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Cucumber Salad

From the Meera S.T. Vargo collection
Serves 6
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Introduction

Serve this refreshing side dish with Five-Spice Chicken Satay.

Ingredients

½ cup rice-wine vinegar
¼ cup water
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 cucumber
2 Tbsp. finely minced shallot or purple onion

Steps

  1. Combine the vinegar, water, granulated sugar, and salt in small saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool.
  2. Peel and seed cucumber and chop into ¼-inch dice. Pour vinegar mixture over cucumber. Stir in chopped shallot and serve.

This content is from the Meera S.T. Vargo collection.

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1. by anonymous on Mar 6, 2007 at 10:13 PM PST

wonderful with charcoal tofu. Thank you.

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