Best Wasabi Mayo Cucumber Cups Recipes

Wasabi Lime Crab Salad in Cucumber Cups image

Yield Makes about 60 hors d'oeuvres

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 seedless cucumbers (usually plastic-wrapped; 3 1/2 pounds total), peeled
1/4 cup mayonnaise
4 teaspoons wasabi paste (Japanese horseradish paste)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
6 medium radishes
1 (3-ounce) container radish sprouts or baby pea shoots
1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
Special Equipment
a 1 1/2-inch fluted round cookie cutter; a melon-ball cutter (optional); a Japanese Benriner or other adjustable-blade slicer

Steps:

Prepare cucumber cups:
Cut cucumbers crosswise into generous 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut a fluted round from each slice with cookie cutter, then scoop out some flesh from center of each round with melon-ball cutter or a small spoon, creating an indentation but leaving bottom intact.
Prepare filling:
Whisk together mayonnaise and wasabi, then whisk in lime juice and salt.
Cut radishes into very thin slices with slicer. Halve slices, then cut crosswise into very thin strips. Trim radish sprouts to 1-inch lengths, measuring from top of sprout, and discard remaining stems. (If using pea shoots, cut sections with leaves into 1-inch pieces.)
Stir together crab, wasabi mayonnaise, radish strips, and radish sprouts, then put a small spoonful of filling into each cucumber cup.

Cucumbers with Wasabi and Rice Vinegar image

Provided by Maggie Ruggiero

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound Japanese or Kirby cucumbers (about 5)
1/2 teaspoon wasabi powder
1/2 teaspoon water
2 tablespoons rice vinegar (not seasoned)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon soy sauce
Equipment:
an adjustable-blade slicer

Steps:

Very thinly slice cucumbers crosswise with slicer; toss with 1 teaspoon salt and drain in a colander 15 minutes. Rinse cucumbers under cold water, then squeeze handfuls to remove excess water; pat dry.
Stir together wasabi powder and water in a bowl and let stand 5 minutes. Add vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce, whisking until sugar has dissolved. Add cucumbers and toss well.

Wasabi-Mayo Cucumber Cups image

Provided by C G

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cucumber (persian would be good or english cuke)
2 tsp wasabi paste or wasabi powder mixed with water to make a paste)
2 Tbsp japanese mayonnaise or regular mayonnaise
GARNISH(ES)
fresh cilantro, chives, watercress, daikon sprouts, togarashi, scallions, sesame seeds, seaweed,

Steps:

1. Scrub the cucumber well. Slice the cucumber in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and discard. Slice the cucumber crosswise into roughly 2" chunks.
2. Stir together the mayonnaise and wasabi. Spoon a little bit of the mixture onto each cucumber chunk. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
3. Before serving, garnish as desired.