
Spicy cucumber salad
Description
A simple dish to prepare. A quick-to-make salad from the Korean cuisine repertoire. Serve chilled.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1

First, take a cucumber.
- 2
Step 2

Cut across and then in half. Place in salted water for 20 minutes.
- 3
Step 3

You will need just a little bit of onion. Slice it very thinly, into half-rings.
- 4
Step 4

And finely chop the green onions. Then, transfer all the vegetables to a plate.
- 5
Step 5

Now make the sauce. Mix red pepper paste, grated or finely chopped garlic, apple juice, and corn syrup.
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Step 6

Pour the sauce over the vegetables and mix (you will need only a small amount of sauce; adjust to your taste. Any leftover can be stored in the refrigerator or used in other dishes).
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Step 7

Add the toasted sesame seeds, red pepper (powder), and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, and mix again.
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Step 8

Ready. Serve with any Korean dishes or simply as a side to rice.