Easy to make Asian marinated cucumbers! This healthy recipe is cooked in 10 minutes. My family loves it served over rice or with chicken.
Asian Marinated Cucumbers
If I showed you my refrigerator right now you’d gasp at the amount of mason jars full of pickles. There is alot, it’s kinda frightening at the amount of pickles that are in there. You would think I’m hoarding pickles for the apocalypse. Because I can’t fit any more pickles in my refrigerator and I have run out of mason jars I got to thinking what else I could do with our garden cucumbers.
The only real thing I do with cucumbers is make pickles, but they are a vegetable that I compare to broccoli or peas, so why not marinate them just like I do with those? Asian Marinated Cucumbers is where the party is!
Tip: How to Store Cucumbers to Last for Weeks
Asian Cucumbers Recipe
I tried to find a recipe online to help steer the way but it was really hard for me to find any guidance as the majority of all cucumber salad recipes are cold but I wanted something hot that I could serve as a side dish for dinner, or over rice, or even better yet over rice and chicken. You could totally replace Chinese Takeout Chicken and Broccoli with Chinese Takeout Chicken and Cucumbers and it would be delicious.
I marinated these cucumbers overnight but if you are rushed for time, a few hours would do the trick. Marinating them really makes them soak up the sauce.
Asian Cucumber Salad
My family loves this dish served over rice (always made with our rice cooker). You could also serve it with a protein, like chicken or tofu too. Not only does my husband gobble this, but if a toddler eats cucumbers then you know it’s going to be delicious!
If you want to turn this into a Asian Cucumber Salad you could serve it over some Chinese greens!
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Asian Marinated Cucumbers
PrintIngredients
- 2 cucumbers - cut up into half circles
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- sesame seeds to garnish
Instructions
- Take your cucumber and cut into slices, then cut in half so you have a bunch of half circles.
- Put cucumbers into bowl and pour soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and sugar on top. Stir around.
- Cover with plastic and place in refrigerator. Marinate anywhere from a few hours to overnight.
- Heat pan over medium high heat and pour cucumbers and sauce in. Saute for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and garnish with sesame seeds.
- Enjoy!
Soni says
Ooh love these Asian Marinated Cucumbers anyday and your flavors sound wonderful!!Would love to try it for sure 🙂
Pamela says
Enjoy Soni!
[email protected] Life says
I definitely play internet dr. All. The. Time!! Pure craziness 😉 These cucumbers sound divine!!
vicky and ruth says
Interesting that you decided to cook to cucumber after marinating them. I must try it!
Pamela says
Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Aimee / Wallflower Girl says
Never had cooked cucumbers before – why!? They sound so good.
Amy @ Elephant Eats says
Mmm, these sounds delicious! They have a yummy cucumber salad at Korean restaurants that’s kind of similar…but i think no soy sauce and no sauteeing. I love anything with sesame oil so this is right up my alley!
Pamela says
I’m the same with sesame oil! Yum!
Ash-foodfashionparty says
Aren’t I glad, i am not the only one lying on my cozy bed googling all sort of stuff.
They look so delicious Pamela, I want a huge portion now.
Pamela says
Thanks Ash!
foodwanerings says
I have never cooked with Asian cucumbers. I should pick some up when I go to the neighborhood Korean grocery store. This dish completely looks up my alley. I love sometimes just tossing veggies together and have it as my meal.
Pamela says
Feel free to just use regular cucumbers, they do the trick just as good. 🙂
Mary says
wonderful flavors – these look beyond good!
mary x
marcie says
These look phenomenal! I love these flavors. This would make such a great condiment or side dish!
Kristina says
Haha! Its horrible. I always have at least 5 different browsers up with the most random crap googled. I should never share my phone….
Cucumbers look YUMMY! I saw this picked zucchini recipe the other day, I’m all about the marinated veg right now 🙂
Pamela says
I know, when a friend borrows my phone I’m always frightened what will appear on the screen!
Monet says
I don’t do near enough with cucumbers so I’m excited about this recipe? As for google search? My last search was: “How many times should a 4 month old breastfeed each day?” No surprise there! My life is all baby! Thank you for sharing, sweet girl!
Pamela says
Hope you enjoy this recipe Monet!