Name: Cucumber Relish
Yield: Makes about 2 cups ; Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon black pepper; 1 cucumber; 2 tablespoons finely chopped dry-roasted peanuts (optional); ½ teaspoon coarse salt, or more to taste; 1 clove garlic, minced; ¼ cup sugar, or more to taste; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro; ⅓ cup diced red onion; ¼ cup distilled white vinegar

Preparation info

Makes about 2 cups ; Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

This crisp, colorful relish exists in many incarnations throughout the world of barbecue. The cool, moist crunch of the cucumber and onion provides a welcome contrast to the flame-charred taste of grilled fare. Thai in inspiration, this one is perfect served with the Lemongrass Beef Satés or the Chicken Satés.

Ingredients

1 cucumber
¼ cup sugar, or more to taste
1 clove garlic</

Method

Peel the cucumber, removing the skin in lengthwise strips; leave a little skin between each strip. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise, remove the seeds with a spoon or melon baller, and cut the cucumber flesh into ½-inch dice.
Place the sugar, garlic, salt, and pepper in a nonreactive mixing bowl. Mash with the back of a wooden spoon to a paste. Add the vinega

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