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Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad 拍黃瓜
Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad 拍黃瓜 is an easy classic favorite: a cool summery vegetable salad for these long summer days.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 4 cucumbers
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 clove garlic, smashed
- 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- 1
Wash your cucumber thoroughly. Cut off the tips on each side.
- 2
Holding one end, carefully bang on cucumber with the flat of your cleaver until the cucumber splits and flattens out. Chop diagonally into bit sized pieces.
- 3
Add 1/2 tsp salt, mix and place into colander. Let cucumber drip juices out for 15-20 mins in the fridge. Squeeze cucumber lightly to remove most of the juice.
- 4
Mix together the chopped cucumber, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil. Let marinate in refrigerator for at least 1/2 hour, stirring once or twice.