Best 2 Sweet And Sour Cucumbers Recipes

SWEET AND SOUR CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Halve cucumbers lengthwise and scrape out seeds.
• Slice cucumbers 1/8-inch thick.
• Transfer to colander set over a bowl.
• Sprinkle cucumbers with salt and refrigerate.
• Combine vinegar, sugar and rice wine vinegar in small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, shaking pan gently to dissolve sugar; remove from heat.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Transfer to serving bowl and chill thoroughly.
• Add cucumbers and dill (if desired) and toss lightly.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.

BBQ PORK SANDWICHES WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS AND CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F. Make pork rub: 1. In a small bowl with a fork, stir together all pork rub ingredients until well combined. 2. Pat pork dry and press rub into meat (expect uneven clumping) 3. In a nonstick skillet, heat veg. oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork, turning occasionally, about 5 min. 4. Transfer pork to shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven until 155F (about 15 minutes) 5. Transfer pork to cutting board, let stand 5 min. Toast rolls in oven. Make basting sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a bowl stir together all basting sauce ingredients Make BBQ sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a small sauce pan heat peanut oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and cook shallot, garlic, red pepper flakes, cumin, and chili powder, stirring 2 minutes. 2. Stir in remaining BBQ sauce ingredients, simmer, stirring, 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Prepare onions and cucumbers: 1. Peel and seed cucumber and cut enough into ¼ inch dice to measure ¼ cup. 2. Thinly slice enough onion to measure ¼ cup 3. In small bowl, stir together cucumber, onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Make Sandwiches: 1. Slice pork an toss with basting sauce. 2. Make sandwiches with rolls, pork, BBQ sauce, and cucumbers