Smashed Cucumber Salad

Name: Smashed Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Lebanese cucumbers; 1 tsp salt; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp chilli oil; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp sesame seeds

A Chinese-American smashed cucumber salad with sesame, garlic and chilli. Salting the smashed cucumber and draining off the liquid it releases keeps the salad crisp instead of watering down the dressing.

Total time

20 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

4Lebanese cucumbers

1 tspsalt

2 clovesgarlic, minced

2 tbsprice vinegar

1 tbspsesame oil

1 tspsoy sauce

1 tspchilli oil

1 tspsugar

1 tbspsesame seeds

Instructions

Smash cucumbers with the flat of a knife. Cut into bite-sized pieces.

Toss with salt. Rest 15 minutes. Drain excess liquid.

Mix garlic, vinegar, sesame oil, soy, chilli oil and sugar.

Toss cucumbers with dressing.

Scatter sesame seeds.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

0.9g

Fat

6.4g

Carbs

2.6g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

546mg

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