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Day 29 of 100: Japanese Inspired Cucumber Salad 🥒🥗🥒

This salad has a Japanese-inspired dressing, which has all the properties from nuttiness, crunchiness, and of course the umami flavours.

Ingredients

  • 6 pcs Persian cucumbers
  • 2 pcs fresh minced garlic cloves
  • 2 tsp sugar optional

Dressing

  • 1 tbsp Crunch peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce or Tamari
  • 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp sriracha
  • 2 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Thinly slice 6 washed and dried Persian cucumbers. (You can also use a mandolin to make it go faster.)
  • Add thinly sliced cucumbers into a jar with a lid.
  • Add fresh minced garlic cloves into the jar.
  • Add peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce or Tamari, sesame oil, sriracha, and sesame seeds into the jar.
  • Optional: Can add sugar or monkfruit sweetener
  • Put the lid on and vigorously shake the jar to make sure everything is well incorporated.
  • Pour the dressed cucumbers onto a serving bowl, top with more white sesame seeds and chili flakes of choice, and enjoy!