Steam Stuffed Cucumbers Recipes

Cucumbers are usually eaten raw in salads, pickled or with our Malaysian Nasi Lemak, but we Chinese sometime do cook with it too. My mother used to stir-fry it with some dried shrimps which make it a very light and refreshing dish. Another dish you can do with the cucumber is to stuff it with some fillings and steam it. It’s a very light dish and goes well with rice.

Ingredients:

1 large cucumber (2 if it's small)
½ cup of ground meat
½ cup of fresh shrimp – clean and roughly chopped
1 spring onion – cut small
1 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tbsp of cornstarch
Dash of salt and pepper

Sauce:

¾ cup of chicken stock
1 tbsp of oyster sauce
1 tbsp of soy sauce
¼ tsp of sugar
1 tsp of cornstarch
½ tsp of sesame oil

1. Clean cucumber and cut into 1” round. Take a small spoon and scoop out the seeds and set aside.
2. Mix the ground meat, shrimps and the rest of the ingredients together. Mix well.
3. Stuff the cucumber with the meat mixture, then steam over high heat for about 15 minutes.
4. In the mean time put all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Stir well and bring it up to a boil over medium heat. Check seasoning.
5. When the cucumber is done pour the sauce over it and serve warm.