Cucumber Salad with Honey Chili Shrimp

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min
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A fresh cucumber salad featuring honey chili shrimp, fennel, and a bright Asian-inspired dressing from Spoonsparrow.

Ingredients

  • 12 large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
  • 1 bulb fennel
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • light soy sauce
  • 2 chili peppers
  • 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • 1 bunch coriander leaves
  • oil for frying

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash and pat dry the shrimp.

  2. 2.

    Wash the fennel, quarter it, remove the core, and slice very thinly or julienne.

  3. 3.

    Peel the cucumber, halve lengthwise, deseed, and slice.

  4. 4.

    Wash the chili peppers and halve them lengthwise without cutting all the way through.

  5. 5.

    Fry coriander leaves in hot oil until crisp, then drain on paper towels.

  6. 6.

    Sauté shrimp in hot oil in a wok, add chili, ginger, and honey, stirring well. Add rice vinegar and a splash of light soy sauce, then stir in cucumber and fennel. Season with additional soy sauce and serve sprinkled with fried coriander.