Northeastern cucumber soup recipe

People in Northeast China like to cook cucumber soup very much, especially in winter when it is cold outside. Drinking a bowl of cucumber soup at this time will have a warming effect and is also very good for the gastrointestinal tract. However, there are many ways to cook this cucumber soup. The simplest one is the home cooking method. If you don’t like to eat cucumber skin, you can peel it before cooking.

1: Preserved Egg and Cucumber Soup:

2 cucumbers, 2 preserved eggs

Peel the cucumber and cut into thin strips

After peeling the preserved egg, cut it into 4 pieces.

Put oil in the pan and fry the preserved eggs. This is to keep the shape of the preserved eggs after they are cut, and the soup will not be cloudy when cooking.

After the preserved eggs are fried, add water and some ginger rice to enhance the flavor. After the soup has boiled for a while, add the cucumber strips. How long to cook the cucumber depends on your preference. If you like it crispier, cook it for less time; if you like it softer, cook it for longer time.

Finally, add salt and serve.

2. Cucumber eel soup:

The method is:

Cut about 300 grams of fresh eel slices into about 5 cm long eel segments; slice the cucumber. First place the pot on high heat, add oil and heat it until 70% cooked, add eel slices and stir-fry until crispy, add garlic slices, shredded ginger, and cucumber and stir-fry, then add salt, MSG, and fresh soup, cook until the soup is milky white, then add perilla leaves and bring to a boil, skim off the foam, pour into a soup bowl, sprinkle with scallion segments and pepper powder. This dish is nutritious, light and refreshing, and tastes very delicious.

3: Barley, lentil and cucumber soup

Ingredients: 80 grams of coix seed, 40 grams of lentils, 240 grams of pork leg, 160 grams of cucumber, and 4 grams of salt.

Method: 1. Wash the old cucumber, which weighs about 160 grams, cut it into large pieces. 2. Soak raw coix seeds, lentils and tangerine peel in water. Wash the candied dates and pork tendon with water. 3. Add candied dates and pork tendon into the pot and cook until the water boils. 4. Add all the ingredients and wait for the water to boil. 5. Cook over medium heat for 3 hours, add fine salt to taste, and it is ready to drink.

Four: Old cucumber and lean meat soup

Ingredients: 1500 grams of old cucumber, 400 grams of lean meat, 100 grams of red beans, four candied dates, and a small piece of tangerine peel.

Seasoning: A little salt.

practice

① Choose old cucumbers with yellow skin, wash them, cut off the edges and remove the pulp, then cut into large pieces.

②Wash the lean meat and red beans.

③ Soak the tangerine peel until soft, wash and scrape off the pulp.

④ Bring appropriate amount of water to a boil over high heat for 6 minutes. Add old cucumber, lean meat, red bean, candied dates, and tangerine peel. Bring to a boil over medium heat for 35 minutes. Add salt to taste.

5. Tomato and Cucumber Soup

2 tomatoes, 1 old cucumber, and appropriate amounts of salt and MSG. Wash and cut the tomatoes into pieces. Peel and cut the old cucumber into pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add tomatoes and fry until red oil comes out, then add water. After the water boils, add the old cucumber cubes and cook together. After boiling, turn to low heat and add salt and MSG for 10 minutes before serving.