This hot cucumber soup is rich and flavorful with the perfect amount of spice and curry heat. A vegetarian’s fantasy!
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 dried red pepper pods
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons chile oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons jarred minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil, or as needed
- 1 ½ cups Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, raw
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup carrot strips
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ½ cup coarsely chopped onion
- ½ cup baby corn, drained
- ½ cup sliced water chestnuts, drained
- ½ cup sliced bamboo shoots, drained
- 2 cups warm cooked rice
Instructions
- Mix pepper pods, soy sauce, green onion, hoisin sauce, chile oil, garlic, sugar, ginger, and salt for sauce together in a bowl; set aside.
- Heat about 1 inch vegetable oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add chicken; stir and saute until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon and set on a plate. Pour hot oil into a container and discard when cool.
- Add water to the wok and bring to a boil. Add carrots, bell pepper, onion, corn, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots; cook and stir for about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Pour out and discard any remaining water.
- Pour the reserved sauce into the wok. Stir and heat over medium heat. Add chicken and vegetables to the sauce; stir until well coated. Remove pepper pods and serve over cooked rice.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. Amount will vary depending on cooking time and temperature, ingredient density, and specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 409 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 56 g |
| Cholesterol | 48 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 1302 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |