Korean Smashed Cucumbers

Name: Korean Smashed Cucumbers
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 6 Persian cucumbers; Kosher salt, generous amount; 2 clove Garlic, grated or minced; 2 Scallions, sliced; 1/4 cup Soy sauce; 2 tbsp Gochugaru, Korean hot pepper flakes; 2 tsp Sugar; 2 tbsp Toasted sesame oil; 2 tbsp Sesame seeds, plus more for serving

Recipe by @maxiskitchen on TikTok

Ready in 40 min, serves 4, 9 ingredients. Korean · Salad · Sides.

Time: 40 min
Serves: 4
Effort: Easy
Calories: 110

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Ingredients

For the salad

6 Persian cucumbers
Kosher salt, generous amount

For the sauce

Method

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Cut away the stem ends of the cucumbers and put them inside a zip-top bag. Crush them with a meat mallet until they split into uneven pieces of roughly 1-2 inches, using your hands to tear any oversized chunks apart.
Take out any large pockets of seeds and transfer the cucumbers to a colander positioned in the sink. Dust them with a generous dusting of salt and let them sit to drain for about 30 minutes.
Whisk together the garlic, scallions, soy sauce, gochugaru, sugar, toasted sesame oil, and sesame seeds in a bowl to prepare the dressing.
Pat the cucumber pieces dry, then combine them with the sauce. Serve with a garnish of extra sesame seeds sprinkled over the top.

Recipe by @maxiskitchen on TikTok. See the original for their notes and tips.

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