Chilled Sweet and Sour Cucumber Noodles

By gbvampy1

Ingredients

• 2 2
• medium cucumbers, peeled
• 1/2 cup
• diced red onion
• 3/4 cup
• rice vinegar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons
• sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons
• white sesame seeds

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 120mins

Preparation

Step 1

Attach the julienne blade to the mandoline and adjust it to the 1/8-inch-thick setting. Applying medium pressure, carefully run one of the cucumbers down the blade to form noodles, slicing until you reach the core. Rotate the cucumber a quarter turn and continue slicing and rotating until you've cut the entire cucumber. Repeat the slicing process with the second cucumber then transfer the cucumber noodles to a medium bowl.
Add the red onion, rice vinegar, 1/4 cup water, sugar and crushed red pepper flakes (optional) to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the cucumber noodles for a minimum of 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until chilled.
When ready to serve, use tongs or a slotted spoon to transfer the noodles to serving plates and top with the sesame seeds.