Smacked cucumbers with cheat’s XO sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + draining + chilling
- Easy
- Serves 4 as a side
Skip to ingredients
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 slices prosciuttoshredded
- 1 shallotfinely chopped
- 2 cloves garlicfinely chopped
- a thumb-sized piece gingerfinely chopped
- 2 tsp dried chilli flakes
- ½ tsp shrimp paste
- ½ tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tbsp soft brown sugar
- ½ tbsp rice vinegar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal115
- fat7.9g
- saturates0.8g
- carbs5.6g
- sugars5.2g
- fibre2.1g
- protein4.4g
- salt2.1g
Method
step 1
Put the whole cucumbers onto a chopping board and hit with a rolling pin so they start to break apart. Cut each cucumber lengthways into long quarters, then into chunky pieces. Put into a colander over a bowl and sprinkle with the salt.
step 2
Put the vegetable oil into a small pan with the prosciutto and shallot, and cook gently for 10 minutes until crisp.
step 3
Add the garlic, ginger, chilli flakes and shrimp paste, and cook for 2 minutes, then add the soy and sugar, and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Cool, then stir in the rice vinegar.
step 4
Rinse the cucumbers under cold running water, drain really well, pat dry with kitchen paper then tip into a bowl or container with the XO sauce. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour, then serve.
