Sesame Cucumber Salad
January 5, 2022 | By Jeremy Scheck | 5 Comments
Spicy Sesame Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 6-8 mini Persian cucumbers
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon chili paste (adjust to our own taste)
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (I like to use half black, half white)
Instructions
- Slice the cucumbers with a rolling cut to get different angles. Place them in a bowl and add the salt. Mix, and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. This extracts water inside and keeps them crispy. Pour out the excess water and rinse off the excess salt (I use a colander.)
- Mix the cucumbers with the remaining ingredients. Cover, and let sit in the fridge 30 mins before enjoying. Eat within 2 days.
Jeremy Scheck spent high school perfecting his signature cupcakes, making quiches and coffee cake by the dozen at a local bakery, and teaching cooking demonstrations at Williams-Sonoma. As a 10th grader in 2016, he began documenting his favorite recipes on a blog called The After School Bakery. In college, Jeremy learned to make 50 gallons of ice cream in the food science lab, how to prune grape vines in the teaching vineyard, the best way to milk a cow in Northern Italy, and why film photography is an art worth saving. As a sophomore in 2020, he traded blog photos for video and became a TikTok culinary sensation. Jeremy has been featured on the Today show, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, BBC Radio, People, and Access Hollywood, among others. Jeremy is a graduate of Cornell University with a double major in Spanish and Italian, and significant coursework in food science. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about Jeremy.
Impulsively making this at 10pm after popping up on my fyp
Made this after seeing the recipe on TikTok, it’s pretty simple and delicious will definitely be making again
Third time making this… easy and so satisfying!
Love this recipe it’s a weekly staple for us!
Such a simple, yet effective recipe. So delicious and highly requested at my house. Thank you!