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Sesame Chili Crisp Cucumber Salad

A quick, tangy cucumber salad with tamari, Lao Gan Ma garlic chili crisp, and toasted sesame seeds. Toss it together and chill while the rest of dinner comes together.

By Jeremy

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Glass bowl of sliced baby cucumbers and red onion tossed with tamari, Lao Gan Ma chili crisp, and black and white sesame seeds

A quick, tangy cucumber salad with tamari, Lao Gan Ma chili crisp, and toasted sesame seeds. Toss it together and chill while the rest of dinner comes together.

COOKING WITH JEREMY

Sesame Chili Crisp Cucumber Salad

A quick, tangy cucumber salad with tamari, Lao Gan Ma garlic chili crisp, and toasted sesame seeds. Toss it together and chill while the rest of dinner comes together.

Prep
10 min
Cook
0 min
Total
1 hr
Yield
Serves 3 as a side

Ingredients

  • 3 baby cucumberssliced into rounds
  • red oniona very small amount
  • 3 tbsp rice vinegarabout
  • 1 tbsp tamariabout
  • 1 tbsp Lao Gan Ma garlic chili crispabout
  • toasted black sesame seeds
  • toasted white sesame seeds
  • salta little
  • black peppera little
  • white sugara pinch

Let’s cook

  1. Slice the vegetables

    Slice the baby cucumbers into rounds and thinly slice a very small amount of red onion.

  2. Toss everything together

    Toss the cucumbers and onion with the rice vinegar, tamari, Lao Gan Ma garlic chili crisp, toasted black and white sesame seeds, a little salt, a little pepper, and a pinch of white sugar.

  3. Chill

    Refrigerate for 45 minutes to an hour before serving.

Kitchen notes

  • Pairs well with Sesame-Crusted Ahi with Soy-Lime-Ginger Sauce. They really complement each other.
  • Times and yield are estimates. Prep is about 10 minutes of slicing and tossing; total time includes the chill. Three baby cucumbers is roughly enough for three as a side with dinner.