Cucumber Salad (TikTok)

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Cucumber Salad (TikTok) #24 · lunch · asian Host: i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe → TikTok → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Serves 1 · Prep 5 min · Total 5 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Thin cucumber slices shaken with a seasoned dressing. It needs no cooking. Use a mandolin to slice the cucumber directly into a deli quart container: 1 cucumber sliced Alternatively, use a knife to thinly slice the cucumber and place it in a bowl. Add to the container (or bowl): 1.5 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1 tsp fish sauce 1 tsp sugar sprinkle msg 1 clove garlic grated 2 green onions sliced 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds Place the lid on the container. Shake until all the ingredients coat the cucumber slices evenly. If using a bowl, toss well. Serve immediately, or marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours first. The sooner it is eaten, the crunchier the cucumbers. For a fresh cucumber salad, serve immediately. For a quick pickled cucumber salad, marinate for 1-2 hours before serving. Source: i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe tags: cucumber,soy,garlic,chili · popularity: spike · meat: no	Smacked Cucumber in Garlicky Sauce Book: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012) crumb: cucumber in a garlicky soy and sesame dressing Every Grain of Rice includes “Smacked Cucumber in Garlicky Sauce”. Fuchsia Dunlop wrote it (2012). This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces. Differences: Popular internet cucumber salad slices a cucumber. It dresses it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, fish sauce, sugar, MSG and grated garlic. It finishes with green onions and sesame seeds. The ancestor is Dunlop's smacked cucumber. She smashes and salts the cucumber. She then dresses it with garlic, soy sauce, sugar, black vinegar, sesame oil and optional chili oil. Both are raw cucumber in a garlicky soy and sesame dressing. The online version slices instead of smacking and adds fish sauce and MSG. It leaves out the black vinegar and chili oil.

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Cucumber Salad (TikTok)
#24 · lunch · asian
Host: i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe → TikTok → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Serves 1 · Prep 5 min · Total 5 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Thin cucumber slices shaken with a seasoned dressing. It needs no cooking.

Use a mandolin to slice the cucumber directly into a deli quart container:

1 cucumber sliced

Alternatively, use a knife to thinly slice the cucumber and place it in a bowl.

Add to the container (or bowl):

1.5 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

1 tsp fish sauce

1 tsp sugar

sprinkle msg

1 clove garlic grated

2 green onions sliced

1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Place the lid on the container. Shake until all the ingredients coat the cucumber slices evenly. If using a bowl, toss well.

Serve immediately, or marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours first. The sooner it is eaten, the crunchier the cucumbers. For a fresh cucumber salad, serve immediately. For a quick pickled cucumber salad, marinate for 1-2 hours before serving.

Source: i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe

tags: cucumber,soy,garlic,chili · popularity: spike · meat: no

Smacked Cucumber in Garlicky Sauce
Book: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012)

crumb: cucumber in a garlicky soy and sesame dressing

Every Grain of Rice includes “Smacked Cucumber in Garlicky Sauce”. Fuchsia Dunlop wrote it (2012). This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces.

Differences:

Popular internet cucumber salad slices a cucumber. It dresses it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, fish sauce, sugar, MSG and grated garlic. It finishes with green onions and sesame seeds. The ancestor is Dunlop's smacked cucumber. She smashes and salts the cucumber. She then dresses it with garlic, soy sauce, sugar, black vinegar, sesame oil and optional chili oil. Both are raw cucumber in a garlicky soy and sesame dressing. The online version slices instead of smacking and adds fish sauce and MSG. It leaves out the black vinegar and chili oil.

Match: Somewhat close

Online recipe

Cucumber Salad (TikTok)

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Serves 1 · Prep 5 min · Total 5 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Thin cucumber slices shaken with a seasoned dressing. It needs no cooking.

Use a mandolin to slice the cucumber directly into a deli quart container:
1 cucumber sliced

Alternatively, use a knife to thinly slice the cucumber and place it in a bowl.

Add to the container (or bowl):
1.5 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
sprinkle msg
1 clove garlic grated
2 green onions sliced
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Place the lid on the container. Shake until all the ingredients coat the cucumber slices evenly. If using a bowl, toss well.

Citations
- i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe: https://iamafoodblog.com/tiktok-cucumber-salad/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Cucumber+Salad+%28TikTok%29
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Cucumber+Salad+%28TikTok%29+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393089045?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012). Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0393089042.

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Dish: Cucumber Salad (TikTok)
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Smacked Cucumber in Garlicky Sauce
Source: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012)
Differences: Popular internet cucumber salad slices a cucumber. It dresses it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, fish sauce, sugar, MSG and grated garlic. It finishes with green onions and sesame seeds. The ancestor is Dunlop's smacked cucumber. She smashes and salts the cucumber. She then dresses it with garlic, soy sauce, sugar, black vinegar, sesame oil and optional chili oil. Both are raw cucumber in a garlicky soy and sesame dressing. The online version slices instead of smacking and adds fish sauce and MSG. It leaves out the black vinegar and chili oil.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: i am a food blog · TikTok Cucumber Guy Recipe (https://iamafoodblog.com/tiktok-cucumber-salad/)
TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Cucumber+Salad+%28TikTok%29)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Cucumber+Salad+%28TikTok%29+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012).
This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012). Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0393089042.

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