Smashed Cucumber Salad

A white plate containing, cucumber pieces with seasoning sauces and red chillies.

5 from 1 vote

Easy refreshing Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad recipe with crunchy cucumber and garlicky, savoury, spicy, tangy sauce. One of the best cucumber salad recipes with minimum ingredients and least preparation time! Perfect side dish for any main dish.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: asian, Chinese Cuisine

Servings:

Calories: 21kcal

Author: Khin

Ingredients

6-8 Mini cucumber Or one large cucumber
¼ tsp Salt
2-3 Cloves Garlic Grated or minced
1 tbsp Rice vinegar Or Chinese black vinegar
1 tbsp Soy sauce Regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
1 tsp Brown sugar Add more or less sugar to taste
1 tsp Sesame oil
2 tsp Chilli oil Crispy chilli oil ( optional )
2-3 Fresh chillies Hot or Mild ( optional )
1 tsp Toasted sesame seeds

Instructions

Rinse the cucumbers in cold water to remove pesticides or dirt. Use a sharp knife to slice off the end tips and discard the trimmed tips.
Slightly bash the cucumbers and let them burst open. Cut it into bite-size pieces.
Sprinkle salt and toss it well. Set it aside for 5 minutes.
Combine, rice vinegar, regular soy sauce, brown sugar, grated garlic, chilli oil, and fresh chillies. Mix well until sugar dissolved.
Remove the water from the cucumbers and pat dry with a paper towel. Pour the sauce in and toss everything well. Finish with toasted sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Notes

For large thick-skin cucumber, use a peeler to peel off the thick skin and leave some part for the colour. If you are using mini or small cucumbers with thin skin, you don’t need to peel them.
Omit chilli oil and fresh chillies if you don’t like it spicy.
You can also add Korean Gochugaru pepper flakes.
This Asian cucumber salad dressing has a sweet, tangy, and savoury taste. You can easily adjust the seasonings to your liking.
For crunchy toppings, you can also add roasted peanuts, toasted almond flakes, pumpkin seeds, cashews, fried shallots, or fried garlic.

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