Snack
Smacked cucumber salad
Smashed rather than sliced, so the broken surfaces are ragged and hold ten times the dressing a neat cut face would. It is a technique rather than a recipe.
3gnet carbs
11gfat
2gprotein
120kcal
Per serving15 minServes 4
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Ingredients
For the whole dish · serves 4
- Cucumber14 oz
- Sesame oil4 tsp
- Crispy chili oil1½ tbsp
- Sesame seeds½ oz
- Rice vinegara splash
- Garlic cloveone, grated
- Sea saltto taste
Method
6 steps · 15 minutes
- Lay the cucumber on a board and hit it along its length with the flat of a heavy knife until it splits open.
- Then tear it into rough pieces with your hands rather than cutting them. Torn edges hold dressing and cut ones shed it.
- Salt the pieces and leave them in a colander for 10 minutes, then pour off the water that comes out.
- This draining step is what stops the dressing turning into cucumber water on the plate.
- Dress with the vinegar and garlic first, then the oils, so the acid gets to the cucumber before the fat coats it.
- Sesame seeds last and serve it cold. It is best within twenty minutes and watery within an hour.
Macros are per serving and are estimates worked out from the ingredients. Keto Tracker AI is a food logging tool and does not give medical advice; talk to a doctor before changing your diet.
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