Sue's Spicy Korean Cucumber Salad
"A quick pickled salad that is cool and spicy and goes well with kimchee. Don't substitute Chinese hot bean paste for the gochujang. It doesn't taste the same."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (64.3 g)
- Calories 42
- Total Fat - 3.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 3.7 mg
- Sodium - 3.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 1.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 0.8 g
- Protein - 0.7 g
- Calcium - 12.3 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Mix the cucumbers, onions and salt and let sit in a sieve over a plate until about 1 tbsp liquid leeches out (about an hour), then rinse thoroughly and drain. They should be kind of wilted.
Step 2
Stir together the dressing: garlic, gochugaru, gochujang, honey, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and sesame seeds.
Step 3
Toss with cukes and onions and let them refrigerate a couple hours before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.