The larger the zucchini, the higher the yield of the plant. But what to do with large fruits? I propose to prepare a delicate, sweet Ankle Bens salad of zucchini and sweet peppers for the winter!
The affordable composition of a foreign product with a delicate taste allowed intricate housewives to come up with their own recipes for conservation.
In the course went almost all the vegetables from the beds. But an important role in the salad is given to the sauce.
5 tips for making Uncle Bens:
To diversify the everyday and festive menu in the winter season will help harvesting for the winter with vegetables and spices. Prepare at home a delicious, melt-in-your-mouth salad for the future. The lecho recipe with zucchini is more successful.
Prepare:
Peel the skin off the zucchini. Have seeds already formed? We delete them. Cut the zucchini into cubes or strips, as you like.
Cut the bell pepper lengthwise, get rid of the seeds. We cut the vegetable into pieces of the same shape as zucchini.
We chop the onion. We send the onion to the pan with the rest of the vegetables.
We cut the tomatoes into cubes, pour them into the same pan.
Top with 400 grams of sugar and 2 tablespoons of salt.
400 grams of tomato paste diluted with water. Put on fire, bring to a boil.
Pour the tomato solution into a container with vegetables.
We put the pot on the stove. Pour out 2 cups of oil. We mix everything. Bring the mass to a boil.
After boiling, cook vegetables for 20 minutes. at the end, pour a glass of 9% vinegar.
We lay out the salad in sterile jars, roll up the lids.
From the listed ingredients, 9.5 liters of salad were obtained.
It is convenient to preserve in a slow cooker, but still do not forget to stir the food with a thermoplastic or silicone spoon during the cooking process.
Ingredients:
Is the salad cold? We take the jars to a cool dark place.
Culinary masterpieces from Negro Uncle Ben in the past. You will not surprise anyone with the trademark of an American company. The hostesses of great Russia have learned to play their melody of taste from grown vegetables on their personal plots.
This recipe does not contain tomato paste and water. Vegetables are stewed in their own juice. Is it good or not? You be the judge.
Strictly speaking, Unkle Bens is a brand, a trademark of the Mars Corporation. The company produces products, including a line of sauces - seasonings for rice dishes. These mouth-watering sauces with a bright taste are the basis of our favorite preparations for the winter, popularly called "Ankle Bens".
Ankle Bens is both a way to preserve grown vegetables and a vitamin seasoning for the winter table.
Sauce "Uncle Ben's" appeared in Russia in those years when the country was massively fond of homemade preparations. The seasoning was expensive, but extraordinarily tasty. It is not surprising that the housewives "figured out" the recipe and began to make preparations from vegetables grown in their own garden.
That is why there is no initial "correct" recipe, but there are a lot of options, which are based on a delicious combination of zucchini, sweet peppers, tomatoes and seasonings.
Hence the many names of the workpiece Ankle Bens, all of which are correct: appetizer, seasoning, lecho, sauce.
Although the sauce was originally invented as a seasoning for rice, it goes well with many dishes: meat, fish, pasta. It enriches the taste of any food, saturates the body with vitamins, can be a good addition to side dishes and an independent snack.
The basis of Ankle Bens is vegetables, the assortment of which depends on the chosen recipe. The main component is tomatoes, zucchini, peppers. Carrots, beans, onions are added for additional taste. For spiciness - hot peppers, garlic. For aroma and spicy taste, fragrant herbs are put in the salad: basil, parsley, marjoram and others.
It is important that the products are of high quality and fresh. Overripe and damaged tasty sauce will not work. Ideally, if the vegetables are harvested on their site - this guarantees the complete absence of harmful chemical impurities.
For a snack for the winter, it is better to use more tender young zucchini up to 20 cm long. You can also take mature zucchini, but they will have to peel and select seeds. Strongly overgrown fruits should not be taken - they are already hard, with a fibrous structure, which will have a bad effect on the taste of the finished dish.
If zucchini is bought in a store or on the market, they need to be soaked in cold water for an hour. During this time, the fruits will get rid of nitrates and other chemicals. But soaked zucchini is no longer stored, they are immediately used for cooking.
Vegetables are carefully cleaned. Do not remove the skin from the zucchini, this gives the appetizer a special flavor. Seeds are removed from sweet peppers.
Products are pre-washed with warm running water. You need to wash thoroughly, preferably with a brush, as the remaining dirt will lead to rapid deterioration of the product. Greens should be washed with running water for a long time, 8-10 minutes.
