Best Japanese Cucumber Salad Recipes

JAPANESE STYLE CUCUMBER AND RADISH SALAD

Steps:

• Combine onion, radishes and cucumber in a medium bowl.
• Combine vinegar and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl; stir until well blended.
• Drizzle vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture, tossing to coat.
• Cover and chill 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• If using English or regular cucumbers, they need to be peeled, cut lengthwise, seeded and sliced into thin half moons.
• In a large bowl, combine cucumbers, salt and pepper, mix well.
• Add sugar(or honey), soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil and mix well.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds and mix.
• Let marinate for 20 minutes before serving.
• Adjust seasonings before serving.

SUNOMONO (JAPANESE CUCUMBER AND SEAFOOD SALAD)

Steps:

• Lay cucumber slices onto a large plate and sprinkle with salt on both sides. Set aside until water is drawn from the cucumber, about 15 minutes. Brush salt from cucumbers and press with paper towel to remove excess moisture.
• Combine cucumber slices, crab sticks, rice vinegar, and soy sauce in a glass dish bowl; toss to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or up to 24 hours).
• Divide cucumber salad onto 4 plates; sprinkle each portion with sesame seeds.

CALIFORNIA CRAB STACK ON JAPANESE PICKLED CUCUMBER-MACHE SALAD DRESSED WITH TARRAGON DIJON DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine the sourdough bread crumbs and Dungeness crab meat, set aside. Combine remaining ingredients, except olive oil, and mix thoroughly. Gently fold in the crab and bread crumb mixture. Shape into patties approximately 1/2-inch thick. Heat olive oil in a non-stick saute pan. Cook crab cakes over medium heat to a golden brown about 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
• Combine all ingredients except flower confetti and refrigerate.
• Whisk together all ingredients and refrigerate.
• Place 1/4 cup of the salad mixture in the center of each of 4 plates. Place a crab cake on top of each salad. Drizzle each plate with Tarragon Vinaigrette and sprinkle with a garnish of flower petal confetti.

JAPANESE-STYLE CUCUMBER SALAD WITH SESAME DRESSING

Steps:

• Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.
• Cut up the cucumber into bite sized pieces. Bash them up a bit with the side of your kitchen knife - this allows the dressing to sink into them.
• Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, shaking occasionally, until a few seeds pop. Immediately transfer the seeds to a plate (if you leave them in the pan they may get burned).
• Mix the lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, dashi stock granules and sugar together until the sugar has dissolved. Taste, and add a pinch of salt if you think it needs it. Add the sesame oil (or you can just drizzle on the sesame oil when you assemble the salad).
• Combine the cucumbers with the dressing and the sesame seeds. Serve right away or leave to marinate in the refrigerator for a stronger flavor.
• Note: If you're using small Japanese cucumbers any other small, immature cucumber, you don't need to de-seed them. Just cut them up and bash a bit. (This bashing thing, is a real cooking method in Japanese cooking. It helps the flavors to penetrate the bashed up vegetable better.).
• If you use white balsamic vinegar instead of the rice or white wine vinegar, you can decrease or even omit the sugar.
• This sesame dressing is very versatile. Try it with any number of vegetables. It's great on a leafy green salad. You can increase the sesame oil if you want it to have a richer sesame flavor. Add some chili pepper flakes to make it spicy, and/or some grated garlic for a more Korean-tasting twist.Add some shredded poached chicken breast to the cucumbers for a more substantial salad.

JAPANESE RESTAURANT CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, chile paste, and salt together in a bowl. Add cucumbers and stir to coat. Allow salad to marinate for 30 minutes before serving at room temperature.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER & BEAN SPROUT SALAD

Steps:

• Place the cucumbers and sprouts in a glass bowl and sprinkle with salt. Toss well and chill for 1 hour. Rinse and drain well.
• Put all the dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well to combine. Pour over the cucumber/sprouts, and mix well. Top with sesame seeds.
• NOTE: I find that letting the salad sit a few ours in the fridge helps the texture and flavors mix. In fact, I prefer this salad the next day.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD - SUNOMONO

Steps:

• Cut cucumbers into thin slices. Place in a bowl, and sprinkle with salt.
• Let stand at room temperature for 30 mins, or until cucumbers are softened.
• Drain, and squeeze out excess liquid.
• Combine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, and ginger in serving bowl.
• Add cucumbers, and mix well.
• Chill thoroughly before serving.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD (SUNOMONO)

Steps:

• Partially peel cucumbers lengthwise, leaving thin green stripes around the cucumber. Halve cucumbers lengthwise. Scoop seeds from cucumber halves with a spoon. Discard seeds. Slice cucumbers thinly and put in a bowl. Add salt to cucumber and mix with hand until cucumber is limp; set aside for 45 minutes.
• Transfer cucumbers to a strainer and squeeze as much liquid out as possible.
• Mix lemon juice, sugar, and vinegar together in a large bowl until the sugar dissolves. Add the drained cucumber and toss to coat. Spoon into small bowls and top each portion with toasted sesame seeds.

