Air fryer cucumber chips
Who says an air fryer can only be used to make French fries? With the trend of healthy eating emerging worldwide, air-fried cucumber slices bring an unprecedented gourmet experience with their low-fat and high-nutrition characteristics.
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Ingredients Needed
Cucumbers: Select fresh, crisp, tender cucumbers with intact and smooth skins and no spots.
Chili powder: Prepare according to your personal tolerance for spiciness to add a unique spiciness to the dish.
Sesame seeds: Tiny sesame seeds can bring a rich aroma and rich texture to the dish.
Minced garlic: Minced garlic made from fresh garlic injects a strong garlic flavor into the dish.
Light soy sauce: Light soy sauce with a salty and fresh taste is an important seasoning to enhance the taste of the dish.
Vinegar: Sour vinegar can add a refreshing sour taste and unique flavor to the dish.
Cooking oil: Used to make hot oil for pouring to stimulate the aroma and taste of ingredients.
Guiding techniques
Slicing and placement: Use a slicing tool to ensure that the cucumber slices are evenly thick. Usually, 2-3 millimeters is the best thickness so that they can be heated evenly in the air fryer. Avoid stacking when placing them. Place them in a single layer flat in the frying basket. If necessary, cook in multiple batches to prevent some cucumber slices from being insufficiently or overly heated due to crowding.
Seasoning creativity: Boldly try various seasonings to change the taste. In addition to the classic combination of chili powder, minced garlic, light soy sauce, and vinegar, you can sprinkle some onion powder to add a spicy fragrance, add dill to bring a unique herbal aroma, or sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese to give a rich milky and salty flavor, creating a unique taste experience.
Cooking control: The air fryer needs to be preheated to 150 degrees in advance and set the cooking time to about 30 minutes. But pay attention to observing the state of the cucumber slices and adjust the time and temperature in time according to their color and crispness to avoid burning or being undercooked, so as to ensure that the produced cucumber slices are golden and attractive in color and crisp and delicious in taste.
How to season cucumber slices correctly
Basic seasoning:
Salt can highlight the freshness of cucumbers and remove the astringency. Use 1-1.5 grams of salt for 500 grams of cucumber slices. A small amount of sugar (about 2:1 of salt and sugar) can be added to enhance the freshness. Mix well and let it sit for a few minutes. Choose white vinegar, rice vinegar or apple vinegar for vinegar. About 10-15 milliliters is appropriate. Mix light soy sauce of 5-8 milliliters and pour it on the cucumber slices and stir. Add minced garlic of 2-3 cloves and minced ginger of a small section to increase the fragrance and remove the coolness.
Advanced seasoning:
If you like spiciness, add 3-5 grams of dried chili powder or chop 1-2 fresh chili peppers and add them. Add 2-3 grams of pepper powder or pour oil fried with pepper grains to increase the numbing taste. Herbs such as 3-5 mint leaves or basil leaves bring a fresh herbal fragrance. 1-2 grams of cumin powder has a barbecue flavor. 1-1.5 grams of five-spice powder has a Chinese spice flavor. If you love a rich taste, sprinkle 5-8 grams of grated Parmesan cheese or mix 5-10 milliliters of cream with other seasonings to make the taste delicate and mellow.
What's the taste of cucumber slices
Air-fried cucumber slices have a unique flavor. After baking, the freshness and crispness of cucumbers still remain. The reduction of moisture makes the texture firm and slightly has a toasted fragrance.
Simply season with salt and black pepper. The saltiness brings out the sweetness of cucumbers, and black pepper adds a spicy fragrance. It is refreshing and has layers.
When paired with the spicy sauce made of chili powder, minced garlic, sesame seeds, light soy sauce and vinegar, there is the spiciness of chili peppers, the strong fragrance of garlic, the mellow taste of sesame seeds, the freshness of light soy sauce and the refreshing taste of vinegar. The refreshing and spicy flavors dance together, with a long-lasting taste.
