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Sweet Cucumber & Carrot Salad

Here's how you make Sweet Cucumber & Carrot Salad
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 5m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cucumbers (medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/3-inch-thick half moons)
  • 1 carrot (medium carrot, scraped and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds)
  • 4 ounces red onion (coarsely chopped)1/4 of a medium onion, coarsely chopped
  • 1 pickled jalapeno pepper (1 medium pepper, seeds removed, minced)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce (nuoc nam, or less to taste, add it bit by bit and taste so that it won't overpower the salad)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Toss the vegetables together in a medium bowl.

  • Step 2: Heat the water, sugars, vinegar, and fish sauce (adding it bit by bit) over medium heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves.

  • Step 3: Remove from heat and pour over vegetables. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

  • NOTE: This salad will keep for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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