Easy Taiwanese Cucumber Salad - Din Tai Fung Style
Refreshing and dangerously addicting cucumber salad. This is an easy 10 minute cucumber salad recipe that is highly addicting and goes well as a side dish or snack. For best results let marinate overnight, but it’s never lasted that long in my household.
Yield: 2 servings
Cost: 5
Equipment
- 1 Knife
- 1 Mixing Bowl
Materials
- 1.5 lbs Persian Cucumbers or Cocktail Cucumbers
For Soaking
- ½ tablespoon Kosher Salt
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
For Marinade
- 4-6 piece Garlic
- 1.5 tablespoon Soy Sauce – Low Sodium
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 tablespoon Seasoned Rice Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Pinch of Salt (if needed)
- 3 Thai Pepper (optional)
Instructions
Soaking the Cucumbers
- Wash and pat dry 1.5 lbs cucumbers
- Cut into ½" pieces
- Add cucumbers, ½ tablespoon Kosher Salt and 1 teaspoon sugar into mixing bowl and mix well
- Soak for 1 hour and drain extra liquid , rinse and pat dry
Marinating the Cucumbers
- Add cucumbers to a mixing bowl
- Add minced garlic, 1.5 tablespoon Soy Sauce, 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil, 1.5 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar, ½ tablespoon Mirin, 1 teaspoon Sugar, and a pinch of salt (If needed)
- Mix well
- Enjoy now or chill for 4 hours.
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