Spicey Thai Cucumber Salad

By kishthecook

kish's version after several yummy trails..

Ingredients

• Dressing:
• 1 large or 2 med. cucumbers, sliced thin
• 1 red or white onion, thinly sliced
• 1-1/2 serrano chili, finely sliced or in rings
• handfull chopped cilantro
• fresh chopped mint, if you have it...optional
• 3 TBS peanut oil
• 1 TBS sesame oil
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2 TBS soy sauce
• 1 TBS hot chili oil or sembal olek
• juice of 1 freshly squeezed lime
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup finely chopped unsalted dry roasted peanuts, pistachios or TJ's spicey roasted nuts

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Blend all the dressing ingredients together. Fully dissolve the sugar.
Mix in all of the chopped vegetables and cilantro/mint
Add more of any of the flavors that you prefer, which is the true Thai way.
the longer this marinates, the better!
I like the contrast and crunch of the nuts..so I add the nuts just at serving. If they marinade with the dressing for a few hours, they tend to loose the crunch and get soft. I just sprinkle the nuts on as I serve.