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Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad
Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad is a cool, flavorful, yet incredibly simple, salad recipe. It has fresh cucumbers with salad dressing flavors including, sesame seeds, olive oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad
Hi Everyone, This Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad is a great salad to make when you want to use up that bounty of seasonal cucumbers from the garden quickly.
I would normally say that this is a warm weather season recipe only, but since cucumbers are readily available year round in the grocery store, it can be made any time you want/crave to have something fresh and crisp on the dinner table.
Dietary
This recipe is vegetarian, vegan and as long as the soy sauce you are using is gluten-free, then it can be gluten-free too.
The Asian seasonings used in this salad make it a great salad to pair with another Asian-style dish to round out your meal.
Sometimes, I like having this salad over plain, steamed white rice and in that case, I'll just make extra dressing to soak into the rice.
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We like serving this cucumber salad as an appetizer or just as a crisp, fresh, yet flavorful side along with dinner.
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The rice vinegar and smokey flavor of the sesame oil is key in this recipe. I always try to keep those ingredients stocked in my pantry - especially when I am craving take-out-like flavors!
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One of the things I like about this recipe is that, you have many flavors that you would have in Asian take out but you don't have any heavy calories, it's a pretty simple, all around, healthy salad!
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Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad
Yield:
2 servings
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
1 minute
Total Time:
6 minutes
Sesame Soy Sauce Cucumber Salad is a cool, flavorful, yet incredibly simple, salad recipe. It has fresh cucumbers with salad dressing flavors including, sesame seeds, olive oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces cucumbers, ends trimmed, skinned, cut into thin slices (2 medium-sized, cucumbers or 1 large English cucumber)
Sesame Soy Sauce Dressing
- 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1-2 teaspoons rice vinegar (adds a subtle tangy flavor)
- ½ teaspoon (just a drizzle) sesame oil
- 1-2 tablespoons sesame seeds (tuxedo, regular or roasted, depending on what you want)
- Kosher salt, amount to taste, optional
- ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper or ground white pepper, amount to taste, optional
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add the olive oil, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and optional salt and pepper, whisk to combine, taste and adjust flavors as needed.
- Add the sliced cucumbers and toss together with the dressing until the cucumbers are coated. Serve immediately, enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 226Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 295mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 3g
Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
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