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What Is Cucumber Salad?
Cucumber salad is a staple side dish that goes well with any dinner that you can make. Cucumber is so versatile, changing depending on the sauce that you decide to use.
There are many different versions of this salad, from American to Asian. This delicious recipe uses Thai ingredients as its sauce, making it a Thai cucumber salad.
Thai food is very delicious, being sweet, savory and spicy. When you make cucumber into a salad, it pairs well with all kinds of Thai food!
Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe
I love this salad and can never have enough whenever I dine out at Thai restaurants. I decided to make it at home so I can eat as much as I want.
The good thing about this recipe is that I don’t even have to cook. It’s so easy to make since I just have to marinate the cucumber and make the salad dressing. Combine both of them together and it is ready to serve!
Ingredients for This Recipe
- Cucumber
- Thai sweet chili sauce
- Apple cider vinegar
- Roasted peanuts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is It Healthy?
Yes, this Thai salad is extremely healthy with plenty of nutrients from the cucumber.
Is Thai Cucumber Salad Vegan?
The best part of this recipe is that it is indeed vegan and vegetarian.
How Many Calories?
This recipe is only 131 calories per serving. Make this delicious side dish today to pair with your favorite Thai dishes.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
This meal is best served as a side dish. For a wholesome Thai meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Thai Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 1 lb. cucumber, cut into pieces
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 small red onion (sliced)
- 2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Add salt to the cucumber, mix well and set aside in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. In the meantime, make the dressing, by combining all the ingredients in a small sauce pan.
- Turn on the heat and reduce the dressing a bit, so it's slightly thickened. Let cool.
- Drain the salt water from the cucumber completely. Toss the cucumber, onion, and mix with the Dressing. Top with the peanut and cilantro, serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Can you tell me if how long this salad will last, in case there are any leftovers? Thank you.
I don’t recommend overnight. Should just serve and finish it.
If there are leftovers of this salad, can they be used the next day, or is it better to prepare it fresh every time. Thank you.
Thanks, Jessie.
Soooo delicious! Easy and affordable also. I will be taking this recipe to dinner parties as a side dish. I use cucumbers from the Farmers Market and the outcome is divine.
Awesome.
Sounds delicious I’m going to make this
Thanks. I’ve gotten three recipes copied. Shrimp boil. Tai cucumber salad and watermelon tequila summertime drink. I m making it today and will text you with the results. I’m so excited.
Hi Linda, yes please I want to know how they go. I bet you will love all of them. Happy Labor Day!
Will try it., but Thai Cucumber salad without spice?
We have always loved cucumber in our salads but this recipe certainly takes it to a wonderfully different level. Thank you Bee.
Thanks Duncan and Galina. :)
Your recipes are out standing I love them do you happen to have a book out I could buy so I always have them to hand ??Kind regards Dougie
Hi Dougie, yes I have two books, one is called Easy Chinese Recipes and you can find it on Amazon. My ebook is here: https://rasamalaysia.com/easy-asian-takeout/
A simple cucumber recipe: but it’s wonderful.
I love it.
It’s probably the most repeated recipe I use.
Thank you.
Hi, is this page broken? Some of the images and links don’t seem to be loading properly, so I’m not able to access the recipe. Thanks!
It’s fixed.
I’ like to have Thai cucumber salad as my side dish when I make Trader Joe’s General Taos Chicken with jasmine rice, delicious dinner
Awesome, sounds delicious.
Delicious salad with wonder flavors! Our family is peanut allergic so I substituted pepitas (small pumpkin seeds) for the peanuts to get the crunch and saltiness. Very easy to make with flavorful results! Thank you!!