spicy slinky cucumber salad

The spicy slinky cucumber salad is a great way to turn your regular cucumber salad into a fun side dish! Chopping the cucumbers into slinky caterpillars is not only a more enjoyable way to consume your veggies, but the shape gives the cucumbers more surface area to absorb all the delicious sauce. It’s a win-win.

ingredients to make spicy slinky cucumber salad:

• 6 baby cucumbers
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp chilli crisp
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• ½ tbsp gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes)
• ½ tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• toasted white sesame seeds to garnish
• 1 tsp salt
• water

steps:

1. Wash the cucumbers. Chop off the ends of a cucumber and place the cucumber between a pair of chopsticks. With a knife, cut thin perpendicular lines.
2. Turn the cucumber over and cut thin diagonal lines. Repeat for the rest of the cucumbers.
3. Put the cucumbers in a bowl and add some salt to dehydrate the cucumbers (drawing out the moisture makes the cucumbers extra crunchy). After about 10 minutes, rinse them with water.
4. Add the sauces and seasonings to the cucumbers and mix thoroughly until well combined.
5. Put the cucumbers in the fridge and let it marinate for at least half an hour before serving. Enjoy!

more spicy side dish recipes:

• Spicy mala century eggs

spicy slinky cucumber salad

Course: appetizer, side dish

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

40

minutes

Cooking time

0

minutes

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Ingredients

• 6 baby cucumbers

• 2 tbsp rice vinegar

• 1 tbsp chilli crisp

• 1 tbsp light soy sauce

• ½ tbsp gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes)

• ½ tbsp sesame oil

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1 tsp minced garlic

• toasted white sesame seeds to garnish

• 1 tsp salt

• water

Directions

• Wash the cucumbers. Chop off the ends of a cucumber and place the cucumber between a pair of chopsticks. With a knife, cut thin perpendicular lines.
  
• Turn the cucumber over and cut thin diagonal lines. Repeat for the rest of the cucumbers.
• Put the cucumbers in a bowl and add some salt to dehydrate the cucumbers (drawing out the moisture makes the cucumbers extra crunchy). After about 10 minutes, rinse them with water.
• Add the sauces and seasonings to the cucumbers and mix thoroughly until well combined.
• Put the cucumbers in the fridge and let it marinate for at least half an hour before serving. Enjoy!

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