Japanese cucumber salad
Japanese cucumber salad, from above
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Japanese cucumber salad

Thin cucumber, sweet vinegar, sesame. The crunchy, cooling side every Japanese meal welcomes.

15 minTime
1 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayThin cucumber and wakame in sweet rice vinegar.
The original
47kcalsame
1 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
15minutessame

Sunomono, the classic side.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

3 servings
Cucumber2, very thinly sliced
Salt½ tsp
Dried wakame1 tbsp dried
Vinegar3 tbsp rice vinegar
Sugar1 tbsp plus 1 tsp
Soy sauce1 tsp
Sesame seeds1 tsp, toasted

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Toss the cucumber with salt and leave 10 minutes. Soak the wakame in water at the same time.
  2. 2Squeeze the cucumber and wakame well.
  3. 3Stir vinegar, sugar and soy until dissolved. Toss with the cucumber and wakame.
  4. 4Chill 10 minutes and top with sesame.
Serve it like this

Mound a small heap in a little bowl with the dressing pooled underneath and sesame on top. Serve chilled beside rich dishes.

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A little snack Karaage40 min
To drink Matcha latte5 min
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