Spiral Cucumber Salad

Have you tried cutting your cucumbers into spirals yet? It turns a simple cucumber salad into a delightful conversation piece! And it’s so easy to do.

All you’ll need equipment-wise is a pair of disposable chopsticks— or a very careful cutting hand.

How to Cut a Cucumber into a Spiral

Cutting cucumbers into spirals is a cinch. Simply put the cucumber in between two chopsticks. Then make diagonal cuts, about 45°. With the chopsticks, you’ll cut nearly all the way, but not totally through the cucumber. If you have a very careful hand, you might try it yourself, but it’s so much easier with the chopsticks.

Once you’ve made the diagonal cuts, flip the cucumber over and make simple straight cuts, as if you were making medallions of cucumbers. The exact size of the cucumber slices is not essential, but try to make them the same size.

With this recipe, we’re using three Persian cucumbers or mini cucumbers to cut into spirals. Then we cut them into smaller pieces. If you want more of a dramatic look for your cucumber salad, you can leave the cucumbers cut into a spiral without cutting them in half or in thirds. 

Marinade for Spiral Cucumber Salad

For this dressing for Asian cucumber salad we’re going to use the following ingredients.:

• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1 Tablespoon sriracha
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Simply mix all of these ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk. Then pour over your spiral cucumbers.

Then, for garnish, you can top the salad with:

• Sesame seeds
• Green onion or chives

This is just one of many spiral cucumber recipes blazing through the Internet right now. Others have a creamy base or use different dressings.