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Spicy Asian Cucumber Salad
Recipe video above. If you love cucumbers, or even if you don't, you have to try this Asian cucumber salad recipe! Smashing is a classic Asian technique, it creates crevices for the chunky chilli dressing to nestle in. The perfect combination of refreshing and firecracker heat. OBSESSED!Spice level - Decent warm buzz but not blow-your-head-off if you are using my go-to chilli crisp, the Laoganma Crispy Chilli Oil. Note 3.Scared of the chilli? Make Smashed Cucumbers with ginger sauce instead!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 37 min⏳ Prep: 7 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Smash & salt cucumbers
cucumbers (~20cm/8", scale up/down for shorter/longer, Note 1)4
2
Smash - Hit cucumbers with a meat mallet, rolling pin or similar to make the sides burst open. Cut in half lengthwise then into 2.5cm/1" pieces.
cucumbers (~20cm/8", scale up/down for shorter/longer, Note 1)4
3
Salt ⏱️ 30 min - Place in a bowl, toss with salt. Set aside for ⏱️ 30 minutes to draw out water (Note 5). Drain/strain and discard salty water, leave cucumbers in same bowl.
cucumbers (~20cm/8", scale up/down for shorter/longer, Note 1)4
4
Salad
5
Whisk Dressing in a bowl.
6
CHECK spiciness of your chilli crisp - they vary by brand. If using Laoganma, stick with recipe, else adjust to taste.
7
Toss - Put green onion, eschalots, sesame seeds, dressing and chilli crisp in with the cucumbers. Toss until eschalots go floppy - ~⏱️ 30 seconds.
green onion (, green part only finely sliced (1 large, 2 small stems))1 cupcucumbers (~20cm/8", scale up/down for shorter/longer, Note 1)4
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Serve, sprinkled with extra sesame seeds and dollops of chilli crisp if you dare!
9
Note: Water continues to come out of cucumbers so after few hours/next day, you'll have a lot more dressing but not as intense flavoured. So eat/serve with spoon to get plenty of dressing in every bite!
cucumbers (~20cm/8", scale up/down for shorter/longer, Note 1)4
Nutrition Facts
calories
100 kcal
fat Content
6 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
5 g
sodium Content
615 mg
protein Content
3 g
carbohydrate Content
10 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
unsaturated Fat Content
4 g
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