Kimchi Cucumber Salad

Name: Kimchi Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1/2 English cucumber (sliced into half moons); Little less than 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; pinch of salt; several grinds of fresh black pepper; 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp chopped kimchi; 1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

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Flavorful, crunchy, and fresh, this Kimchi Cucumber Salad recipe is a perfect addition to rice bowls, a spicy side to your Asian themed meal, or a wonderful vegan salad. It’s easy to make and loaded with flavor!

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Have you ever eaten at a Korean restaurant? If you have, then you are probably familiar with “banchan”, the small side dishes served with Korean food.

There are a plethora of different banchan out there, but my two favorites are cabbage kimchi and cucumber salad, so I decided to take my favorite banchan and combine them into one amazing salad!

Kimchi Cucumber Salad is very much my foodie style because it’s spicy and vinegary, two of my favorite flavors! If you also enjoy those flavors I think you’re going to love this!

Ingredients needed for this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):

English cucumber
Red onion
Kimchi
Toasted sesame seeds
Rice vinegar
Salt, pepper

Love kimchi? Here are more recipes using it:

Spicy Kimchi Garlic Noodles (shown below) and Spicy Korean Deviled Eggs are two more mouthwatering recipes made for the lover of tangy, spicy, fermented cabbage, otherwise known as kimchi.

This cucumber salad recipe is so easy to make, and it whips up in only 5 minutes! The hard part is letting it rest in the fridge for an hour or two for all the flavors to meld together.

How long is Kimchi Cucumber Salad good for?

This salad can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator and used within 3-4 days.

What cucumbers are best for this cucumber salad?

English cucumbers are best for this salad because they have thinner skin, less seeds and less water than traditional, slicing cucumbers.

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NOTES:

This recipe makes approximately 4-6 banchan sized servings or 2-3 side dish servings.
Regular sesame seeds have a different texture and flavor than toasted sesame seeds. It’s worth it to buy toasted sesame seeds for this recipe. Use the rest as a garnish on all your favorite Asian foods or in sesame dressing. You can get some toasted sesame seeds here from Amazon.