Spicy cucumber salad

Name: Spicy cucumber salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 50 ml of vinegar; 1/2 red onion; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 tablespoons brown caster sugar; 1 tablespoon sambal oelek; pepper and salt to taste

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Spicy cucumber salad is a perfect side dish for chicken or pork satay, the spiciness will go great with the kind of salty satay and plain rice.

Serve with

Main course

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Sauces

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Recipe spicy cucumber salad

Made by Véronique

Published at 2016-03-12, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 20 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2026-03-19

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Preparation time

5 minutes

Time cooking

15 minutes

Total time

20 minutes

Preparation - 5 minutes

PEEL the red onion and finely chop half of the onion. Check here how to easily cut onions. RINSE the cucumber with cold running water, slice the cucumber in half lengthwise and use a spoon or melon baller to remove the seeds.

If you keep the seeds, the salad will be more watery so that's why we like it better without. Chop the rest of the cucumber into cubes.

Finishing up the spicy cucumber salad - 15 minutes

Combine cucumber cubes, chopped red onion, ground ginger, vinegar, sambal and caster sugar. Let it marinate for at least 15 minutes and season with pepper and salt.

Enjoy, for example with satay skewers, nasi goreng or babi panggang and serve with plain rice or noodles.

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