Marinated cucumbers burst with flavor, making a perfect side dish, or topping to a salad or other meat dishes. We love these on Asian lettuce wraps as well!
Prep time: PT10M
Total time: PT70M
Rating
5 stars (31 reviews)
Keywords
Sweet and Spicy Marinated Cucumbers
Ingredients
1 ½ pounds cucumber (about 3 medium, thinly sliced (peeled or unpeeled))
2 teaspoons kosher salt (if using table salt, use only 1 teaspoon)
½ cup rice vinegar (seasoned or regular)
½ cup water
3 tablespoons sugar
¼ tsp red pepper flakes (optional if you don't want any heat.)
2 tablespoons minced red onion
Categories
Salads
Side Dishes
Cuisine
American
Asian
Steps
Place cucumber slices in a colander sitting over a bowl, sprinkle with salt and toss well. Let sit for 1 hour refrigerated. Toss the cukes a few times while they drain if you remember. While cucumber slices are draining, prepare marinade.
Combine vinegar, water, sugar. red pepper, and onion in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cook until reduced to a 1/3 cup (about 10 minutes). If for some reason you boil for too long, just add a little water until you have 1/3 cup. Remove reduction from heat and add onion. Let mixture cool to room temp.
When cucumbers are done resting, pat them dry with a few paper towels and then combine with the vinegar reduction. Chill for at least a few hours before serving. They improve with time!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 32 kcal
Carbohydrates: 7 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 0.2 g
Saturated Fat: 0.01 g
Sodium: 585 mg
Sugar: 6 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0.014 g
Reviews
Melissa on 2024-08-28 (5 stars): Turned out great. Flavor is very good.
Kc2volley on 2023-09-10 (5 stars): These cucumbers are absolutely delicious! Love them!!!
Gwen Ely on 2016-06-06 (5 stars): These are fabulous! Leave in the fridge overnight. Not sure I'll ever eat pickles from a jar again. Thanks!
Kerri on 2016-05-17 (5 stars): Just made this last night to accompany our thai curry for dinner. It was fantastic! I used english cucumbers and my spiralizer for fun. Thanks for the great recipe! Definitely a keeper!
Alexis tate on 2016-01-03 (5 stars): I love Love this, thanks for sharing absolutely everything you did, it was just enough! I'm sooo excited to see this recipe because I've been craving cucumbers and I smelled and seen these cucumbers at the flea market and I was in ahhhhh, this recipe is everything I wanted. ! Thank you
Signed a sudden cucumber craver
Ashley F on 2015-09-20 (5 stars): I made these a few times in the last 2 weeks. Really good! Last night I used a habanero pepper with just a couple dashes of the crushed red pepper. Gave them some more kick!
erinhackney on 2014-08-11 (5 stars): Found this a couple weeks ago and I've made it 4 times!! So addicting and the perfect way to use up all the cukes I've grown this summer!!! Thanks for posting!!
Pam on 2014-07-19 (5 stars): I make this I salad and substitute Sriracha for the red pepper flakes - yummo!
