This simple and easy Asian cucumber salad recipe is made with soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil. Easy Asian cucumber salad can be made in 10 minutes and is garnished with optional sesame seeds and cilantro.
Serve this simple Asian Cucumber Salad as an easy "no cook" side dish with Tamari Tofu, Asian inspired Pork Shoulder, Coconut Green Curry Chicken Noodle Bowl, or Garlic Tamari Peanut Noodles.
Four Ingredients in Simple Asian Cucumber Salad
This easy Asian cucumber salad recipe has soy sauce, sesame oil, and vinegar. It's a super tasty and fast side dish or snack for a busy day.
This cucumber salad has four main ingredients: cucumber, soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil.
Fresh cilantro, sesame seeds, and chili flakes are optional.
Asian Cucumber Salad Recipe Ideas
Leave the cucumber seeds in the cucumbers or take them out.
Cucumber salad gets soggy faster with the seeds in. Conversely, keep Asian cucumber salad crunchy by taking the seeds out. Both ways taste good depending on your mood.
Slice the cucumbers thick or thin for Asian cucumber salad. The pictures in this recipe show thin sliced cucumbers. The video shows thick sliced cucumber.
Thicker cucumber slices will stay crunchy longer and will keep from having a soggy cucumber salad.
Rice vinegar can be omitted in a pinch or substitute fresh lemon or lime juice or just regular white vinegar.
Don't have fresh cilantro? Cool - skip it. A little soy sauce and sesame oil goes a long way in cucumber salad.
Likewise, sesame seeds can also be omitted depending on preference.
Spice up this cucumber salad with soy sauce recipe with a little red chili flakes or sriracha if you like a little heat with your cool salad.
Serving Suggestion
Serve this Asian Cucumber Salad as an easy "no cook" side with a complementary dish like:
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Easy Asian Cucumber Salad
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This simple Asian inspired cucumber salad recipe has soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, sesame seeds, and cilantro. Easy Asian cucumber salad can be made in 10 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1lb (2 large) cucumber, seeded & sliced, peel stays on
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce, regular or gluten free
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon Aleppo red pepper flakes - optional for heat
- ⅓ cup cilantro leaves - as garnish
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted - as garnish
Instructions
- OPTIONAL: Bring a small pan to medium heat and add sesame seeds. Cook ~ 2 min or until seeds are evenly brown, watching and stirring when needed. Set aside on a plate.
- Mix all ingredients, except sesame seeds and cilantro, in a bowl.
- Add salt to taste and more chili flakes if you prefer more spice.
- Garnish salad with cilantro and toasted sesame seeds.
- Eat it. Be happy and thoughtful. Beckie
Notes
- Don't have Aleppo Red Pepper flakes? Use regular red chili flakes (like Pizza Hut!)
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