Cucumber Salad w/ Peanut Dressing
Here's to one of my favorite ways to use up cucumbers. It's the perfect salad to make during the summertime. This cucumber salad is dressed in a super delicious sweet, salty, spicy, & sour peanut dressing that makes this salad mouth wateringly so good! So I hope you can give the one a try if you like peanut butter & cucumbers!
Ingredients
Peanut Dressing
- 1 small clove garlic
- 1 dried Bird's Eye chili pepper (you can use fresh+more)
- 1 TBSP sugar (I use Turbinado sugar)
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp MSG
- 1 TBSP roasted peanuts
- 1 TBSP lime juice
- 1 TBSP fish sauce
- 1 TBSP creamy peanut butter
To finish
- 14-16 oz English or Persian cucumber (sliced/shredded/smashed/ribboned)
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
Instructions
For the dressing
- In a mortar & pestle, add in the garlic, pepper, salt, msg, & sugar. Pound until the garlic & pepper is crushed. Then add in roasted peanuts. Pound a little bit (you can leave it chunky for more texture or pound it finely). Then add in lime juice, fish sauce, and creamy peanut butter. Mix well until the peanut butter is well incorporated. Taste and adjust to your liking. Set aside while you prep the cucumbers.
To finish
- In a bowl either shred, slice, smash, or ribbon the cucumbers (it's up to you). Add in the cherry tomatoes along with the dressing. Toss to coat and enjoy immediately. If you let it sit, it will get watery so enjoy it while it's still crunchy!
Notes
This dressing can be made a day ahead and be put into the fridge. It's also great as a dip. So instead of dressing the cucumbers, you can simply just dip the cucumber right into the dressing.
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