Name: Crisp & Spicy Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 small English cucumbers, thinly sliced; 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced; 1 large sweet red pepper, julienned; 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced; 2 green onions, sliced; 1/2 serrano or jalapeno pepper, seeded and thinly sliced, optional; MARINADE:; 1/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup rice vinegar; 1/3 cup water; 1 teaspoon each salt, garlic powder and pepper; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce; 1 small garlic clove, minced; 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional; Optional toppings: Minced fresh cilantro, chopped peanuts and additional sliced green onion

Rice vinegar, sesame oil and cayenne create a sweet-hot Asian flavor that will light up your taste buds! &mdash;Alivia Dockery, Jensen Beach, Florida







Crisp & Spicy Cucumber Salad

English cucumbers,

carrots,

sweet red pepper, julienned

red onion, thinly sliced

green onions, sliced

serrano

MARINADE:

sugar

rice vinegar

water

garlic powder and pepper

sesame oil

soy sauce

garlic clove, minced

gingerroot

cayenne pepper, optional

Optional toppings: Minced fresh cilantro, chopped peanuts and additional sliced green onion

2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch

In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. In a small bowl, mix marinade ingredients, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour over vegetables; toss to combine. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or overnight.

Serve with a slotted spoon. Top as desired.

Did Not have the red or green onion; reduced sodium soy sauce.  Used regular soy sauce, 1 large onion, 1/2 regular salt and 1/2 salt-free seasoning. Kept the cucumbers, carrots, minced ginger, red pepper, rice vinegar, water, sugar, sesame oil and cayenne pepper as is. This is a great recipe!

Wow...what a great recipe! I omitted the water as some previous reviewers recommended, which worked just fine. Hubby and I thought the salad was great and I'm looking forward to making it often this summer when my homegrown cucumbers are ready!

We are fans of spicy food so we really enjoyed this. Well done, Alivia!

This is such a great, fresh side.  I love to serve this along side Asian-inspired dishes. I've also found if you let it sit overnight, you don't need the water in the marinade. The vegetables will release enough of their own juices.

Awesome salad!  I made this as shown with the addition of several thinly sliced radishes.  As a previous reviewer noted, the vegetables release a lot of liquid so the water in the marinade isn’t necessary if the salad is made a few hours ahead of time.

This is a favorite for my husband and me. It is a great light side dish for almost any meal. My husband is not a veggie guy, but he loves this crisp salad.

Very refreshing. Loved the sweet asian inspired dressing.  I added some grape tomatoes to it and omitted the onion.  Will keep this for next summer's cook outs.

No major changes to this one- I had prepped veggies for another dish, so whatever form they were in, that's how I used them- my red onion was diced, my carrots were matchstick, etc. The title says it all on this one- crisp, spicy. I'll also add light and refreshing.   It was a great side to burgers, a perfect summer lunch topped with some grilled chicken.

made without the jalepenos but was still too hot for my taste. Otherwise delicious and will make again. love the variety of veggies in this salad. Very colorful presentation.

Delicious.  I served this on individual lettuce leaves.  I used Champagne vinegar, and added 2 TBS of sweet chili sauce instead of the soy sauce.  I chose chopped peanuts for my topping.  Thank you, Alivia, for this tasty recipe.

So good I've made it twice in the past week.  Addictive!  It's my new summer favorite.

Very attractive salad!  Cool and crisp taste in  spite of the spice!  Definitely a keeper.

Made this for a lunch party and everyone raved about it.

unique blend of flavors. refreshing and crisp. hint of hotness with cayenne and jalapenos

Easy, fast and healthy. I made it using my new spiral mandolin and it made the salad much more fun to eat. Excellent & cooling with fresh farmer's market cucumbers. Spicy dressing is a good twist on an old standby. Loved it!

Hot summer evening? Refresh yourself w/this! Great for garden time and the spices are just right! Didn't change a thing. Husband wants leftovers tonight! Very, very good.

Crisp & Spicy Cucumber Salad

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : Taste of Home

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