Light Cucumber Salad with a Thai Red Pepper Lime Dressing
Light and healthy cucumber salad with red onion and scallion, paired with a delicious Thai dressing made with fresh lime, a touch of fish sauce, and a dash of red pepper flakes for a nice kick.
- Preparing Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Served Person: 0
white meat free
tree nut free
nut free
gluten free
red meat free
contains fish
shellfish free
contains honey
dairy free
pescatarian
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 whole lime juiced
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil with no flavor
- 1 teaspoon red hot pepper flakes
- 1 whole large cucumber (i used an english cucumber)
- 1/4 whole red onion
- 2 whole scallions
- Carbohydrate 24.1042900069681 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0.542960000007304 g
- Fiber 3.80428747138079 g
- Protein 3.50006125370936 g
- Saturated Fat 0.0998500000021911 g
- Serving Size 1 1 recipe (213g)
- Sodium 2789.30375564178 mg
- Sugar 20.3000025355873 g
- Trans Fat 0.150020000001461 g
- Calories 102 calories
In a small bowl, add rice vinegar and honey. With a spoon, mix to dissolve the honey into the vinegar. Add fish sauce and lime juice. Then add vegetable oil and red hot pepper flakes. With a spoon, mix dressing. Leave dressing aside. Slice ends off of the cucumber and slice cucumber into thirds. With a mandolin slice cucumber into julienne pieces. With mandolin, slice onion into thin julienne pieces. Dice your scallions. In a large bowl, add cucumber, onion and scallions and drizzle in some of the dressing. Toss with tongs to coat salad with dressing. Serves 2-3.
