Asian Cucumber and Peanut Salad

Description

A fresh cucumber salad with a real kick! My mom adds rice noodles making it a great lunch or dinner add-on. I prefer it as it is.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon Asian-style chili-garlic sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes (Optional)
  • 2 cucumbers – halved lengthwise, seeds scraped out with a spoon, and thinly sliced
  • ½ cup chopped peanuts
  • 2 green onions, chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until softened and lightly browned
  2. about 5 minutes. Set garlic aside to cool.
  3. Whisk vinegar and sugar in a salad bowl until sugar has dissolved; add chili-garlic sauce
  4. fish sauce
  5. coriander
  6. cooked garlic
  7. and red pepper flakes until thoroughly combined. Stir in cucumbers
  8. peanuts
  9. and green onions to coat with dressing. Refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 4

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