What Are Kirby cucumbers and How Can I Use Them?
Kirby cucumbers is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 5 recipes to get you started.
| In Chinese: | 柯比黄瓜 | |
| British (UK) term: | Kirby cucumbers | |
| en français: | concombres kirby | |
| en español: | pepinos kirby |
Recipes using kirby cucumbers
There are 5 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Garlic Pickles
Old-world fermented garlic pickles with cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, and celery in a salt brine with mustard seed, peppercorns, and bay. Crunchy lacto-fermented crock pickles in 10 days.
Quick Spicy Pickled Cucumbers
The secret to making the cucumbers crunchy is to salt them first and let the salt draw out excess moisture before use.
Iced Cucumber Soup(Mf)
Chilled cucumber yogurt soup with diced kirbies, olive oil, mint, garlic, and a garnish of plumped raisins, walnuts, and chives. A cool Mediterranean hot-weather meal.
Second Time Around Veal Stew Normandy Style(Mf)
Veal stew Normandy style with sauteed Granny Smith apples, reduced apple cider, cream, and steamed Kirby cucumbers. A French-inspired way to transform leftover veal stew.
Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Salsa & Tsatsiki
Chicken gyros with cucumber salsa and tsatsiki turn leftover roast chicken into a fast Greek dinner. Garlic-herb oil, cool yogurt sauce, crunchy cucumber-tomato salsa, warm pita.
