Dish of Thai Cucumber Salad #2
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Thai Cucumber Salad #2


Thailand
Serves:
Effort:
Sched:
DoAhead:  		 4 salad
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20 min
Yes		 A light. easy to make chilled salad perfect to accompany spicy dishes. In Thailand it is most often used not as a salad but as a relish to accompany other foods. For that use cut the cucumbers into pieces half the size shown here or smaller.

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Cucumbers (1)
Red Onion
Mint Leaves
Red Chili (2)
Cilantro sprig
-- Dressing
Rice Vinegar
Palm Sugar
Salt
Water
-- Garnish (and/or)
Roasted Peanuts (3)  
Fried Shallots (4)
Do-Ahead   -   (25 min for either)
  1. For garnish, roast PEANUTS and crush medium, and/or prepare fried SHALLOTS. Personally I'm not so fond of peanuts as a garnish and just use the shallots.
Make   -   (20 min)
  1. Slice CUCUMBERS in half lengthwise and slice thin.
  2. Chop ONION fine and add to Cucumbers.
  3. Chop MINT LEAVES small and add to Cucumbers.
  4. Slice CHILIS in half lengthwise, seed to the extent you want and slice into fine threads. Add to Cucumbers.
  5. Strip CILANTRO leaves from stems and chop small. Add to Cucumbers.
  6. Mix All Dressing Items.
  7. Stir together Cucumber mix and Dressing. Let sit for 20 minutes or so for flavors to blend, turning a couple of times. It is a durable salad and can be refrigerated for a few hours if needed.
  8. Serve chilled with garnish of choice.
NOTES:

  1. Cucumbers:

      Preferably Persian or Japanese or some other small cucumber that doesn't need to be peeled or seeded. If all you have are green blimps, peel, seed and quarter before weighing.

  2. Red Chili:

      Around here we all use Fresnos, but Holland Red or other medium hot chili will do fine. For details see our Thai Chilis page.

  3. Roasted Peanuts:

      This is a standard Thai / Vietnamese garnish. Dry pan roasted they will be quite different from commercial roasted peanuts. See our recipe Dry Roasted Peanuts.

  4. Fried Shallots:

      This is a standard Thai / Vietnamese garnish / condiment and is easy to make. See our recipe Crisp Fried Shallots.
  5. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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