Salad with Chinese cabbage and cucumber
Description
Minimum effort — excellent result. A great salad made with Chinese cabbage and cucumber, which you can quickly prepare even for breakfast. You can combine cabbage with any vegetables, croutons, and even boiled or fried meat. The dressing can also vary: olive or vegetable oil, mayonnaise, soy sauce, or any other sauce. Ready to serve immediately.
Instructions
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1. Napa cabbage goes well with other vegetables, sesame seeds, soy sauce, boiled eggs, croutons, and meat. Our recipe is as simple as possible—a salad made with napa cabbage and cucumber.
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Step 2
2. First, we need to lightly toast the sesame seeds so they give our salad a special aroma and flavor.
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3. Shred the cabbage and add it to the salad bowl. Salt it and lightly press with your hands, mixing it in a random order.
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4. Slice the cucumber into half-rings or cubes - as you prefer. Add to the cabbage.
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Step 5
5. Finely chop the bell pepper (use red or yellow pepper for contrast) and herbs (I used parsley). Add to the salad bowl with the other vegetables.
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6. Mix the ingredients, add soy sauce to taste.
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7. You can arrange it like this: place cucumber and bell pepper at the bottom, then put cabbage with herbs and sesame on top. Then spray everything with soy sauce. If you don't like the sauce, you can dress the salad with olive oil.
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8. For variety, you can add curly parsley and even nuts to the salad. Pine nuts and sesame seeds will give it a particularly piquant flavor.