Cold Cucumber Soup - Naing Kuk

Title:
Cold Cucumber Soup - Naing Kuk

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Soups,
Korean




Ingredients:





     2 md Cucumbers


     2 tb Light Soy Sauce


 1 1/2 tb White Vinegar


     1 tb Chopped Green Onions


   1/2 ts Sugar


   1/2 ts Chili Powder


 1 1/2 ts Sesame Oil


     5 c  Chicken Stock


     2 ts White Sesame Seeds






 Peel the cucumbers and slice very thinly.  Place in a dish and add the soy


 sauce, vinegar, green onions, sugar, chili powder and sesame oil. Set aside


 for 1 hour, then add the chicken stock.


 


 Toast the sesame seeds in a small pan over medium heat until they turn


 golden and begin to pop, then grind finely.


 


 Transfer the soup to a tureen and sprinkle on the sesame seeds. Serve at


 room temperature or slightly chilled.


 


 Typed by Syd Bigger.