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Refreshing Summer Salad

Refreshing Summer Salad

Smashed cucumber chunks are sugar-cured and chilled, then dressed with garlic, vinegar and a sizzling oil finish, making the ultimate icy, sweet-tangy relief on scorching summer days.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Put the cucumbers in a freshness-preserving bag and smash them with a rolling pin.

  2. 2
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    Two tablespoons of sugar, stir evenly. Cucumbers marinated with sugar this way will be sweeter and crunchier.

  3. 3
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    Place the cucumber in the refrigerator and marinate for 30 minutes.

  4. 4
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    Prepare all the ingredients. One cucumber and one large clove of garlic are enough. Otherwise, the garlic flavor will be too strong.

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    Pour hot oil over the seasonings and mix evenly with a spoon.

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    A spoonful of light soy sauce, a spoonful of aromatic vinegar, a small amount of salt, a little sugar, an appropriate amount of sesame oil, mix again with a spoon.

  7. 7
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    Put all the prepared ingredients into a large bowl.

  8. 8
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    Mix the sauce and ingredients evenly with your hands. Done!

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Cucumber
    1 stick
  • black fungus
    to taste
  • Dried bean curd sticks or fragrant dried tofu
    to taste
  • Stir-fried peanuts
    to taste
  • Vermicelli sheets
    optional
  • Sesame
    to taste

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • chopped green onions
    to taste
  • chili
    to taste
  • Garlic
    1 clove

Seasonings

  • light soy sauce
    1 spoon
  • Aromatic vinegar
    1 spoon
  • Sesame oil
    to taste
  • Salt
    to taste
  • Sugar
    to taste