This salad is spicy, light, refreshing and packed full of flavor. Sliced cucumbers are tossed in a hot and spicy dressing. Serve as cold starter.

Sichuan Cucumber Salad

red chile peppers

soy sauce

spring onion, finely chopped

sesame oil

hot chile oil

dark brown sugar

garlic,

Chinese black vinegar

½ teaspoon toasted white sesame seeds

cucumbers

Heat a dry skillet over medium heat. Add red chile peppers; cook and stir until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Let cool and transfer to a spice grinder; pulse until coarsely ground.


Mix ground chile peppers, soy sauce, spring onion, sesame oil, hot chile oil, brown sugar, garlic, black vinegar, and sesame seeds together in a bowl to make dressing.


Place cucumbers on a serving plate. Pour dressing on top and toss well. Let sit before serving, about 3 minutes.


Delicious and spicy. I used a spiralizer and added some radishes. Thank you for the recipe.

7.3.18... https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/257513/sichuan-cucumber-salad/ ... LIked this!  I did a li'l subbing, but don't think the flavor strayed too much.  I used 1/2t crushed red pepper instead of the dried chiles.  'Think I'd up to 3/4t next time.  Plain oil, not hot chili; &amp; rice wine vinegar instead of Chinese black vinegar.  That's okay, right?  ;D  I think the more I have this, the more I'll like it.  It's a bit salty.  Salt &amp; I are friends so that's okay, but may up the sugar a weensy - or take the easy way out &amp; less soy.  It's good.  Try it.  :) ... S liked a lot &amp; suggested adding shrimp.  Huh!  Huh-huh, may just ... !

Pretty good recipe for an asian cucumber salad. My only real complaint is that I felt the sesame overpowered the recipe and would cut back on the amount a little. However, I did have to make a few substitutes. I scaled down the recipe to make 2 servings and added some crushed red pepper flakes (1/2 tsp: substitute is 1/4-1/2 tsp crushed red pepper per dried red chile pepper). I didn’t have black vinegar and used rice wine vinegar, which I think is why I was missing the little bit of sweetness from how my Chinese Mom made it when I was growing up. She tells me next time in a pinch, try “combining rice wine vinegar with sugar” or “a little water, a little rice wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar (vinegar in equal measurement but more on the water”.  My husband thought it was spicy but I didn’t. My rating of 4 stars is solely based on the amount of sesame oil as I felt it to be over powering, but this is easy to adjust to my liking. Thank you for the recipe!

sichuan cucumber salad

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 28 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Allrecipes Member

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