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Smashed Cucumber Salad

凉拌黄瓜

Smashed Cucumber Salad

Prep
30 mins
Cook
0 mins
Calories
~220 kcal

At a Glance

A quick visual overview of the key ingredients and cooking flow.

At a Glance

Main Ingredients

  • One whole fresh dark-green cucumber arranged diagonally on a pure white background.
    Cucumber
    2 pieces
    Medium, skin on

Seasonings

  • Five whole unpeeled raw garlic cloves in a loose natural cluster on a pure white background.
    Garlic
    4 cloves
    Minced
  • Optional
    A small natural cluster of fresh slender red chili peppers with green stems
    Fresh Red Chili
    2 pieces
    Use small hot red chilies; slice into rings and stir into the dressing in Step 2 for heat.
  • Optional
    A loose bundle of fresh cilantro with slender roots and intact leaves
    Cilantro
    1 stalk
    Wash and chop; fold in during Step 3, just before serving.
  • Reddish-brown light soy sauce in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Light soy sauce
    2 tbsp
  • Chinese black vinegar in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Chinese black vinegar
    2 tbsp
  • Optional
    A low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish holding a gently domed mound of crystalline white granulated sugar on a pure white background.
    Granulated sugar
    ½ tbsp
  • Fine matte-white cooking salt in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • Amber sesame oil in a shallow off-white condiment dish.
    Sesame Oil
    ½ tbsp
    Toasted sesame oil
  • Optional
    Whole ivory-white sesame seeds in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish
    White Sesame Seeds
    1 tsp
    Use toasted white sesame seeds; sprinkle over in Step 3, just before serving.
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