Smashed Cucumber Salad with Ume Dressing

Name: Smashed Cucumber Salad with Ume Dressing
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Japanese or Persian cucumbers (12 oz, 348 g; these two varieties have less seeds, so they work the best); 2 myoga ginger (or substitute ¼ tsp grated ginger or skip); 2 umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums) (see my tutorial if you‘re interested in making Homemade Umeboshi); For the Umeboshi Sauce:; 3 Tbsp dashi (Japanese soup stock); 2 Tbsp sake; 1 Tbsp mirin; 1 Tbsp soy sauce

Prep Time

12m

Cook Time

Total Time

15m

This Smashed Cucumber Salad with Ume Dressing is a refreshing and flavorful dish. The crisp cucumbers are smashed and topped with a tangy Ume dressing made with dashi, sake, mirin, and soy sauce. The addition of myoga ginger and umeboshi plums adds a unique and delicious twist to this salad.

Cucumber

Myoga

Umeboshi