Sesame Cucumber and Avocado Salad

I found soaking the cucumbers in cold water with 2 Tablespoon of salt for 2 hours makes the cucumbers crisp & fresh ..drain & rinse & dry well..I use a clean kitchen towel to roll them in to dry throughly

Add some edamame for additional protein!

I just made this within 20 minutes of Sam suggesting it via email. I tossed it with cold udon noodles and added thinly sliced jalapeño. Perfect warm weather lunch.

Lightly crushing the toasted sesame seeds (with mortar and pestle) before mixing them with other the ingredients cranks up the great flavor and aroma of this dressing.

Hi, all! Those little red rounds are actually a colorful variety of scallions, not radishes. Sorry for the confusion!

I make a similar salad dressing, but I like to add fish sauce to this dressing. Only do this if you like fish sauce! Some people do not. I love it. I use it in so many sauces, dressings etc...

I have been making a version of this for years. I sometimes "wilt" the cucumber, and sometimes I add thinly sliced red onion. Very refreshing!!

I loved this salad. I served it on a bed of chopped romaine hearts with pan fried salmon. Deliciosa! Second time around I reduced the sugar to one and a half tablespoons of sugar (three crushed sugar cubes) and added two teaspoons of Olek Sambal, a generous fistful of minced cilantro, a couple of squirts of fish sauce, a healthy sprinkle of Allepo pepper and crushed black peppercorns. The layers of heat are perfect with the buttery avocado and cool cucumber.

Looking forward to making this. The pic looks like they’ve added radishes, and maybe even celery, that are listed in the recipe. They seem like good additions to me.

This is a really great, yummy salad! If you are making this for fewer than four people, cut down the recipe—it doesn’t save well and is a lot for two people.

Based on other recommendations, I halved the sugar and increased the soy sauce to 2 teaspoons. Also instead of thinly slicing cucumbers I sliced thick and cut into quarters to keep them from sticking together as another reviewer suggested. Everything else I left as is. We all enjoyed it very much, and I would definitely make it again.

I thinly slice the cucumber and apply a lot of kosher salt . It should sit for about an hour allowing the salt to draw out water. I then rinse the cucumber well to get rid of most of the salt. Then I wring out a handful of the cucumber at a time with my bare hands to get rid of as much water as possible. Crisp cucumbers are the result.

liked it alot with soba noodles. Next time I'd do buckwheat soba for a bit mortexture. Add peanuts for protein Easy, yummy for a hot night.

I think the cook used red spring scallions in this dish, but agree radish would be welcome!

I love these flavors! So good as written. I had some bok choi to use up so sliced a few leaves thin, slaw like and threw them in too. The dressing would work with so many things.