Before cutting, vegetables and herbs should be completely dry, they can be wiped with a towel.
You will also need vinegar, salt and sugar, vegetable oil, which must be refined. But it is better to use olive oil. Sugar can be adjusted to taste.
If the percentage of vegetables can be changed to your liking, then the norms of salt and vinegar, comparable to the total weight of the fruit, must be strictly observed. These ingredients are required not only for good taste, but also for proper preservation of the salad. Violation of proportions will lead to spoilage of the product, banks can simply “explode”.
Slicing techniques vary, but the general rule is that, as far as possible, all vegetables are cut in the same way. This is necessary so that the appetizer for the winter looks appetizing and beautiful.
You can chop vegetables:
It should be borne in mind that a different cut shape will give the seasoning a slightly different taste and density. The pieces should be small - 0.5–1 cm in size.
Tomato and zucchini slices can be slightly larger. Then the salad will be more like lecho.
It is better to remove the skin from tomatoes. On tomatoes in the region of the stalk, a cross-shaped incision is made, then dipped in boiling water for 2 minutes. After removing from the water, the tomatoes are immediately placed in cold water. Then the peel is easily removed.
Parsley roots, onions, greens are cut very thinly. Garlic cloves are passed through a garlic press.
If you want to get a delicate texture of the finished salad, all the vegetables are stewed at the same time over medium heat for 20 minutes. Water is added as a last resort when there is little juice in the fruits.
If the recipe requires tomato paste, for a brighter taste, it is replaced with ketchup or mashed tomatoes.
Simmer Ankle Bens on low heat with constant stirring.
Ready Ankle Bens from zucchini is laid out in small jars with a volume of 0.5–1 l. They are made in such a way that the contents can be quickly eaten.
The jars are carefully washed with soap and soda solution and sterilized - boiled for 10 minutes. The lids are washed by removing the rubber bands before this. Then rinse well with detergent and put the rubber bands back. Then boil the lids for at least 5 minutes.
Glass jars are heated for 10-15 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 120 ° C. Put the dishes in a cold oven. And after warming up, the door is not opened for another 15-20 minutes. The fact is, the jars should cool down somewhat so that the glass does not burst when cold air hits them sharply.
The finished salad does not need to be pasteurized, since the recipe requires long-term cooking of the ingredients.
The weight of the products is indicated "clean" - after removing the stalks, peel, seeds, and slicing.
This recipe produces a mild, mildly spicy sauce.
Ingredients:
Put chopped zucchini and tomatoes in a saucepan, add vegetable oil, sugar, salt. Simmer for 20 minutes over low heat, add pepper, garlic, pour in vinegar. Simmer another 20 minutes.
It will turn out about 4 kg of finished Ankle Bens.
This salad recipe is for those who like it spicier.
Curry, butter, salt, sugar put in a saucepan, bring to a boil. Boil zucchini in this marinade for 10 minutes. Add onion and pepper. Cook for 10 more minutes. Add garlic and simmer for 2 more minutes.
This zucchini sauce has a special taste - very spicy and at the same time sweet and sour. If desired, you can reduce the amount of pepper and garlic.
Place spices, butter, sugar, salt in a saucepan until boiling. Drop the zucchini. Boil 10 minutes. Add onion and pepper, boil for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, simmer another 10 minutes. 2 minutes before the end of cooking add the garlic.
Krasnodar sauce adds a special piquancy to the general bouquet of Ankle Bens flavors: it includes allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. But the most important thing is that it is based on apples, which give a pleasant sourness.
This is a more economical option than the method of boiling zucchini with tomatoes. If desired, the paste can be replaced with tomato juice.
Pour sugar and salt into a saucepan with water, pour in oil, put pasta (juice). Boil. Add zucchini and cook for 10 minutes. Add pepper, onion, simmer for 10 minutes. After pour in the vinegar, put the garlic. Cook for 10 more minutes.
Zucchini appetizer can be made with rice. You get a delicious dish that just needs to be reheated before serving.
Put everything except vinegar into a saucepan. Boil 30 minutes. Add well washed uncooked rice. Simmer another 30 minutes. Pour in vinegar, add garlic and cook for 10 minutes.
If you want to cook a salad with hot peppers, they put it in the sauce along with garlic and vinegar.
