Asian Cucumber Salad

rice wine vinegar

sesame oil

sugar

salt

cucumbers

scallions

cilantro

ginger

red jalapeno

sesame seends

Food Styling: Jamie Kimm
Prop Styling: Kaitlyn Du Ross 

Mix 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt in a medium bowl. Toss with 1 pound sliced Persian cucumbers, 2 sliced scallions, 1/4 cup cilantro, 2 tablespoons sliced pickled ginger, 1/2 finely chopped red jalapeno and 1 tablespoon sesame seeds.

After letting the salad marinate for awhile, I thought it was rather flat tasting.  I added 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce &amp; the salad was much better.

How far in advanced can you make this salad? A day or two ahead, or does it need to be served after made?

This is a good recipe. Didn’t have pickled ginger so I used twice as much candied ginger and omitted the sugar.<br />Think I’ll make twice as much dressing next time. 

Fantastic keto friendly cucumber salad. So simple too! 

I am addicted to this! Love how easy it is to throw together and the spicier the better! The pickled ginger is always available where I shop, in the Asian section, and adds a lot of zing - but it's also good with fresh. I have also substituted candied ginger in a pinch and reduced the sweetener.

My favorite thing to eat right now. I substituted soy sauce for the salt and dried red pepper for sliced fresh pepper. Added thinly sliced Red Bell Pepper and used thinly sliced white onion instead of scallions. I want to try honey instead of sugar next time and see what that does. 

Very tasty.  I doubled the dressing and added more pickled ginger!  

This is the perfect way to make a veggie side to go with an Asian dinner...pairs well with lettuce wraps or stir fry or won-tons.  I love it.  I think it would also be a great addition to a picnic.  I did have to change some things in the recipe....this is a very fresh salad, which is great, but what if you don't have everything on hand?  You can make substitutions.  I made this twice...once with a hothouse cucumber, once with a seeded regular cucumber.  The hothouse was better.  I used a tiny bit (maybe 1/2 tbs.) more rice vinegar.  I did not have any fresh ginger, cilantro, or jalapeno.  I used a pinch of ground ginger, a heavy sprinkle of dried cilantro, and a sprinkle of crushed red pepper.  I also tried this on bell peppers because my husband doesn't like cucumbers...it was fine but the flavors didn't really sink in.  Dried spices worked fine.  Choose hothouse cucumbers.  Make and enjoy!

asian cucumber salad

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Author : Food Network Kitchen

Ingredients

Instructions

Top Similar Recipes from Across the Web