This easy spicy thai cucumber salad is sweet and spicy, tangy and smooth, simple and healthy. It hits all the right spots with all the right flavors and takes less than 5 minutes to make!
So yes, this sounds delicious, right?!? It's about as easy as you can possibly get and that's why I love it. I NEED as many easy and simple and quick recipes as possible for my attention span.
So I kinda stole this recipe idea from my brother.
Sorry Bri! He had this amazing garden growing in Minnesota when I went to visit him one year and he made this spicy thai cucumber salad that just set mind my ablaze.
I am not sure what ablaze really means but it sounds about right because this cucumber salad is hot and spicy.
But the sweetness and the tanginess from the sugar and vinegar tone it down to the perfect level.... unless you can't stand heat at all. Then I recommend "x"-ing the jalapenos a bit.
And by 'a bit' I mean all together.
Don't let all the greenery fool you.
This salad is not tame. Not tame at all.
It's packed with nutrient-dense veggies and a hella lot of flavor.
So buckle up for this one.
Easy Spicy Thai Cucumber Salad
Yield:
8
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
5 minutes
This easy spicy thai cucumber salad is sweet and spicy, tangy and smooth, simple and healthy. It hits all the right spots with all the right flavors and takes less than 5 minutes to make!
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers, sliced and the quartered
- 2 jalapeños, de-seeded and diced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 cup sugar snap peas, cut into halves
- 1 green bell pepper, de-seeded and diced
- ½ raw sugar
- ½ cup white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Whisk together the vinegar and sugar until the sugar is dissolved.
- Combine all other ingredients (except almond slices) in a large bowl.
- Toss the veggie mix with the vinegar mixture until evenly coated. Let chill in refrigerator.
- Once ready to serve, sprinkle with more cilantro and ENJOY y'all!
And here is yet another recipe that was just too amazingly tasty for me to let it pass by readers on account of really bad photos.
So I updated the photos but kept a few of the original ones so that I could look back and see how far my photography has come when I need a pick me up. So if you want to see what I'm talking about.... enjoy the images below. 🙂
Light and refreshing. Thinking of all those delicious vitamins! Cilantro really clenches it.
I agree! It's both delicious and refreshing and that cilantro! Mmmmmmm 🙂
Love this salad! So easy to make but I can already imagine how delicious it is. Thanks for the recipe!
So easy to make and oh so refreshing! 🙂
It is spicy, but you could tone down the spice by not adding in both jalepenos that the recipe asks for. Thanks for featuring me this weekend! 🙂
It is soooooo yummy! Spicy and sweet!
that looks very yummy!
It probably wouldn't be too bad without the sugar.... or maybe less of it? There is only one way to find out!
This looks GREAT. I wonder how it would taste if I left out the sugar... I love me my veggie dishes! 🙂