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Cucumber Salad with Shiso, Lime, and Sesame

by Marian Bull
summerlunch
Yield: Serves 1
Source: https://food52.com/recipes/28721-cucumber-salad-with-shiso-lime-and-sesame

Ingredients

produce
  • 1lime juice(juice)
  • shiso leaves(sliced into ribbons)
  • 1cucumber(long, thin)
  • red onion(very thin slices)
pantry staple
  • red pepper flakes(optional)
  • salt
  • sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoonsesame oil
  • 1 tablespoonsesame seeds(toasted)
  • 1 teaspoonrice vinegar

Instructions

  1. Combine the red onion, lime juice, and vinegar. Let it sit while you slice your cucumber thinly.
  2. Toss it all together with a pinch each of salt and sugar.
  3. Let everything sit for a few minutes, so that the onion and cucumber soften and almost begin to pickle.
  4. Add the sesame oil and toss again.
  5. Taste a cucumber; if you're happy with how things are going, toss in the shiso; otherwise, adjust the seasonings to taste before you add your herbs.
  6. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds; I like black ones, for a bit of contrast.
  7. Add the pepper flakes if you're jonesing for some heat.

My notes

I served this with some sliced avocado (in a fan, natch) and brown rice. I called it dinner.