Delicious salad of overgrown cucumbers for the winter

But I don’t get upset and don’t throw them away, but prepare an unusual, but very tasty cucumber salad for the winter, which I call vegetable stew. 🙂 I will be happy to tell you my reliable and proven recipe for the preparation. You can prepare a simple and tasty salad from overgrown cucumbers using my step-by-step recipe with photos.

The main secret and advantage of preparing it is that for my stew I take the vegetables that I have on hand. What I found this time in front of you in the photo:

• 9-10 pieces of overgrown cucumbers;
• bell pepper - 2 pieces;
• one carrot;
• one onion:
• several tomatoes;
• sunflower oil;
• ground black pepper;
• salt;
• sugar.

How to prepare a salad from overgrown cucumbers for the winter

The first thing you need to do with any canning is prepare the vegetables. Therefore, wash all vegetables thoroughly. Then I peel the cucumbers. I cut each into quarters, take out the seeds - they won't be needed. I cut the cucumbers into small pieces as in the photo. I put them in a frying pan heated with sunflower oil and start frying.

At this time, I peel and chop peppers, onions and carrots into small pieces.

When the cucumbers become transparent, add all the prepared vegetables to them, except tomatoes.

As you know, tomatoes slow down the cooking speed of other vegetables, so I add them last. So, I simmer the vegetables over medium heat. After 25 minutes from the start of cooking, add chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste.

I simmer everything together for another 15 minutes. I try. If it’s sour, then add another teaspoon of sugar and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Simultaneously preparing the jars - I wash, sterilize and boil the lids. I put my vegetable stew from large cucumbers into jars and roll them up. I turn it over and wrap it for a day.

The salad from overgrown cucumbers was prepared without sterilization, so it is better to store it in a cool place. Although it keeps well in a city apartment. In winter I use it as a snack. In addition, this cucumber stew perfectly serves as a vegetable side dish! I hope that you will also like my unusual and simple cucumber salad recipe. 🙂