Korean Cucumber Salad Recipe (spicy, easy, vegan) - Carlo Cao (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between a Korean cucumber and a regular cucumber? ›

Korean cucumbers are generally thinner and longer than other cucumber varieties and are typically used fresh to make pickles, side dishes, and salads.

These vegetables are usually cooked before eating, and salting helps prevent them from getting mushy and bland. According to America's Test Kitchen, "Salting these watery vegetables draws out extra water and flavor molecules.

As the cucumbers release their moisture, you may find that there are a few bubbles in your salad as well. Don't worry, that is totally normal.

Striped Armenian is one of the sweetest cucumbers. It has small seeds and thin skin. Though it looks like a cucumber, it is actually a melon—a species of Cucumis.

When it comes to nutrition, American and English cucumbers have a similar nutrition profile. While there may be minimal differences, both are mostly water and can be a good food choice for hydration. The high water concentration can also help keep your skin hydrated.

This salt treatment draws water out of the cucumbers and flavors them, so it's critically important. After layering or mixing in plenty of sea salt, I cover the salted cukes with ice cubes and a tea towel and forget about them for a few hours.

Salt: The secret to the best cucumber salad is to salt your cucumbers. The salt makes the cucumbers taste better and removes excess water, diluting the dressing. I use sea salt, but any salt will do. Vinegar: I love apple cider vinegar in this dressing, but distilled or white wine vinegar also works nicely.

7. Combats aging signs. Cucumbers are an age-old secret to combat the aging process. Not only are they helpful in reducing signs of aging, such as wrinkles and age spots, but they also hydrate skin and slow down collagen depletion to keep it looking smooth and youthful.

Overview. Chinese cucumber is an herb. People use the fruit, seed, and root to make medicine. Chinese cucumber ROOT is taken by mouth or injected for HIV/AIDS, cough, cancer, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

How to prevent cucumber salad from getting watery? ›

The solution: The standard recommendation for ridding watery vegetable such as cucumbers of unwanted moisture is to salt them. The salt draws out the liquid from the vegetable because of the natural tendency of salt water solutions to equalize when mixed together.

“The cooling effect of the cucumber can reduce swelling and puffiness while stimulating blood flow to the skin,” says board-certified dermatologist Deanne Robinson, MD, FAAD. “Cucumbers are also high in water content, making them very hydrating to the skin.

Along with being high in water content, Cucumbers are also low in calories. This means that if you are trying to fill yourself up with healthy plant-based foods, both Mini Cucumbers and co*cktail Cucumbers are an excellent option that don't result in high calorie intake.

The Japanese cucumber has several advantages over common cucumbers. It is slender, thin-skinned, void of developed seeds, never bitter and entirely edible. The average harvested length is about four inches, while the cucumber is still young. Its skin is forest green and smooth with longitudinal grooves.

Cucumber: You can use any type of cucumber as long as they are fairly thin and have fewer seeds. You can try Continental, Kirby, English, Persian, or pickling cucumbers. Rice vinegar: You can substitute white wine vinegar in a reduced amount. Sweetener: White sugar or keto-friendly honey would also work.

Persian Cucumbers

So similar, in fact, that they are pretty much visually indistinguishable from fresh, not-wrapped-in-plastic English cukes. A big difference, however, is that Persians come in a greater range of lengths—some shorter, some longer, and sometimes with slightly bumpy skin like a Kirby.