Yunnan Smashed Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: cucumber, Heaven facing chili, garlic, toasted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds · 20 min cook time · 250kcal · ~₩11,300
Ingredients
200g cucumber, 2개 Heaven facing chili, 3cloves garlic, 1tablespoon toasted peanuts, 1teaspoon toasted sesame seeds, 20g Julian carrot, 0.125개 sliced onion, 0.25개 tomato, 1teaspoon toasted or smoked chili powder, 10g cilantro, 10g kulantro, 0.25teaspoon salt, 0.5teaspoon soy sauce, 0.5teaspoon oyster sauce, 0.5teaspoon MSG, 1개 lime
Instructions
1. Take a cucumber (preferably Asian, about 200g), half peel it for aesthetics, and remove the seeds.
2. Lightly smash the cucumber halves with a knife, then use the back of the knife to make small grooves for the sauce to cling to.
3. Chop the cucumber into 1-inch pieces and set aside.
4. Mince Heaven facing chili together with three cloves of garlic.
5. Roughly chop one tablespoon of toasted peanuts and one teaspoon of toasted sesame seeds together.
6. To the smashed cucumber, add about 20g of Julian carrot, an eighth of a sliced onion, and a quarter of a seeded diced tomato.
7. Toss in the garlic-chili mixture, one teaspoon of toasted or smoked chili powder, all the nutty mixture, and about 10g each of finely minced cilantro and kulantro (or 20g of just cilantro).
8. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon oyster sauce, and a generous 1/2 teaspoon of MSG.
9. Squeeze in the juice from one lime and mix everything super well.
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