Garlic Cucumber Salad
Today, let's continue to make cold dishes, with Garlic Cucumber Salad. This is such an easy cold dish that anyone with a kitchen knife can make it. Cucumbers can be eaten raw or cooked. Different cooking methods have different flavors and textures, and either way is delicious. In this Garlic Cucumber Salad recipe, I'll show you how to cut a cucumber using a common technique in Chinese restaurants, and I will show you an easier technique that you can do at home.
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
Accessory Ingredient
- 5 cloves garlic
Seasonings
- 1 tsp salt (divided)
- 1 tsp sugar, white (granulated)
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Wash the cucumbers, peel the garlic and remove the roots.1 cucumber, 5 cloves garlic
- Chop the garlic cloves, de-seed the cucumbers and dice.1 cucumber, 5 cloves garlic
- Add 1/2 tsp of salt to the cucumber, stir well, and marinate for 10-20 minutes.1 tsp salt, 1 cucumber
- While the cucumber is marinating, add 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp sesame oil to the chopped garlic cloves, stir well, and set them aside.1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, white (granulated), 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil, 5 cloves garlic
- After 20 minutes, drain the water from the marinated cucumbers.
- Put the prepared garlic and sesame oil into the cucumber, stir well, and finish.
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Notes
Pay attention to the hygiene of the kitchenware and utensils you use.
There is no need to use the added sesame oil completely, we just use it for stirring, and when stirred well, some oil may be left. Cold vegetables do not require a lot of oil, because eating too much cold oil can cause an upset stomach.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 2334mgPotassium: 469mgFiber: 2gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 217IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 1mg
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