Sonomono Cucumber Salad

Sunomono refers to “cucumber salad” in Japanese, which is where this dish is inspired from.

Ingredients:

Dressing:

3 Tablespoons oil

1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar

Pepper, to taste

Salad:

1 large cucumber, preferably Japanese, Persian or English

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 large sheet of seaweed

1 Tablespoon sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS

1. Make dressing: add oil, rice wine vinegar, and pepper to jar and shake to combine. Set aside.

2. Thinly slice cucumbers and place into bowl. Add salt. Let sit for 5 minutes. Drain liquid.

3. Add dressing to cucumbers and toss to combine.

4. Drizzle soy sauce over cucumber mixture.

5. Crumble seaweed onto cucumber mixture to garnish.

6. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.