Spicy Thai Cucumber Salad
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
3-4
ingredients
- 2 seedless European cucumber or 4 fresh garden cucumbers
- 1⁄2 cup chopped of fresh mint
- 1⁄4 cup chopped peanuts
-
dressing
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco jalapeno sauce
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic paste (or ground garlic found in Asian food stores)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt and pepper
directions
- Cut ends off cucumbers, then cut off the peel, leaving thin strips of peel in stripes along the cucumber. Cut striped cucumbers in half lengthwise, then in 1/2 inch slices.
- Wash mint, dry well and chop coarsely.
- Coarsely chop peanuts.
- Mix dressing ingredients.
- Combine chopped mint and cucumbers in plastic bowl with a snap on lid, pour dressing over, put lid on and shake a few times so cucumbers and mint are completely coated with dressing.
- Pour into serving bowl, season with salt and pepper if desired, sprinkle chopped peanuts over and serve immediately.
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