Sesame Cucumber and Avocado Salad Recipe (2024)

I found soaking the cucumbers in cold water with 2 Tablespoon of salt for 2 hours makes the cucumbers crisp & fresh ..drain & rinse & dry well..I use a clean kitchen towel to roll them in to dry throughly

Add some edamame for additional protein!

I just made this within 20 minutes of Sam suggesting it via email. I tossed it with cold udon noodles and added thinly sliced jalapeño. Perfect warm weather lunch.

Lightly crushing the toasted sesame seeds (with mortar and pestle) before mixing them with other the ingredients cranks up the great flavor and aroma of this dressing.

Hi, all! Those little red rounds are actually a colorful variety of scallions, not radishes. Sorry for the confusion!

I make a similar salad dressing, but I like to add fish sauce to this dressing. Only do this if you like fish sauce! Some people do not. I love it. I use it in so many sauces, dressings etc...

Looking forward to making this. The pic looks like they’ve added radishes, and maybe even celery, that are listed in the recipe. They seem like good additions to me.

I have been making a version of this for years. I sometimes "wilt" the cucumber, and sometimes I add thinly sliced red onion. Very refreshing!!

I loved this salad. I served it on a bed of chopped romaine hearts with pan fried salmon. Deliciosa!Second time around I reduced the sugar to one and a half tablespoons of sugar (three crushed sugar cubes) and added two teaspoons of Olek Sambal, a generous fistful of minced cilantro, a couple of squirts of fish sauce, a healthy sprinkle of Allepo pepper and crushed black peppercorns. The layers of heat are perfect with the buttery avocado and cool cucumber.

This is a really great, yummy salad! If you are making this for fewer than four people, cut down the recipe—it doesn’t save well and is a lot for two people.

I thinly slice the cucumber and apply a lot of kosher salt . It should sit for about an hour allowing the salt to draw out water. I then rinse the cucumber well to get rid of most of the salt. Then I wring out a handful of the cucumber at a time with my bare hands to get rid of as much water as possible. Crisp cucumbers are the result.

Based on other recommendations, I halved the sugar and increased the soy sauce to 2 teaspoons. Also instead of thinly slicing cucumbers I sliced thick and cut into quarters to keep them from sticking together as another reviewer suggested. Everything else I left as is. We all enjoyed it very much, and I would definitely make it again.

liked it alot with soba noodles. Next time I'd do buckwheat soba for a bit mortexture. Add peanuts for protein Easy, yummy for a hot night.

I think the cook used red spring scallions in this dish, but agree radish would be welcome!

I love these flavors! So good as written. I had some bok choi to use up so sliced a few leaves thin, slaw like and threw them in too. The dressing would work with so many things.

Skipped the chili flakes. It was a great cool balance to a spicy meal.

I don’t even add water to the dressing. Make ahead and the cucumbers still have plenty of water. Yum!

I give up on cucumber salad recipes. If not served immediately, all veggies soak and wilt in the cucumber juice. I prefer my veggies crispy.

I found beautiful avocados on sale, made this into a huge and delicious dish, using Black Garlic Salt and Urfa. It was devoured.

No extra salt needed -enough in soy sauce and rice vinegar!

Love this, but also really love just Persian cucumbers and avocado with toasted sesame oil or even with just Greek yogurt.

Great summer salad. Added a little lime juice and it was perfect

I added some mirin to round out the flavor. Read a comment who added fish sauce — great idea! Will try next time.

Sauce better next day. Added fermented soybean in oil, next time will reduce sesame oil. Toasting sesame seeds adds something. Also threw in some splashes of fish sauce.

Once again, a perfect recipe. The avocado cucumber combo is delicious.

Fish sauce, definitely! It made the salad totally come alive for me.

Fish sauce, definitely! Made the whole salad come alive for me!

Love this recipe. I make the dressing and peel and cut up the cucumbers and let them chill and marinate; for an hour or so. I add the avocado right before serving as they get mushy in the dressing. Also, the toasted sesame oil is key.

Sweet, salty, crunchy and creamy, with a tangy and slight peppery finish. What’s not to love?I did add the juice from half a lime. I also used only one avocado and 1 tablespoon of sesame oil. In the future, I might reduce the sugar slightly to 2 teaspoons for my taste. With those modifications, the calories per serving, go from approximately 270 to 180 per serving, (1/4 of a recipe). I.

I made a half recipe (thanks to all the commenters who said it doesn't save well!), but didn't halve the dressing, because I served it over chilled soba noodles. Topped with peanuts (thanks again to a previous commenter), and it was a quick, delicious summer meal.