Cucumber Carrot Salad is an easy side dish recipe that's refreshing and colorful. With just a few ingredients, you will have a flavorful vegetable side dish of crisp cucumber and sweet carrot coated in a flavorful sesame ginger dressing.
Cucumber Carrot Salad will be a delicious addition to any meal.
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Cucumber Carrot Salad With Sesame Ginger Dressing
This easy salad recipe is filled with fresh veggies and tossed in a sesame ginger dressing.
Get your tastebuds ready for a crunchy salad that is such a simple recipe bursting with fresh flavor.
The perfect accompaniment to a grilled dinner on those hot summer days, or perfect any time of year.
You can make the salad dressing ahead and even slice the cucumbers too.
Oh, and make it easy on yourself and use pre-shredded carrots that you buy in the produce section of the grocery store.
For the cucumbers, I used mini cucumbers because they are small and seedless but there are different kinds of cucumbers that you can use that are also seedless.
When you are ready to serve, simply toss everything together, sprinkle with the sesame seeds and you will have a perfect side dish to serve with lunch or dinner.
Crunchy, refreshing, colorful and delicious, Cucumber Carrot Salad will quickly become a favorite recipe.
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How to make a cucumber salad recipe
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- Step 1: Combine the cucumbers, carrots and red onion in a mixing bowl.
- Step 2: In a measuring cup combine the toasted sesame oil, lime juice, ginger, soy sauce and honey, whisking until blended.
- Step 3: Add the dressing to the cucumber mixture
- Step 4: Toss until evenly coated.
Hint: If making the recipe ahead, keep the cucumber mixture and the dressing separate and toss just before serving.
Expert recipe tips
- Combine the vinaigrette dressing and the vegetables just before serving to keep everything crispy and crunchy.
- Toasted sesame oil has a deep nutty flavor that regular sesame oil doesn't have, It is important to use toasted sesame oil in this recipe for the best flavor.
- This simple side dish is a good option to serve with an asian-inspired meal.
- Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds before serving.
- I didn’t add salt to this recipe because the soy sauce is typically salty. But you can season the salad with salt if you prefer.
Substitutions
- The type of cucumber that you use is up to you, just be sure it is doesn’t have many seeds or is seedless, such as english cucumber. Asian cucumber and japanese cucumber will also work well in this recipe.
- If you substitute regular cucumbers for mini cucumbers, you will want to scoop out the seeds and peel the skin since small cucumbers have a thinner skin.
- Chopped cucumbers can be used in place of the sliced cucumbers.
Variations
You can change up this recipe with one of these variations:
- Spicy - add crushed red pepper flakes
- Deluxe - add chopped avocado and halved grape tomatoes
Storage
- If you are making this easy salad recipe ahead, keep the dressing and vegetables separate and toss together just before serving.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Salad will stay fresh for about 1 day and will become soft and soggy as time goes on.
Ingredients
You will need these ingredients for carrot cucumber salad:
- toasted sesame oil
- lime juice
- fresh ginger
- soy sauce
- honey
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- mini cucumbers
- shredded carrots
- red onion
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Cucumber Carrot Salad
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Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 pound mini cucumbers thinly sliced, 4 cups sliced
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1/4 cup minced red onion
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Instructions
- Combine cucumbers, carrots and red onion in a mixing bowl.
- In a measuring cup combine toasted sesame oil, lime juice, ginger, soy sauce, honey, kosher salt and pepper, whisking until blended.
- Combine the dressing with the cucumbers, carrots and red onion, tossing until evenly coated.
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