Vietnamese-inspired Cucumber Salad

Name: Vietnamese-inspired Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 5 Persian cucumbers, sliced; 1 garlic clove, grated; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 tablespoon white sugar; 1.5 tablespoon fresh lime juice (start with 1 tbsp and taste); 1 small shallot, sliced thinly; 1 Thai chili, chopped in big pieces if you want the flavor but want to avoid eating them; a handful of chopped cilantro; a handful of chopped mint; a handful of chopped roasted peanuts

phuongle19March 31, 2022February 6, 2022Leave a Comment

This Vietnamese-inspired cucumber salad is dressed with a tangy and spicy vinaigrette and topped with fresh herbs and roasted peanuts. It’s a burst of flavors and textures. It would pair well with the lemongrass pork in this recipe or with thit kho (braised pork) in this recipe.

Vietnamese salad is called goi, and there are several different versions. One thing that remains the same is that they’re tangy, spicy, sweet, and savory with lots of fresh ingredients. This one is just a simple Vietnamese-inspired cucumber salad made with Persian cucumbers, but feel free to add more vegetables like thinly sliced bell peppers.

Persian cucumbers are crunchy and seedless, making them a great snack. If you use English cucumbers, you can cut out the core to keep the salad from getting too watered down.

Here’s the citrus juicer that I use in the video. I love it because it measures the amount of lime juice for me.

More Vietnamese recipes:

Banh Canh – a delicious pork noodle soup with chewy noodles
Bun Thit Nuong – “grilled” lemongrass pork with vermicelli noodles
Cha Gio – crispy pork egg rolls served with nuoc mam