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Asian Cucumber Salad - SPICY

This Asian Cucumber Salad is made with basic pantry ingredients. It is spicy, salty, tangy, sweet, light and easy in a super flavorful sauce.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Asian
Keyword Asian cucumber salad, smashed cucumber salad, spicy cucumber salad
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 32kcal
Author Maria Doss

Ingredients

  • 1 large English cucumber
  • teaspoon salt

Dressing

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry cucumber. Place cucumber on a cutting board and smash it lightly along its full length using a meat mallet, flat side of a large knife or a your hand, until it cracks lightly.
  • Cut into ½-inch thick slices, transfer to a large bowl and mix gently with salt, until thoroughly combined. Leave aside for 10-15 minutes and prepare dressing in the mean time.
  • Add all dressing ingredients into a small bowl or jar and mix until sugar is dissolved.
  • Drain all the excess water from cucumber and then toss the dressing, until well coated. Serve after about 5 minutes.

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Notes

In a hurry? Smash and slice vegetable, skip salting and toss with the spicy sauce, let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes and then serve.
Refrigerate leftovers and serve in under 2 hours.
Use thin skinned cucumbers like English or Persian variety.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 32kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 503mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g