Spiral Cucumber Salad (TikTok Viral)
TikTok viral recipe - Asian cucumber salad with spiral cucumbers is the sweet and spicy Chinese salad you always dreamed of!
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 142kcal
Ingredients
- 4 mini cucumbers spiral cut - see article for instructions
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp red chili peppers
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 cup white rice cooked and kept warm for serving
Instructions
How to Spiral Cucumbers
- Wash and dry mini cucumbers.
- Place cucumbers between 2 chopsticks. This will prevent you from cutting THROUGH the cucumber. Cut one side of the cucumber at a 45 degree angle.
- Flip the cucumber over to the other side and cut at a straight/90 degree angle.
- Keep the sticks tight to the cucumber, so the knife stops at the sticks and doesn't cut through the entire piece. I cut off the cucumber ends, but you could leave them on.
How to make Asian Cucumber Salad
- Place spiral cucumbers into a mixing bowl and repeat with remaining cucumbers
- Mix the remaining ingredients (except the rice) and whisk the dressing well.
- Pour spicy dressing over cucumbers and mix to evenly coat.
- If desired, serve cucumber salad n a bed of warm white rice.
Notes
- I think if you made this salad recipe ahead of time and marinated the cucumbers in the delicious sauce, it would also be really good.
- I added a teaspoon of all the ingredients into the salad, but you could double or even triple the measurements, and I think it would taste great, as well as provide extra sauce for the rice, too.
- Serve on rice or noodles.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cucumbers | Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 170mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 24IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg