Asian Cucumber Salad

4.70 (122)
⏱ 20 mins 🍽 Serves 6 🌶 asian 🏷 Salad

This vibrant Asian cucumber salad offers a refreshing combination of crisp, salted cucumber slices and fresh red chilli. The flavour comes from a tangy dressing made with rice vinegar, white sugar, sesame oil, minced garlic, fresh ginger and sesame seeds. It is a quick side dish that requires only 20 minutes to prepare, making it perfect for a light lunch or accompaniment. The salad is best enjoyed freshly made on the same day.

Asian Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 cucumbers - halved lengthwise, seeded, and sliced
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 0.5 cup rice vinegar
  • 0.25 cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 4 fresh red chile peppers, sliced

Method

  1. Collect all the required ingredients.
  2. Put the cucumber slices into a colander, sprinkle them with 2 teaspoons of salt and allow them to drain as you get the other components ready.
  3. In a small bowl, combine 0.5 cup of rice vinegar with 0.25 cup of white sugar, whisking until the sugar dissolves, then mix in 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of minced ginger and 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds.
  4. Rinse the salt from the cucumber slices under cold running water, then transfer them to a large mixing bowl.
  5. Introduce the sliced red chile peppers and the prepared vinegar dressing to the bowl, tossing everything together to coat evenly. Cover the bowl and place the salad in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve it, noting it is most flavourful when eaten the day it is made.
  6. Serve and enjoy the salad.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories110 kcal
Fat6 g
Sugars12 g
Protein2 g
Sodium780 mg

Recipe details

CategorySalad
Cuisineasian
Authorsandradxb