Pour the zucchini sauce into dry hot jars immediately after cooking. The container is hermetically sealed.
When hot sauce jars are tightly closed with lids, they are turned upside down and placed on a flat surface. From above, the container must be closed so that they do not cool very quickly. Be sure to check to see if juice is leaking from under the lids: this will mean that the jars are screwed up badly and the salad will not be stored.
After complete cooling, the snack can be removed to a permanent place. The zucchini blank is well stored at room temperature in a cool room where light does not penetrate. But, of course, the ideal place to store homemade salads is the cellar.
Details
Delicious zucchini salad called "Ankle Bens" is prepared quite simply. This salad takes its place of honor among other preparations for many housewives. Having prepared such a salad for the winter, you will always have a delicious zucchini appetizer on hand, which can be served with meat dishes or side dishes.
Required Ingredients:
Cooking process:
Rinse the tomatoes thoroughly and, cutting each tomato into several parts, pass through a meat grinder.
Peel the garlic and also chop it using a meat grinder. Rinse the zucchini and cut into small cubes. If the zucchini has a thick skin, then it must be peeled.
Peel the bell peppers from the seeds and cut the stalks. Cut the bell pepper into strips.
Place the zucchini in a bowl. Add chopped garlic and tomatoes to them. Add salt and sugar to the zucchini as well. Pour in vegetable oil and mix well.
Send the pot of vegetables to the stove. After the vegetables boil, cook the salad over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Then send the chopped bell pepper to the pan and pour in the vinegar. Stir and bring the salad to a boil. Simmer the salad over low heat for another 20 minutes.
Arrange the hot salad in sterilized jars and roll up. After the salad has cooled, put it in the cellar or pantry.
Required Ingredients:
Cooking process:
Cut the zucchini into small cubes. Peel the skin if necessary. Cut the washed tomatoes into slices.
Peel carrots and onions. Finely chop the onion with a knife, and grate the carrot. Bulgarian pepper cut into strips.
Dilute the sauce in a liter of cold water. Instead of sauce, you can take tomato paste. In this case, a glass will be enough.
Add sugar and salt to the diluted sauce. Then add vegetable oil and stir. Pour zucchini into the resulting mixture and send to the fire.
After the zucchini boils, cook them for 10 minutes. Then add chopped bell pepper and onion to the zucchini, as well as grated carrots. Boil the salad for another 10 minutes. Do not forget to stir the salad so that it does not burn.
Lastly, add the tomatoes and vinegar to the pot. Mix everything well. Cook the salad for another 10-15 minutes, and then arrange in sterilized jars and roll up.
If desired, in the process of cooking the salad, you can add dried herbs or spices to taste, for example, black or allspice.
Required Ingredients:
Cooking process:
Rinse the zucchini and cut into small strips. Cut the onion into half rings, and the bell pepper into strips.
Wash the tomatoes and twist through a meat grinder. Pour vegetable oil and vinegar into a saucepan. Add sugar and salt.
Send the pot to the fire. When the marinade boils, add the zucchini to it. Boil for five minutes, stirring constantly.
Then send the onion to the pan. Cook for five more minutes. Also remember to stir. Next, send the bell pepper to the pan. Boil five more minutes.
Then pour in the twisted tomatoes. After that, cook the salad for 10 minutes, also stirring.
Spread the salad hot in jars and roll up the lids.
One of the favorite preparations in our family is Uncle Bans at home and tomato lecho. I still remember the taste of the purchased sauce, the once so popular Unkle Bans. Once we tried to prepare the same sauce as from the store, according to our own recipe, but did not make many jars, but we liked the taste of this sauce so much, which we now use with main courses, and as an appetizer, and for a festive table as a sauce for meat, kebabs, chicken.
Now for seven years we have been preparing such a sauce, and since the harvest is always different, I can give some useful tips.
1. If the year was not rich in tomatoes, then it does not matter. Replace tomatoes with tomato juice. The taste will not be affected.
2. If you have a sweet, unripe, green pepper at home, then it is very suitable. Such immature fruits remain crispy even after cooking. And in a thick sauce it is very tasty. Yes, the consistency of Unkle bans is creamy, and the pieces of pepper and onion are nicely crunchy.
3. If you are a fan of garlic, you can add it to taste.
So, juicy Ankle benz sauce from zucchini for the winter, which I cook without any seasonings and spices according to a homemade recipe. And it is prepared in the following way.