JAPANESE CRUNCHY CUCUMBER AND RADISH SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Thinly slice the cucumber and radishes, and arrange on a plate.
• 2. Whisk together the vegetable oil and rice vinegar in a glass, and drizzle over the vegetables to serve.

JAPANESE NOODLE AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the noodles in boiling water until barely tender.
• Rince immediately with cold water until cool, drain thoroughly and put in a medium bowl.
• Mix vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, and salt and pour over the noodles.
• Stir well.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill noodles in refrigerator until cold.
• Peel and seed the cucumber.
• Cut into quarters lengthwise, then into thin sticks.
• Divide the noodles on four salad plates, sprinkle evenly with cucumber pieces, green onion and sesame seeds.

JAPANESE-STYLE POTATO SALAD WITH DAIKON AND CUCUMBER

Steps:

• For dressing:
• Whisk first 6 ingredients in small bowl. Mix in celery and onion. Season with salt. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)
• For salad:
• Steam potatoes until tender, about 12 minutes. Transfer potatoes to large bowl; mash coarsely. Steam daikon and carrot until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl. Mix 1 1/2 cups dressing into mashed potatoes. Cool to barely lukewarm.
• Gently mix daikon, carrot, and remaining vegetables into potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
• *Available at some supermarkets and at Asian markets.

SUNOMONO (JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD)

Steps:

• 1. Wash cucumbers and peel if desired. (I peel stripes on mine.) Slice cucumbers paper thin using a mandolin. Stir in salt, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Squeeze water out from cucumbers.
• 2. In a small bowl, mix rice vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce together until sugar dissolves. Add vinegar mixture and sesame seeds to prepared cucumbers and toss gently.

SESAME JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a small glass bowl (just easier to clean up than plastic) mix together vinegar, sesame oil, mustard, soy sauce and tabasco sauce.
• Stir until completely combined.
• Thinly slice your cucumbers.
• Combine the cucumbers and dressing mixture.
• Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Combine vegetables in large bowl.
• Whisk dressing, vinegar and lime juice until blended. Add to vegetables; mix lightly.
• Sprinkle with nuts and sesame seed.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD WITH MISO DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend.
• Divide cucumber sticks among plates in single layer.
• Drizzle dressing over cucumbers, then divide radishes, sesame seeds, and bonito flakes among salads, and serve.

JAPANESE STYLE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Wash cucumber very well, or peel it.
• Cut cucumber in half crosswise and then in half lengthwise. Remove seeds.
• Thinly slice cucumber and place in a glass bowl.
• Thickness depends on how crisp you want the cucumbers to be when finished. Thicker = Crisper, but Thinner = Yummier!
• Place remaining ingredients into a magic bullet jar or a small food processor bowl. Process for about 30 seconds or until the mint looks like small specks.
• Pour marinade over sliced cucumbers, mix well and refrigerate for at least an hour.
• To serve, I usually place in individual shallow white prep bowls or little japanese ceramic serving dishes, spooning a little bit of the marinade over the top.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD WITH VINEGAR

Steps:

• If using bonito flakes, in a bowl stir together flakes, vinegar, and soy sauce and let stand 1 hour.
• Peel and seed cucumbers and diagonally cut into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices. In a colander set over a bowl toss cucumbers with salt and drain 30 minutes. Rinse cucumbers well and pat dry. Pour bonito mixture through a fine sieve into a large bowl and toss liquid with cucumbers and 1 tablespoon sugar; if not using bonito flakes, toss cucumbers with vinegar, soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste. With scissors cut nori lengthwise into thin strips.
• Serve salad garnished with nori strips.

JAPANESE-STYLE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Cut up the cucumbers into bite-sized pieces.
• 2. Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, shaking occasionally, until a few seeds pop. Immediately transfer the seeds to a plate.
• 3. Mix the lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, dashi stock granules and sugar together until the sugar has dissolved. Taste, and add a pinch of salt if you think it needs it. Add the sesame oil.
• 4. Combine the cucumbers with the dressing and the sesame seeds. Serve right away or leave to marinate in the refrigerator for a stronger flavor.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SESAME SALAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• Toss to combine well.
• Add salt, if needed, to taste (you probably won't need any).
• Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Serve chilled or at room temperature.