Saturday, November 19, 2011

Does anyone have a good recipe for sea slug/sea cucumber?

BRAISED SEA CUCUMBER AND MUSHROOMS


Recipe by Amy Beh


Cuisine: Chinese


Type of Dish: Central Dish


Cooking Method: Braise


Meal Types: 鈥?Dinner 鈥?Lunch








Ingredients





450g soaked sea cucumber, rinsed and sliced thickly





1 thumb-size old ginger, smashed





1/2 tbsp Chinese rice wine





500g chicken drumsticks, cut into bite-size pieces





8 鈥?10 dried mushrooms, soaked to soften








Seasoning for chicken:





1/2 tbsp light soy sauce





1/4 tsp pepper





2 tbsp oil





4 slices ginger, shredded





1 tsp chopped garlic





1 tsp chopped shallots





Thickening:





1陆 tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp water





For sauce (combine):





2 cups chicken stock





1 tbsp light soy sauce





1 tbsp thick soy sauce





1 tbsp oyster sauce





1/2 tsp salt





3/4 tsp sugar





1/4 tsp pepper





1 tsp chicken stock granules


Method


Marinate chicken pieces with light soy sauce and pepper and leave aside for 20 鈥?25 minutes.





Place sea cucumber and ginger in a non-stick saucepan and stir-fry without oil until almost dry. Add in the rice wine and stir-fry briskly for one to two minutes. Remove the sea cucumber from the saucepan and set aside.





Heat oil until hot and fry shallots and garlic until lightly golden. Add ginger and fry until fragrant.





Add in chicken and mushrooms and stir-fry for two to three minutes. Pour in sauce ingredients and add the sea cucumber. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook over a low heat for 40鈥?5 minutes or until sea cucumber is cooked and tender. Thicken with corn flour mixture.|||Although the recipe above sounds great I would reference the website below before cooking something your not familiar with!!


Apparently some can be toxic.


Be careful.|||put in a poly bag , tie at the top and then put in the garbage.|||Sea Cucumber in Brown Sauce Recipe





Serves 4-6





Ingredients :





2 lbs Sea Cucumber, soaked


5 Green Onion


5 slices Ginger


6 tablespoons Soy Sauce


2 tablespoons Wine


6 tablespoons Oil


1/2 teaspoon Sugar


1 tablespoon Cornstarch, mix with 1 tablespoon cold water


3 1/2 cups Soup Stock


1/2 tablespoon Sesame Oil





Method :


Clean the soaked sea cucumber, cook with 1 green onion, 3 slices ginger, 1 tablespoon wine and 5 cups of cold water about 20 minutes over low heat.





Discard the water, ginger and onion. To the sea cucumber, add 3 cups soup stock and cook for 10 minutes over low heat again.





Remove and discard stock. Slice each sea cucumber into 4 or 6 larges pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons oil and fry sea cucumber. Add 2 tablespoons soy sauce and cook about 1 minute. Remove and discard the sauce.





Heat 4 tablespoons oil in frying pan, fry 3 green onion, 2 slices ginger and then add sea cucumber. Splash 1 tablespoon wine and 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 cup soup stock, cook for about 3 minutes.





Thicken with cornstarch paste, add sesame oil.





Pour in platter. Serve.|||Google it. Usually used in chinese cooking.|||Hhmm...raw. Definitely.

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