The Best Chinese Cucumber Salad is Smashed (拍黄瓜)

hi everyone I'm Wendy welcome to soup top recipes the way how Chinese people make cucumber salad is to crush them first believe it or not it tastes the best make sure you use either these mini or these long skinny cucumber because they have tender seeds which works great for this recipe if you're using this feather kind of cucumber you may want to remove the seeds first as the name suggested the most important step is to smash the Cucumber I'm using a Cleaver the White Blade and the heavy duty weight makes it perfect for this job if you don't have a Cleaver you can use a rolling pin a meat tenderizer or your fist just smash with quite a lot of force until the Cucumbers starts to split along the length the Smashing creates lots of boosts which allows the seasonings to infuse into the Cucumber that's why it tastes so good even if you're not making this recipe you should always use this technique for other cucumber salad cut the Cucumber diagonally into two inches long pieces for those of you who are wondering where did I get this clear it is part of a knife set that I recently launched at an affordable price if you want to buy it check the link in the description season the Cucumber with three quarter teaspoon of salt pause thoroughly and set it aside for 15 minutes during this time you can grate two cloves of garlic finely raw garlic has a pungent spicy flavor so don't use too much too cloves are plenty otherwise it will overpower the fresh Taste of the Cucumber a little bit of cilantro here are some diced Thai birdai chilies if you don't eat spicy food you can skip the chilies and the chili oil that we're about to add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce 1 tablespoon of hot chili oil one tablespoon of vinegar for the authenticity I supposed to use Chinese black vinegar but consider most of you don't have access to buy this ingredient I'm actually using the apple cider vinegar because a bit of fruity taste paired well with the fresh cucumber half teaspoon of sugar this will not make the dressing sweet but it will balance the sour taste last 1 teaspoon of sesame oil by now the salt should draw out some moisture from the Cucumber lightly squeeze and discard the excess liquid otherwise it will dilute the seasoning mix the Cucumber with the dressing and toss thoroughly this side dish is simple but delivers in flavor you can prepare it in no time and you don't even need to turn on your stove this is the best cucumber salad because it will be gone as soon as you put it on the table me alone I can eat twice as much and still feel like not enough you can make this salad ahead of the time just keep the cucumber and the dressing separate in the fridge mix it right before serving I hope you give this a try soon don't forget to like And subscribe to my channel for more easy and delicious Chinese food thank you for watching and I'll see you next time bye

Channel: Souped Up Recipes

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Id: dgUwFt2ezW4

Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Wed May 17 2023