re: #433 Obdicut

Nah, you could substitute beer or wine, vodka is too high proof and too lacking in flavor.

Here it is:

For the salad, cut up a biiig cucumber into half-moons or quarter-moons, pretty thin. Sprinkle salt on it, put it in a strainer, and let it sit for an hour. Then put it on a couple of plates, on top of paper towels, with more paper towels on top. Press down and squeeze the water out.

Then mince some shallots to taste, some red pepper, some hot chili if you like spice, some mint, and add that along with some sesame oil (dark if you’ve got it) honey, and rice vinegar. These proportions are all really to taste, and depend on how big the cucumber is. So that’s the salad.

The meat is marinated for at least an hour in a mixture of honey, soy sauce, sriracha, sake (or white wine or beer), and sesame oil. Also mince up about an inch cube of ginger and add that in. Chicken thighs or breasts work with this. Marinate covered in a dish or in freezer bags, refrigerate at least an hour. Then remove from the marinade, leaving some on, not patting it dry. Fry that up, it’ll caramelize and ‘burn’ a little but it’ll taste good. Medium high heat.

I’m going to try that!