Cucumber-Cabbage Salad With Sesame
Published March 12, 2025

- Total Time
- 35 minutes
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Cook Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- ¼cup lime juice (from 2 to 3 limes)
- 2tablespoons brown sugar
- 1tablespoon fish sauce
- 1teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1teaspoon finely chopped jalapeño or serrano chile
- 1teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- ½teaspoon grated garlic
- 2cups thinly sliced hothouse cucumber (lightly peeled)
- 2cups chopped cabbage or napa cabbage
- 2carrots, peeled and cut in julienne (1 cup)
- Salt
- ½cup tender cilantro sprigs
- 2tablespoons roughly chopped mint
- 2tablespoons roughly chopped dill
- 2teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
For the Dressing
For the Salad
Preparation
- Step 1
Make the dressing: In a salad bowl, whisk together all of the dressing ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Step 2
To the bowl, add cucumber, cabbage and carrot. Sprinkle lightly with salt, and toss everything together. Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Step 3
Just before serving, add cilantro, mint, dill and sesame seeds, and toss lightly.
Private Notes
Comments
Christa, “lightly peeled” means, simply, that you don’t dig into the flesh of the cucumber when peeling. Just skim — “lightly” — the cuke with your peeler, leaving some strips of peel on the fruit. A hothouse cucumber has a tender skin that is usually eaten, while a field grown cucumber has something more akin to a soft rind, which is usually removed. In the photo, you can see that the cuke slices in the salad retain some rind. It adds to the bright color of the dish.
There are vegan fish sauces made with liquid aminos or seaweed or you could consider soy sauce.
What in the world does "lightly peeled* mean? Are you kidding me?
Excellent!!
This is very delicious and I will make it again for sure.. I made it with napa cabbage and next time I will change up how I put it together. The instructions have you add the cabbage, carrots and cukes to the dressing and just before serving adding the herbs, but the dressing wilts the napa cabbage almost instantly. I don’t know if regular cabbage wilts as readily. So next time I will put it together just before serving. I will also add an additional cup of cabbage if using a napa head and I’ll play it be ear if using green cabbage.
The dressing is delicious! I omitted the dill and added spring onions instead as I thought if fits the flavour profile better. Love the mint leaves in this. So fresh! Did not have sesame seeds, so added roasted peanuts for the crunch. My whole family loved it!