Cooked Cucumber Recipe (Nogak Namul)
Cooked cucumber recipe or Korean Nogak Namul is a simple and delicious way to eat your old, overgrown, over ripe cucumbers. Regular cucumbers can also be used instead.
10 min3 servings100 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber ((old overgrown or regular))
- 1 green onion ((roughly chopped))
- 2 Tbsp perilla oil ((deul gireum 들기름))
- 1 tsp garlic ((finely chopped))
- 4 Tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt (Trader Joe's)
- pinch perilla seeds ((optional))
Instructions
- 1
Peel cucumber and cut in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop out seeds from the center.
- 2
Slice cucumber into thin slices.
- 3
Chop garlic and green onions.
- 4
Heat 2 Tbs perilla oil in frying pan on medium high.
- 5
Add cucumbers, garlic and green onions.
- 6
Sauté on medium heat for 3 minutes.
- 7
Add 4 Tbs water to pan and continue cooking (2 min or so) until most of the water is gone.
- 8
Serve warm or cold as side dish.
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