Name: Gourmet Magazine's Asian Cucumber Ribbon Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 1/2 English cucumbers, halved crosswise (1 1/4 lb total)

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Gourmet Magazine's Asian Cucumber Ribbon Salad created by Ms B.

This is a simple, light, and refreshing recipe from Gourmet Magazine. Cooks' Note: Do not let dressed cucumber salad stand more than 20 minutes before serving, or it will become soggy.

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ingredients

¹⁄₄ cup seasoned rice vinegar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sesame oil
1 ¹⁄₂ English cucumbers, halved crosswise (1 1/4 lb total)

directions

Bring vinegar and sugar to a simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then cool to room temperature. Stir in soy sauce and sesame oil.
Cut cucumber lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick ribbons using a mandoline or other manual slicer. Toss cucumber with dressing and let stand 5 minutes before serving.

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review by januarybride

9/12/2012

Tasty. I did add a little extra honey, a pinch of ginger and a pinch of garlic. Added some red pepper and carrots to the cucumbers. Yummy side dish.

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review by Lauren4372

7/5/2009

I made this as a fast salad for supper tonight. Since it was just me, I cut everything in half and didn't cook the dressing. Just put everything (except the cucumbers) in a small jar and shake well. Tossed it and let stand. ENJOY! PS. Add a handfull of olive slices or halves for a change of pace.

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review by Sous Chef Bentley

6/10/2009

We followed the recipe, except we removed the seeds & mandolined our cucumber into strings. A perfect & quick salad to our summer barbecue dinner. Thank you very much for posting this recipe! I look forward to trying it again with grated ginger or sesame seeds ....

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review by sues4cy

11/20/2008

I love this recipe. I cut the cucumber into match sticks and double the sesame oil. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Fabulous served with grilled chicken breast. My aunt who lives in Japan made a salad very similar to this on her last visit home.

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review by Vino p.o. prn

8/5/2008

Very good but a little tart for our personal tastes so I added a sprinkle of splenda to sweeten it up a bit more. Tossed the salad with the cucumber ribbons, romaine and carrot ribbons..salad went very well with a asian marinated seared ahi tuna!

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