Spicy Cucumber Salad With Peanuts Recipes

CUCUMBER PEANUT SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together salt and cucumber, and allow to drain in a colander for ten minutes to release water. Pat dry, and place in a medium size bowl.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan, and stir in cumin and chili pepper.
• Add peanuts, lemon juice, sugar, and melted butter to cucumber, and stir together. Garnish with cilantro.

ASIAN CUCUMBER AND PEANUT SALAD

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Set garlic aside to cool.
• Whisk vinegar and sugar in a salad bowl until sugar has dissolved; add chili-garlic sauce, fish sauce, coriander, cooked garlic, and red pepper flakes until thoroughly combined. Stir in cucumbers, peanuts, and green onions to coat with dressing. Refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight.

SPICY CUCUMBER SALAD WITH PEANUTS

Steps:

• Place the cucumber slices in a colander; sprinkle with salt. Toss well. Drain 1 hour.
• Place cucumber slices on several layers of paper towels; cover with additional paper towels. Let stand 5 minutes, pressing down occasionally. Rinse and pat dry.
• Note: Salting the cucumber removes moisture so they'll be more crisp in the salad.
• Combine vinegar, water, sugar, and pepper in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook until reduced to 1/3 cup (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat; cool. Stir in onion.
• Combine cucumbers and vinegar reduction in a medium bowl; toss well. Sprinkle with peanuts.

SPICY CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Cut cucumbers in half lengthwise and remove seeds.
• Slice the cucumbers thinly
• Place cucumbers, onions and chillies in a bowl
• Combine remaining ingredients (except the peanuts) and drizzle over the salad
• Toss well, (at this point you may place the salad in the fridge for an hour or so but I like to finish it and serve at once)
• Garnish with the peanuts & serve.

SPICY CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Peel cucumbers and cut them lengthwise. Scrape out seeds with small spoon, leaving hollow shells. Cut cucumbers crosswise into 1/4 inch strips. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame seed oil, hot sauce, salt and pepper in a small bowl and mix well. Add cucumber and toss to coat each slice. Chill before serving.

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH PEANUTS

Steps:

• Seed cucumber and cut into 1/4-inch dice and in a bowl stir together with remaining ingredients. Season salad with salt and pepper.

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH ROASTED PEANUTS AND CHILE

Steps:

• Toss cucumbers with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a colander. Set aside to drain.
• Chop peanuts, cilantro and red-pepper flakes together until very fine. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Add up to 1 tablespoon water, if needed to thin mixture. Transfer salted cucumbers to the bowl with dressing and toss to coat.
• To serve, place half the cucumber salad on the plate, sprinkle with half the peanut mixture. Repeat with the remaining cucumber salad and peanut mixture. Drizzle with chile oil, if using, and serve immediately.

CRISP & SPICY CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, mix marinade ingredients, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour over vegetables; toss to combine. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or overnight., Serve with a slotted spoon. Top as desired.