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Cucumber salad with ginger dressing and mint

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 1 cucumber(s), slim, organic
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp ginger, peeled, grated, amount to taste
  • 1 garlic clove(s)
  • some salt
  • 1 spring onion(s)
  • 1 tbsp mint leaves, cut into strips
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • chili flakes
  • pepper
  • 1 ½ tbsp sesame oil, light
  • some sesame oil, dark
  • ½ tbsp sesame seeds, roasted

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

refreshing summer salad

Rinse the cucumber, dry it, and cut it into long strips using a spiralizer. Trim and wash the spring onion and cut it into thin rings. Peel and dice the garlic clove, and crush it with a little salt. For the marinade, combine the rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, chili flakes, and pepper. Whisk in the light and dark sesame oil. Mix the cucumber strips, spring onion, and mint with the marinade, let it sit for ten minutes, and season to taste. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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