Thursday, November 11, 2010

Hot and Sour Cucumber with Sticky Mushroom Noodles

I'd been staring at this recipe for a while, the mushrooms in the picture looked so tasty an knowing Andy doesn't particularly like mushrooms I couldn't not make this dish. It turned out scrummy which was a good thing as Andy refused to eat it.

The Recipe - Hot and Sour Cucumber with Sticky Mushroom Noodles from Donna Hay
60ml cup rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp lime juice
2 tsp dried chili flakes
  1. 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
2 Lebanese cucumbers, peeled, deseeded and sliced (I use normal ones)
1 tbsp sesame oil
100g namenko mushrooms (I used a mixture of hon shimenji, button and shitake)
125ml oyster sauce
125ml chicken or vegetable stock
270g green tea soba noodles, cooked
1 cup mint leaves
3 green onions, thinly sliced

The Method
  1. Place the vinegar, lime juice, chilli, sesame seeds and cucumber in a bowl and mix well to combine, set aside.
  2. heat the oil in a large non stick pan over a high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook for 1-2 minutes or until soft.
  3. Add the oyster sauce, stock and noodles and cook for a further 1 minute or until noodles are coated in sauce.
  4. Place the noodles in a dish, top with the cucumber, mint and onions and serve.

2 comments:

  1. would this work with fish?? sounds scrumptious but Thang will need some kind of meat with it to be tempted in ;)

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  2. I think it would work really well with fish, something quite meaty, perhaps salmon?

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