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To get better flavor from a cucumber, you need to rough it up
Smashed Cucumber Salad
Smashing the cucumbers helped release their seeds and created rough surfaces for the dressing to cling to. For a simple variation on this recipe, add ¼ cup creamy peanut butter and 2 tablespoons water with the soy sauce and sesame oil to smooth the dressing. In China, this salad is eaten with chopsticks so the dressing drips off the pieces of cucumber; to avoid an oily salad, use a slotted spoon to dole out portions.
6
Servings
Tip
Don’t substitute American cucumbers for English. The ratio of seeds to flesh is higher and the skins are too tough.
40 minutes
15 minutes active
Ingredients
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2
pounds English cucumbers (about 2 large)
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4
teaspoons white sugar
Directions
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