The best Asian Cucumber Salad with cucumbers, avocado, green onion, and a delicious sesame dressing. It’s vegan, gluten-free, and perfect as a light side dish for any meal.
Serve this alongside one of these popular recipes: chicken stir fry, coconut curry chicken, or chicken chow mein.
The Best Asian Cucumber Salad
Growing up, my mom always made a simple cucumber and tomato salad with fresh garden veggies, seasoned with lemon, salt, and pepper. Over time, I’ve found lots of yummy variations, but my favorite is this Asian Cucumber Salad. It’s super easy, delicious, light, and goes great with so many dishes, like Asian ground turkey.
This recipe is quick and has the best simple dressing. Even though it’s typically served as a side dish at my place, I always end up filling most of my plate with it—I can never get enough!
How To Make Asian Cucumber Salad
- Combine Vegetables: Mix sliced cucumbers, chopped avocado, and sliced green onions in a bowl. Use a mandolin slicer for quick and even slices of your cucumbers.
- Prepare Dressing: Whisk together sesame oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, sesame seeds, and optional red pepper flakes; season with salt and pepper.
- Toss Salad: Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss well. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Rest and Serve: Let the salad sit briefly to bring flavors together, then serve fresh.
Storage
Storage Tips
To store your Asian Cucumber Salad, use an airtight container and refrigerate it immediately. For the best flavor and texture, enjoy the salad within 1-2 hours.
If you need to store it longer, keep the dressing separate and mix just before serving to prevent sogginess. Before serving, give the salad a quick toss and add a bit more dressing to freshen it up.
You can make this sesame dressing up to 3 days in advance to make your prep even quicker!
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Asian Cucumber Salad
Equipment
- small bowl
Ingredients
Instructions
- Peel the cucumber if desired. I like to leave the peels on for flavor and nutrients. Thinly slice the cucumbers. Use a box grater with a vegetable slicing surface, a mandolin slicer, or a knife. Add the sliced cucumbers to a large bowl.
- Chop the avocado, measure 3/4 cup, and add to the salad. Thinly slice the white portion of the green onions, measure 1/4 cup and add to the salad.
- In a Mason jar, combine the sesame oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Place lid on and shake to combine. See note 1.
- Pour dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning to preference.
- For optimal flavors, let stand for about 10–15 minutes, stirring frequently, before serving. Salad is best enjoyed within 1–2 hours of being made.
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Recipe Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is so fresh and delicious. Word to the wise though – she’s not lying on how you need to eat it in one day. I went back for a few days later and the avocado of course looked gross and the cucumbers weren’t as crisp. So make it and eat it all in one sitting! Lol.
So happy this was a hit! Thanks for your tips!
I paired this salad with a Chickey Satay and Peanut Sauce dish and it was exactly what was needed. It was yummy. I loved that it came together quickly as well. 😉
Yay! So happy to hear it 🙂 Thanks for the comment Eva!
This is a beautiful salad Chelsea and I can’t just get over your name is cute . 🙂
So light & refreshing, which is totally up my alley. Pinned!
This looks so easy and tasty. Must try! I am tempted to make a batch and eat it all week with my lunch. Nom nom 🙂
This is beautiful Chelsea! Totally reminds me of Spring and Summer (which, by the way, I can’t wait until… I’m so done with the snow!!!)
Love that this is a step away from the traditional creamy cucumber salad. It looks terrific!
I love this salad, Chelsea! My mom made a cucumber salad almost every night for us too because it was the only green stuff my oldest brother would eat at the time haha. Yours looks absolutely refreshing and delicious!