Best Sauteed Cucumbers Recipes

SAUTEED CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Peel cucumber, and cut into large chunks.
• In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add cucumber and salt, and cook, tossing occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with dill or parsley.

SAUTEED CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Scoop seeds out of cucumber halves using a spoon. Discard seeds. Slice cucumber into 1/2-inch bites.
• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-low heat; add cucumbers, tarragon, white pepper, and salt. Saute cucumber mixture until cucumber bits become translucent, 12 to 15 minutes.

SAUTEED CUCUMBERS WITH GREEN HERBS

Steps:

• With a vegetable peeler, peel skin of cucumber in lengthwise strips, alternating and removing about half of the skin. Cut cucumbers in half lengthwise, and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Cut each half lengthwise in 3 or 4 wedges, then crosswise into 2-inch lengths.
• Bring a pan of salted water to a boil, add cucumbers, and simmer until almost tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add cooked cucumbers, mint or dill, and pepper to taste. Cook until cucumbers are very hot, about 1 minute.

SAUTEED CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Wash and coarsely grate cucumbers into colander. Let stand until cooking time.
• Squeeze water out of cucumbers.
• Heat butter in skillet and saute onions until they soften. Add cucumbers and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is soft, about 5 minutes. Season with salt, if desired.
• To serve, blend in yogurt, if desired; sprinkle with parsley.

SAUTÉED WILD SALMON WITH BROWN BUTTER CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium high heat and let cook until foam subsides and turns deep gold in color, about 3 minutes. 2. Season salmon with salt and pepper and add to pan, skin side up. Cook without turning for 3 minutes. Add cucumbers and a pinch of salt to pan around salmon and stir to coat with butter. Continue to cook, stirring cucumbers around in pan occasionally, until fish turns deep brown, about 3 minutes longer. Flip fish over (move cucumbers to the side to make sure fish skin makes contact with pan). Add garlic to cucumbers in pan and stir. Continue to cook fish until done to taste, 2 to 4 minutes longer. 3. Transfer salmon to plates. Stir dill and lemon juice into cucumbers in pan and let cook for 20 seconds longer. Taste and add more salt, pepper and lemon juice if necessary. Serve cucumbers and butter sauce over fish. Yield: 2 servings.

SAUTéED SALMON WITH BROWN BUTTER CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium high heat and cook until foam subsides and turns deep gold in color, about 3 minutes.
• Season salmon with salt and pepper and add to pan, skin side up. Cook without turning for 3 minutes. Add cucumbers and a pinch of salt to pan around salmon and stir to coat with butter. Continue to cook, stirring cucumbers around in pan, until fish turns deep brown, about 3 minutes longer. Flip fish (move cucumbers to the side to assure fish skin makes contact with pan). Add garlic to cucumbers and stir. Cook fish until done to taste, 2 to 4 minutes longer.
• Transfer salmon to plates. Stir dill and lemon juice into cucumbers in pan and cook for 20 seconds longer. Taste and add more salt, pepper and lemon juice if necessary. Serve cucumbers and butter sauce over fish.