Crushed Cucumber with Sesame Dressing
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A Chinese dish that is treated as a starter or an accompaniment to beer.
Author: Lizzie Moult, www.strayedtable.com
Recipe type: starter, snack
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers
- 30 ml (2 tbsp ) tahini
- 40 ml (2½ tbsp) light soy sauce
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) rice-wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) superfine sugar
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) Asian sesame oil
- sesame seeds to garnish
Instructions
- Lay your cucumbers down on your chopping board and using a large knife or rolling pin, crush the cucumber so it bursts its skin. I like to start at one end of the cucumber and work my way down.
- Then cut the cucumber into batons and lay on to a serving plate.
- To make the sauce place the tahini, soy,rice-wine vinegar, garlic, sugar and sesame oil into a small mixing bowl. Stir to combine removing any lumps. The mixture will be quite dark in appearance at this moment.
- Pour the mixture over the cucumber and garnish with sesame seeds.
- Serve immediately with a cold beer.
Recipe by Strayed from the Table at https://www.strayedtable.com/crushed-cucumber-with-sesame-dressing/