10 MIN

Smashed Cucumber Salad

Name: Smashed Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cucumbers; 1 tsp salt; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 tsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp red pepper flakes (to taste)

Hit the cucumber with the flat of a knife. Torn edges hold dressing; cut ones don't.

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Ingredients

2cucumbers
1 tspsalt
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1 tbspsoy sauce
2 tbsprice vinegar
2 tsptoasted sesame oil
1 tspred pepper flakes, to taste

Method

1
Lay each cucumber on a board and press down hard on it with the flat side of a large knife until it splits lengthways and the flesh cracks open. Work along the whole cucumber.
2
Pull or cut the smashed cucumber into rough bite-sized pieces, toss with the salt in a colander, and leave it over the sink for 10 minutes. A surprising amount of water will come out.
3
Stir the garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil and red pepper flakes together in a bowl.
4
Shake the cucumber dry and tip it into the dressing. Toss and serve within about half an hour — after that the salt keeps working and it goes limp.

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