Crunchy and cool, Sichuan cucumber salad is one of the most refreshing dishes you can eat on a sweltering day. Zainab Shah ...

A cooler, a grill, and an appetite are all you need to make backyard cooking the highlight of the weekend. With 19 different ...

Smashed Asian Cucumber Salad Serves 4. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement. 2 long, preferably seedless cucumbers (about 1 to 1 ½ pounds) 1 teaspoon salt 2 ½ teaspoons sugar ...

Roughly chop the smashed cucumbers into 2-inch or preferred size pieces. Add to a large bowl and season with kosher salt to draw out excess moisture. After 5-10 minutes, drain the cucumber water ...

Chicken Yakitori with Smashed Cucumber Salad. 50 minutes. 2 servings. Ingredients. For the chicken: 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce; 1/4 cup mirin; 2 tablespoons sake, sherry or dry white wine; ...

Cut 1 English hothouse cucumber in half crosswise. Wrap up one half and refrigerate for another day. Using the flat side of a knife, smash the other cucumber half until it’s cracked all over.

The cucumber — whether sliced, chopped, smashed or ribboned — is a blank canvas for flavor.