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I saw this dish featured on CCTV4 recently and though what an interesting idea. I never buy sea cucumber before, love to eat it but have no clue how to handle it. Another reason of not buying is my hubby doesn't like it. So, when I saw this imitation sea cucumber made using the seaweed, I was intriguing and wanted to try it. Well, I supposed to shape it into an oblong shape to resemble the sea cucumber but I did not bother. This Chinese food series named Everyday Food does not come with measurement, they cooked with feel like every Chinese cook. So, I tried my best to recreate the dish. It tasted pretty good, the deep-fried ones are crispy and good on it's own. The sauteed one was kind of chewy, just different.
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The batter ready to deep-fry. I really not sure whether I should add more flour in it or not since that cook seem to be able to shape it into an oblong shape with this batter. Hmmm...
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The finished deep-fried imitation sea cucumber.
Ingredients:
(A)
- Chinese seaweed, soften and drained (also called wild laver)
- 1 egg
- Flour
- Fresh mushroom, chopped (I used canned mushroom)
- Salt
- Sugar
- White pepper
- MSG (I used chicken granules)
Sauce:
- soy sauce
- sugar
- rice wine
- Color bell peppers (I omitted this because I have none at home)
- Carrot
- ginger
- scallion
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Good on it's own.
Method:
1. Mix (A) together in a bowl. And then deep-fry until golden brown and drain on paper towel. Try to shape it into an oblong shape if can.
2. Mix the sauce into a small bowl and set aside. Prep and cut the bell pepper, ginger, scallion and carrot.
3. In a hot wok, add in a little oil. When hot, add in ginger and scallion, stir-fry for awhile, then add carrot and bell pepper. Stir-fry well, add the sauce and the imitation sea cucumber. Give a quick stir (add cornstarch water if you want) and dish out to serve.
10 comments:
wowww very interesting idea!
i never like the real sea cucumber, but i might like this imitiation hehe
this is interesting! i was intrigued by yr post title. LOLz
wow...really interesting. I've never seen imitation sea cucumber before.
I like sea cucumber, so no need imitation... heee hee...but for the price to pay for real sea cucumber, I need imitation. Hahahahha!
Never seen this before, look really a interesting recipe, I copy the recipe straight away and really Thanks for sharing this recipe. And this can be a vegetarian dish for coming CNY.
Yummy!Thanks for sharing. Have more menu tips now for my two little princes:)
Yes Rita, I thought it's very interesting too. :)
Baking Fiend. :)
Yeah pigpigs, first for me too.
LOL Tigerfish. I like sea cucumber too, good to have it on CNY.
Sonia, you were so right, what a great vegetarian dish for the coming CNY! Perhaps I will cook this dish for CNY too. ;)
You're welcome Denesa. :) Try my cornflakes baked chicken strips, healthy, crunchy, and my girls loved it. :)
This is the first time I see imitation cucumber. I don't mind eating this one as I am scare of the real thing :)
simple & interesting! Don't know that is imitation sea cucumber though, must look for it.
Haha Gert. I love the real thing, but not the hubby though. :(
Bit of Taste, well, this is the Chinese chef version of the imitation sea cucumber. I just copied his idea and recreated it here for sharing. :P
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