Steamed Stuffed Cucumbers

Steamed Stuffed Cucumbers

Ingredients:
Shrimp
Pork
Water chestnuts
Onion
Cucumbers
Salt
Pepper
1/2 large egg
1 tsp corn starch
Oil
3 tbsp water
Soya sauce (optional)

Directions:
1. Clean and prepare ingredients. Use your Chinese cleaver and mince shrimp, meat, water chestnuts, and onion together until fine. Place mixture in small bowl, add salt, pepper, egg, and corn starch to it. Slice cucumbers into 1/2" slices. Remove seeds from cucumber cavity, leaving a slight bit in bottom of cavity to form a hollow for holding filling. Fill cucumbers.
2. Place oil in wok and heat to smoking point. Reduce heat to medium. Carefully place stuffed cucumber slices in wok with filling side up. Add 3 tablespoons water, cover wok and steam ingredients for 25 minutes. Check periodically to see if there is enough moisture left in wok for steaming. There should be, if your heat is not above medium.
3. At the end of 25 minutes, check to see if pork is cooked through and if cucumber slices are tender. If not, cook slightly longer. Remove cucumbers to platter. If desired, soya sauce can be dribbled over slices.

Note:
This is a beautiful party dish. If desired, the stuffed cucumbers could be arranged in a heat proof dish and steamed in a steamer.