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Quick Asian Cucumber Salad without Soy Sauce
Spicy Asian Cucumber Salad without soy sauce and it's extra refreshing because it is without any pungent ingredients like garlic or green onion. Ready in 5 minutes or less.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 piece cucumber ((Japanese or English, 1 cucumber is about 9 oz / 255.15 g))
- 1/4 red onion
- 4 tsp sugar
- 4.5 tsp rice vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt (Trader Joe's)
- 1.5 tsp red chili powder ((gochukaru))
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- 1
Cut cucumbers into thin slices. You can cut at a diagonal or just straight in discs. Best thickness is about 1/8th inch thick. Also thinly slice quarter of a red onion.
- 2
In a bowl, add cucumbers, onions and all the seasonings. Mix until cucumbers are evenly coated. It is best to let it sit a couple minutes before serving when the flavors have been absorbed by the cucumbers.