Yunnan Cucumber salad
This crisp cucumber salad is best eaten very fresh. Make it, mix it at the table, and eat it at once.
Ingredients
- 3 small cucumbers
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- ½ inch ginger, julienned
- 3 Tbsp regular soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar or rice vinegar
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp roasted sesame oil
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts, chopped or 2 tbsp grilled sesame seeds
- 2 green onion, julienned
- 2 tsp Yunnan spices
Method
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1
Partially peel and cut the cucumbers into bite-sized chunks. Arrange them on a plate.
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2
Layer the ingredients,one at a time on top of the cucumbers and serve.
Fragrant, delicate, with a long-lasting but inoffensive acidity, black vinegar is made from double-fermented black glutinous rice. The older Shanxi black vinegar, Lao Chen Cu, is sealed and aged for a deep, caramel-like flavour. The newer Zhenjiang vinegar is sweeter and more forgiving. Use Zhenjiang vinegar for your Sichuan recipes unless aged vinegar is specifically called for. Never use balsamic vinegar.
