Sunomono - Cucumber Salad
Best accompaniment for any Asian Style #homecookedfeast. Simple process with simple ingredients to add a healthy side dish in just a few short minutes.
Equipment
- Mandolin
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber Or 5 mini cucumbers
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar white or brown, to taste
- ½ tsp salt to taste
- chili flakes (or other chili) - to taste
- sesame seed garnish
Instructions
- In small to medium sized bowl, mix together rice vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, salt, until salt and sugar are dissolved into solution.
- Carefully slice, using knife or mandolin, one full cucumber or 4-6 mini cucumbers (one bowl worth), either directly into the bowl or onto a cutting board.
- Mix cucumbers into the vinegar solution. Add crushed chilis to taste.
- Your salad is ready to eat now, but best to let it marinate for a few minutes and let the acid of the vinegar penetrate the cucumber pulp.
- Garnish with fresh sesame seed and serve!
Notes
KEEP FOR LATER: This can easily be covered and stored in the fridge for several days. Use your discretion based on how the cucumbers look (they are pickles now!)
PRICE JOKE: I laughed a little as I was typing out the price of this recipe. If you can find crazy inexpensive cucumber, this can easily be $1, but everyone seems to be talking about "inflationary pressures" on food these days... that's a conservative/max price up there. I recently paid $4.50 for a 3-pack..not too shabby. Total costs come in around $1.80 as everything other than cucumber is basically free.
ENJOY!