 kg;
• onions – 0.2 kg;
• garlic – 6–9 cloves;
• chili pepper (optional) - to taste;
• apple cider vinegar (6 percent) – 60 ml;
• vegetable oil – 100 ml;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Cut the cucumbers into circles or semicircles about 5 mm thick.
• Cut the onion into halves of rings.
• Cut the tomatoes into small slices.
• Heat the oil in the bottom of a non-stick pan, add the cucumbers and fry them over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Add the onion, after 5 minutes add the tomatoes. At this stage, you can add pepper cut into small pieces and salt. Reduce heat and simmer the vegetables for 10 minutes under the lid.
• Pour in vinegar, stir, remove pan from heat.
• Place the snack in jars and roll them up. Leave to cool under the blanket upside down.

The savory appetizer made according to this recipe stands well at room temperature.

Fried cucumbers are a popular snack in Asian countries. Many of our compatriots like this dish. By closing fried cucumbers for the winter, you can surprise your guests with an unusual dish during the cold season.

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Fried cucumbers can be served as an appetizer, as a side dish, or as a full second course. It should also be noted that such a product is often pickled for the winter.

If prepared correctly, you will definitely get a tasty and aromatic snack that can be safely presented even for a festive feast.

Fried cucumbers: recipe

If your harvest was successful and you don’t know what to do with the cucumbers, then we suggest simply frying them. This dish will serve as an excellent appetizer, especially if combined with garlic sauce. But first things first.

What products do we need to make fried cucumbers? The recipe for this dish requires the following:

• freshly picked medium-sized cucumbers - about 600 g;
• corn or potato starch - use at your discretion;
• table salt - about ¼ dessert spoon;
• wine vinegar - about 3 large spoons;
• fine sugar - ½ dessert spoon;
• sunflower oil - used for frying dishes;
• ground nutmeg - use at discretion;
• ground walnuts - use at discretion;
• large garlic - 1 clove;
• soy sauce - 1 dessert spoon.

Processing of fresh vegetables

How to cook fried cucumbers? You can see a photo of this unusual dish in this article.

First you should process all the vegetables. They are washed thoroughly, removing the navels and peel. Next, chop the cucumbers into 3 mm thick slices (or into circles) and place them in a deep bowl.

Pickling process

To make fried cucumbers as tasty as possible, they must be marinated in advance. To do this, vegetable slices are poured with wine vinegar, and table salt and fine sugar are added. After mixing the components, they are sent to the refrigerator for 30 or 40 minutes. After time has passed, the vegetables are removed, squeezed and dried with paper towels.

How to fry correctly

To prevent fried cucumbers from burning and sticking to the dishes, they are first rolled in potato or corn starch, to which nutmeg and ground walnuts are added in advance.

After seasoning the vegetables with the dry mixture, they are placed in a hot frying pan with oil. This product should be fried in exactly the same way as zucchini and eggplant. After the bottom of the cucumbers are browned, they are turned over and cooked in the same way.

Serving for lunch

After the fried cucumbers turn golden brown, place them on a plate and serve immediately. To make the appetizer more aromatic and spicy, it is presented to guests along with garlic sauce. To prepare it, mix grated garlic and soy sauce in a separate bowl.

Making fried cucumbers with meat

If you want to make a complete meat dish with cucumbers, we suggest using this recipe. To implement it we will need the following components:

• fresh cucumbers - about 3 pcs.;
• sea ​​salt - use according to your taste;
• pork meat - about 500 g;
• bitter white onion - 2 pcs.;
• red sweet pepper - 1 pc.;
• garlic cloves - 3 pcs.;
• sweet chili sauce - 1 large spoon (you can use tomato paste);
• white sugar - about ½ dessert spoon;
• ground coriander - ½ dessert spoon;
• soy sauce - 5 large spoons;
• table vinegar - about 2-3 large spoons;
• vegetable oil - used for frying dishes.

Step by step cooking method

Before turning off the stove, pour table vinegar into the pan. After mixing the ingredients with a spoon, they are poured into jars with cucumbers while boiling. If you want to store vegetables for six months, they must be sterilized.

After the described steps, the containers are rolled up with tin lids. After turning the jars over, cover them with a thick towel and keep them like that for about a day. Next, the pickled fried cucumbers are put into the underground or cellar. They will be ready for consumption only after a few weeks.

How and with what to present it to the table

Cucumbers, fried and pickled, should be served for lunch as a spicy and very tasty snack. As a rule, it is consumed together with the first or second hot dishes, as well as with alcoholic drinks.