Asian Cucumber Salad
This Asian cucumber salad is a healthy, refreshing, and flavorful recipe perfect for the New Year. It takes only 20 minutes to make and only uses one bowl!
Asian Cucumber Salad
- Prep Time
20 min
- Total Time
20 min
- Servings
4
- Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 5-6 mini cucumbers
- 1 carrot
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tbsp chili oil from chili crisp
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Sesame seeds
- Green onion
- Chives
- Chili crisp
Instructions
- Slice the cucumbers and carrot into bite-size pieces. Salt the vegetables and let them sit for around 10 minutes.
- Rinse the vegetables off and pat them completely dry. Place them into a bowl.
- Add the soy sauce and rice vinegar to the bowl. Grate the garlic and ginger directly into the bowl as well.
- Then, add the chili oil and sugar. Toss the cucumbers and carrots in the dressing ingredients until fully combined.
- Garnish the cucumber salad with chopped green onions or chives, sesame seeds, and chili crisp. Enjoy this super refreshing and flavorful meal!
TIPS
- Scoring the cucumbers with a fork before slicing allows the dressing to soak into them, making the salad even more flavorful!
- Salting the vegetables helps retain the flavor and makes the dressing less watery.
- The Asian cucumber salad can last around 2-3 days in the fridge.
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