pacific rim cucumber salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon white sugar, or to taste
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 4 japanese cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and sliced thin
• 2 cups thinly sliced daikon radish
• 1 tablespoon fine sea salt
• 1 cup thinly sliced sweet onion (such as maui®)
• 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• stir rice vinegar, sugar, and bay leaf together in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. whisk the boiling mixture until the sugar dissolves completely; remove from heat. discard the bay leaf. season with salt and pepper. set aside to cool.
• spread cucumber and radish slices a layer of paper towels. sprinkle sea salt over the cucumber and radish slices. set aside for 10 minutes. rinse under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.
• toss cucumber, radish, sweet onion, tomatoes, chives, cilantro, garlic, and white pepper together in a large bowl. drizzle rice vinegar dressing over the salad; toss to coat.