Video recipe: Easy Chinese cucumber salad

This cucumber salad is very easy to make. I often make it as extra vegetable dish, when you need some veggie vitamins. I think it originates from China, since I learned it from my mother and adjusted it to my liking.

Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• 1 spring onion
• 1 tsp salt

Sauce:

• 1 tsp vinegar
• 3 tbsp oil + sesame oil
• 2 tbsp soy sauce

Extra:

• 1 tsp hot sauce (老干妈LaoGanMa)

Directions:

1 _ Cut spring onions. Put in a bowl.

2 _ Cut cucumber in 5cm long slices. Put in a bowl.

3 _ Mix 1 tsp (or less) salt in the cucumber bowl. Set cucumber bowl aside.

4 _ Add 2 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp sesame oil with the spring onions.

5 _ Microwave for 15 sec, with a paper towel over the bowl. This prevents splattering.

6 _ The spring onions are now fragrant, because of the hot oil. Add 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp vinegar. Mix.

7 _ Remove excess water from the cucumber. You can use a paper towel to soak it up.

8 _ Add sauce to cucumber. Taste and add more sauce if needed. Adjust to your liking.

Enjoy!

Instead of spring onion you can also use garlic. In China they use a lot of raw garlic. Garlic gives a more authentic taste, but beware: bad breath guaranteed.