Asian Cucumber Sesame Salad: Bright flavours and crunchy textures!
This salad is the blend of salty and tangy flavors with bright colors and flavors. Between the carrots and the cucumber I’m loving the crunch you get in every bite. It’s been a couple months now and I’m still in love with my Spiralizer because I’ve been able to make sooo many fresh and healthy zoodle recipes like this one. If you don’t have a Spiralizer yet though you can still make this by using a julienne peeler in its place.
So here’s to eating well and doing what we can for ourselves in the little ways that we can. Enjoy!
Asian Cucumber Sesame Salad
Asian Cucumber Sesame Salad: Bright flavours and crunchy textures!
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 large seedless cucumbers
- 2 large carrots
- 1 sweet pepper, chopped
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, white or black
- 1 green onion sliced, use the green part only for low FODMAP
- 2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
Dressing
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice, about half a lime
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Aminos for paleo, or gluten free soy sauce/tamari
- 1 tablespoons maple , can sub with honey or sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
- more salt to taste if needed
Instructions
Salad
- Trim the ends of the cucumber and spiralize the cucumbers or use a julienne peeler. Place the sliced cucumbers in a colander and toss them with the 1 teaspoon of salt. Let the cucumbers sit in the colander in the sink for at least 5 minutes to draw out excess water/moisture..
- While the cucumber is sitting, spiralize or peel the carrots and chop the sweet peppers. You can also use this time to prepare the dressing.
- Once the cucumber has drained for 15 minutes, spread them out on a layer of paper towels, or a clean dish towel, and gently pat out as much moisture as you can.
- Place the cucumber noodles, carrots, and pepper in mixing bowl large enough to hold the salad. Add 2-3 tablespoons of the dressing and toss to combine, coating the salad. Top with the sliced green onion, sesame seeds, and cilantro and serve immediately.
Notes
This salad is best eaten on the day of. If you do save some for later make sure to store in an airtight container and you may need to drain some water before eating.
Katherine says
Hi Sarah,
I absolutely love your Cucumber & Sesame Salad here.
I would also love to feature it in our website Greenthickies. Would it be all right if I used one image for it? I will not be posting the actual recipe, but only one image, title, a small quote and then link directly back here. Would it be okay?
Thanks 🙂
Sarah says
Hi Katherine! So glad you like it! And that is totally find with me – thanks for asking 🙂
Katherine says
Hey Sarah,
Thank you so much for your reply. 😀
Molly says
This salad was wonderful and refreshing on a hot day! Thanks!
Sarah says
So glad you liked it! Thanks for coming back to leave a comment/rating!
Vaibhavi says
Yummm… Will definitely try this today!!! The salad looks awesome
Sarah says
Thank you! Hope you love it!
Nancy Oar says
Love the clean flavors of Asian when combined with fresh food. Noodles, although delicious, can get heavy and too dominant in the recipe. I love that this is so fresh and delicious. Thank You!
Sarah says
Thanks Nancy!
Sandra says
Thanks so much for this yummy recipe! I made a few minor tweaks to suit our tastes (less ginger and rice vinegar) and added some marinated tofu and roasted peanuts to bulk it up into a main meal and it was an absolute hit 🙂 I’ve added it to my favourite recipes and will definitely be making it again! Thanks so much for inventing and sharing 🙂
Sarah says
I’m so glad you liked it! I love the sound of the roasted peanuts – definitely going to add some the next time I make this! Thanks Sandra 🙂
Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom says
Thanks for sharing your story. My neice has EDS–so I feel for Mike! And this salad–incredible!
Sarah says
Thanks Kristen! I hope you niece is well! God knows how tricky it’s been for Mike – and he has a fairly mild case of it compared to some people
Angela says
This looks so delicious! I love cucumbers and the dressing sounds so tasty, Pinned & Yummed 🙂 Thank you for joining the Link-up, hope to “see you” again next week!!
Sarah says
Thanks Angela! 🙂
Christine | Mid-Life Croissant says
Hi Sarah! I love this salad and I’d like to include it in a round-up I’m doing for Buzzfeed. I’m trying to turn it around quickly so I’m just going to assume it’s ok but if it’s not you know where to find me. Just LMK.
Sarah says
I’ve got no problem with that 🙂 Thanks for thinking of me – can’t wait to see the round up!
Bethany @ athletic avocado says
So many fresh flavors and colorful veggies in on beauiful dish! This salad makes me crave summer so badly!
Sarah says
Me too girl! I’m counting down the days to sunny weather!
Barbara says
I get it. Thankfully, we can choose healthy foods and your salad is so pretty, Sarah. I want to dig in right now.
Sarah says
Thanks Barbara!