If seasoned with cheese powder and onion powder, cheese powder gives the cucumber slices a rich milky and salty fragrance, and onion powder adds a unique spicy fragrance, with a unique Western style. The taste is diverse and different. On top of the traditional freshness of cucumbers, through the air fryer and different seasonings, it creates a rich taste experience and meets diverse dietary preferences.
INGREDIENTS
MAIN INGREDIENTS
- 300g cucumbers
ACCESSORIES
- 20g minced garlic
SEASONINGS
- 10g chili powder
- 10g sesame seeds
- 20ml light soy sauce (2 tablespoons)
- 10ml vinegar (1 tablespoon)
- 30ml cooking oil
DIRECTIONS
STEP 1
Put the sliced cucumber slices into the air fryer and bake at 150 degrees for 30 minutes.
STEP 2
Put 10 grams of chili powder, 20 grams of minced garlic and 10 grams of sesame seeds in a small bowl. Pour 30 milliliters of heated cooking oil into the bowl and stir well.
STEP 3
Add 2 tablespoons (about 20 milliliters) of light soy sauce and 1 tablespoon (about 10 milliliters) of vinegar to the bowl and stir to make a seasoning sauce.
STEP 4
Take out the baked cucumber slices and put them in a bowl.
STEP 5
Pour in the seasoning sauce and stir well. Serve on a plate and enjoy.
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How long can they be stored
At room temperature, if only simply salted, it can be stored for about 4-6 hours. Because microorganisms are active at room temperature, cucumber slices are easy to lose water and become soft and breed bacteria. If seasonings with antibacterial effects such as vinegar and garlic are added, it can be extended to 1-2 days.
When refrigerated, simply seasoned cucumber slices can be stored for 2-3 days. Low temperature slows down the growth of microorganisms and spoilage. Elaborately seasoned ones (containing various spices and sauces) can last for 3-5 days.
Under freezing conditions, it can be stored for 3-6 months. Although -18 degrees Celsius can greatly delay spoilage, after thawing, the texture of cucumber slices becomes soft and the taste and flavor change. It is more suitable for cooking, such as making soup and stir-frying. Its remaining flavor can be used to enhance the color of dishes rather than being directly eaten to enjoy the original crisp and tender taste.
Matching suggestions
Matching with staple foods:
Put it in bread and spread cream cheese or hummus. The wheat fragrance, cucumber freshness and milk fragrance blend together. It is even better to match baguette with vinaigrette; match it with rice or fried rice. For example, add it to shrimp fried rice, which has excellent taste and color and relieves greasiness and enhances flavor.
Matching with proteins:
Combine it with roasted chicken breast to relieve greasiness and increase moisture. Wrap the meat and dip it in sauce; string it up with ham and sprinkle seasonings to make a good snack; make a salad with shrimp. The elasticity and freshness complement each other. Lemon juice enhances freshness; match it with smoked salmon to balance the flavor. Adding caviar and others makes it more advanced.
Matching with dairy products and sauces:
Put it in yogurt and add nuts and fruits to make a nutritious salad. Multiple flavors blend together; put it on a cheese platter to relieve the strong greasiness; dip it in sweet and spicy sauce for a unique appetizing taste; dip it in peanut butter for a combination of mellow and fresh tastes. These combinations make air-fried cucumber slices bloom with diverse deliciousness in different combinations and enrich the choices on the dining table.
Recipe analyzer
- Recipes: Air fryer cucumber chips
- Main Ingredients:2
- Servings per recipe:1
- Servings size:320 g
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Energy (calories)：66 kcal
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Protein：3.04 g
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Fat：0.58 g
Why gray?
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Carbohydrates：13.09 g
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Protein: 16%11 kcal
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Fat: 8%5 kcal
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Carbohydrates: 76%51 kcal
The ratio shows whether the proportion of both fatty acids in your diet is optimal. Red color means too much of Omega 6 or too little of Omega 3. The data are rounded off and approximate.
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