Thai Cucumber Salad

This Thai Cucumber Salad is crunchy, refreshing and quick to make, with just a few ingredients. The tangy and spicy dressing adds a burst of flavor!

This salad is perfect served with chicken satay or Thai peanut noodles.

If you are a big fan of Asian dinners, you will love this Thai Cucumber Salad. It's a refreshingly cool side dish with a kick, thanks to the pepper flakes in the dressing yet it pairs perfectly with spicy meals. It's done in just 10 minutes, with only a handful of ingredients. Perfect last-minute salad idea!

Ingredients:

• English cucumber: you can use Persian cucumbers too
• red onion: if you find red onion too strong, use sweet onion
• green onion: optional
• rice vinegar: you can use white vinegar instead; apple cider vinegar may be too strong
• sesame oil: highly recommended
• white sugar
• red pepper flakes
• sesame seeds
• roasted peanuts or cashews

How to make Thai Cucumber Salad?

• Start by slicing the cucumber thinly.
• Slice red onion and chop green onion.
• Mix dressing ingredients in a small jar and shake well.
• Combine veggies and dressing in a bowl.
• Dress up with toasted sesame seeds and chopped peanuts.
• Serve right away.

Storing:

This salad is best served fresh. You can make the dressing up to 4 days ahead and store it in the fridge.

More Asian recipes:

• Asian Slaw
• Easy Vegetable Potstickers
• Asian Sesame Dressing
• Asian Chopped Salad

For more recipes like this one, feel free to browse our Asian Category.

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