Cucumber salad (Oi saengch'ae) from Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen: A Cookbook by Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall

  • green onions
  • cucumbers
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    Can substitute distilled white vinegar for rice vinegar and vermouth for rice wine.

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Accompaniments: Shredded radish and baby oysters with steamed rice (Mubap); Seaweed with steamed rice (Miyŏkbap); Pan-fried oysters (Kuljŏn); Fired beef (Pulgogi); Beef and vegetable skewers (Sogogi sanjŏk); Fired chicken (Tak kui); Chicken and vegetable skewers (Tak sanjŏk); Fired pork (Toejigogi kui); Pork and vegetable skewers (Toejigogi sanjŏk); Grilled red snapper (Tomi kui)

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    Can substitute distilled white vinegar for rice vinegar and vermouth for rice wine.

  • mharriman on March 17, 2022

    As others have noted, this cucumber salad has more depth and interest than standard Asian cucumber salads- probably because of the addition of walnut, parsley, wine, and sesame seeds. This was a nice complement to the shrimp stir-fry ( G Paltrow cookbook) we had as an entree.

  • mjes on July 31, 2021

    Much more complex than the standard cucumber-vinegar or cucumber-onion-vinegar recipes. The sesame and walnut were a bit surprising while the garlic, parsley, and hot chiles were a bit more expected variations on the cucumber salad theme. A very nice side-dish.

  • Delys77 on March 05, 2015

    Pg. 118 I didn't peel the cucumbers and left them in medium slices and it worked well. The flavour of sesame is nicely offset by the acid and the water in the cucumber, but make sure to really ring them out. Overall a nice little side for a Korean meal that allows you to cut a bit of the richness with the nice slightly acidic foil.

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