In a large saucepan, preferably 6-7 liters, pour water, vegetable oil, put salt, sugar.
We cut the zucchini into cubes in a saucepan, you can not try to make them small and even, they will still boil and become like a juicy puree, making this sauce very tender and pleasant. We free the zucchini from the skin only if it is coarsened. My zucchini varieties are very tender, so I don’t remove the skin. Boil zucchini in syrup for 10 minutes. We mark the time from the moment of boiling.
Tomatoes, 1 kg, washed, cut into four parts and thrown into a saucepan with zucchini and onions. We also cook for 10 minutes.
Add peppers to the vegetables cooked in the previous steps.
Again, the bowl is too small. Well, nothing later, before adding the tomato mass, I will divide the Uncle Bans into 2 parts and cook in two pans at the same time.
From the second kg. we make a tomato mass with a meat grinder or a blender.
Pour it into the pan and cook for 25 minutes.
When the sauce is ready, add vinegar and put it in sterilized half-liter or liter jars.
We twist the uncle bens from zucchini with metal lids and put it under the covers until it cools completely until morning.
Uncle benz is ready for the winter! Bon Appetit.
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A delicious snack under the mysterious name Ankle Bens has found ardent admirers in our face from the moment it appeared on store shelves. At first, it was exotic, not accessible to everyone. But in the end, the recipe of the dish became public, and the housewives gladly began to preserve the salad.
Snack classic
What is traditional Ankle Bens salad made from? From zucchini! For the winter, it is advisable to store more of it, because it will be eaten quickly, there is no doubt about it. The consumption of products is as follows: tomato (you can also ketchup) - 450-500 g, sugar - 250 g, acetic acid (for dressing) - 1 tablespoon (tablespoon), salt - the same amount, tomatoes - 7-10 pieces, can be soft, good ripeness. What is required a lot in a salad (for the winter) is onions - at least 1 kg. Because the dish is an excellent source of vitamins. And you will also need a kilogram of sweet pepper and zucchini themselves, you can 2 or 2.5 kilograms. First, the dressing is prepared: paste or ketchup is laid out in the pan, salt, sugar, acid are added, kse is mixed and left to boil over low heat, for about 10 minutes. Now the Ankle Bens salad itself. A stew is made from zucchini and other vegetables. First in the tomato, the main component should be stewed, cut into cubes. Zucchini are processed for 10 minutes. Then pepper, cut into strips, peeled from seeds, is added to the cast iron. It is also stewed in 10 minutes. Next comes the turn of the onion - for the same period. Tomatoes are placed last in the Ankle Bens salad. Vegetables are subjected to intensive heat treatment for about 40 minutes. After that, transfer the boiling appetizer to jars and roll up. Your homework will be very pleased with your preparation.
Unkle Bens Quickie
We can say that Ankle Bens zucchini appetizer is almost any salad on a sweet and sour tomato base with the main component from the pumpkin family. This option offered to you is very tasty. It is sharper than the previous one, although the classic one is good in its own way. Ingredients: zucchini - 3 kg., tomatoes, onions, peppers (sweet, of course) - 1.5 kg each. Sugar will need from 250 g or more - according to your taste, salt - at least 3 tablespoons (possible with a slide), vinegar - also 3 tablespoons. And 1 glass (250 g) of water, vegetable oil, tomato (ketchup). For spiciness, add a head of garlic and 2-3 pods of hot pepper. Let's start again with filling.
In this Ankle Bens salad from zucchini (for the winter), it is prepared like this. Boil water, tomato, sugar, butter and salt in a saucepan, then reduce the heat and boil the mixture for 10-12 minutes. Add vinegar and remove from heat. Now take care of the vegetables. Peel them and, without mixing, cut into pieces (cubes). Pour the zucchini into the hot marinade, simmer them (so that they do not boil too much!) For about 10 minutes. Then put the onion, garlic and hot peppers - let them stew for the same time or 3-5 minutes more. Load the bell peppers and tomatoes last, cook the appetizer until cooked. Taste, if you want, you can add salt or sugar. Arrange in sterile jars, for better preservation, put on the very top, under the lid, a tablet of ordinary aspirin and roll up (an old proven way to protect many Ankle Bens from spoilage, including. After cooling, store the salad in a dry, cool place. When you open it in winter, carefully remove the top layer where the tablet was.
Eat delicious Unkle Bens to your health!