Name: Peanut Chili Crisp Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup chili crisp; 1 tablespoon honey or agave nectar; 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce; 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar; 9 mini cucumbers, sliced into 1/4-inch slices (or 2 medium seedless cucumbers); 3 mini sweet peppers, cored and thinly sliced; 1/2 cup thinly-sliced green onions; 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro; Salt and pepper to taste; 1/2 cup roasted peanuts, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Spicy chili crisp and crunchy peanuts are the best pairing in this super fresh and flavorful peanut chili crisp cucumber salad.

A good chilled cucumber salad is pretty hard to beat in the summertime but this chili crisp one just about wipes the floor with all the rest of ’em.

To absolutely no one’s surprise, chili crisp pairs pretty fantastic with crisp cucumbers, sweet pepper rings, and a little crunchy peanut action in this flavor bomb of a salad.

There are few salads that I would scrape my bowl clean of and folks, this is one of them.

Hard to believe that a salad this colorful and flavor-packed could be as simple as it is, but it REALLY is. 10 simple ingredients, 10 minutes prep, 1 hour marinade, and you’re all set.

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This Cucumber Salad features…

A spicy chili crisp dressing
Crunchy peanuts and green onions
Crisp mini cucumbers and sweet peppers

Making the Cucumber Salad

(scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe)

Ingredients You Will Need

Chili crisp
Honey
Soy sauce
Rice wine vinegar
Mini cucumbers
Mini sweet peppers
Green onions
Cilantro
Roasted peanuts
Sesame seeds

What is Chili Crisp?

Chili crisp is an ingredient that every home chef should have a jar of in their pantry! This Chinese-based ingredient features fried chili pepper flakes and lots of aromatic ingredients like garlic and onion infused in oil. It’s very flavorful and big on the texture making it great as a condiment or sauce component in dishes.

You can find chili crisp in the Asian section of most major grocery stores alongside the other sauces. I’ve also bought amazing chili crisp off of Amazon.

Tips for Perfect Cucumber Salad

Cut cucumber and pepper in uniform slices – aim for uniform 1/4-inch slices to make the salad easy to eat.
Marinate salad 1 hour – this hour of marinating will infuse the cucumbers with tons of flavor.
Add peanuts and sesame seeds before serving – this will keep their texture crispy.

Recipe Variations

Try these ideas for a different twist on this salad.

Add more vegetables – try adding thinly-sliced carrot, sweet onion, red onion, green beans, or spinach.
Use full-sized cucumber – 2 medium seedless cucumbers will work fine in place of the mini cucumbers.
Adjust heat level – start with 1 tablespoon chili crisp and work your way up to taste if you would like a more mild salad.

Storing Salad

This salad stores well in refrigerator up to 4 days. It’s one of those salads that actually tastes better the longer it sits in that flavorful chili crisp dressing! For best results, I recommend waiting to add the peanuts and sesame seeds until just before serving so they maintain their crunch.

The spicy, crunchy chili crisp plays seriously SO well with the crisp cucumber and all that roasted peanut goodness in this killer salad. You won’t believe how much flavor soaks into the cucumbers after only an hour of marinating.

Salads can’t possibly be this good, but this is indeed real life.

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