10 minute Sunomono Salad (Japanese Cucumber Salad)

Enjoy this quick and refreshing cucumber salad as an easy side dish or appetizer. All you need is a few ingredients and 10 minutes to toss together this EASY salad.

The star of this dish is the seedless Japanese cucumbers, but you can easily substitute these. All these ingredients can easily be found at your local asian grocery store.

📝 Ingredients

Slice the Cucumbers

1

Use a mandolin for a faster and more consistent slice.

Remove Excess Water

2

Sprinkle cucumbers with salt, let sit, then rinse, ring out and dry slices.

Mix Dressing

3

Combine the sesame seeds, soy sauce, sugar, and rice vinegar to make the dressing.

Toss Sunomono Salad

4

Toss the sliced cucumbers with the dressing.

Serve & Enjoy!

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