Name: Japanese Cucumber Salad
Yield: Makes 8 Hors d’Oeuvre Servings or 2 First-Course Servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ¼ cup rice vinegar; 4 regular cucumbers or 2 English cucumbers, peeled and halved lengthwise; ½ cup loosely packed dried bonito flakes (optional); 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; ¼ teaspoon Asian sesame oil; 2 teaspoons coarse salt; 1 green onion, white and 3 inches of the green, very thinly sliced

Preparation info

Makes
8
Hors d’Oeuvre Servings

Difficulty
Easy

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By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

One of the great things about Japanese salads is that they contain little or no fat. This one is more of a dipping sauce for cucumbers than it is a salad. It makes a great hors d’oeuvre with cocktails because it is savory and salty but won’t fill anyone up.

Ingredients

4 regular cucumbers or 2 English cucumbers, peeled and halved lengthwise
2 teaspoons coarse <

Method

Scrape out the seeds from the cucumber halves with a spoon, then slice the halves crosswise into crescents about ⅛ inch thick. Place the cucumbers in a bowl, sprinkle with the salt, and then toss and rub the slices for about 2 minutes, or until the salt dissolves and no longer feels gritty. Transfer th

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