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Spicy Smashed Cucumber (Pirikara Tataki Kyuri)

Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Author Yuto Omura
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients  

Instructions 

  • Take a mixing bowl and add 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu), 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil, 1 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder, 1 tsp yellow miso paste (awase), ½ tsp chili oil (rayu), ½ tsp sugar and ½ tsp chili bean sauce (toban djan). Mix thoroughly until smooth and there are no lumps of miso.
    Mixing Japanese smashed cucumber (tataki kyuri) sauce in a mixing bowl
  • Wash 2 Japanese cucumbers (or half the amount of English cucumbers), then dry them and cut off the ends. Use a rolling pin to bash them until they become cracked, but not mashed.
    smashing cucumbers with a rolling pin on a wooden chopping board
  • Rip the cucumber into bite-sized pieces by hand. Using a knife is not recommended, the sauce will stick better to the rough surface of hand-ripped pieces!
    Ripping smashed cucumber by hand and placing it in the bowl of marinade to make tataki kyuri
  • Place the cucumber pieces in the bowl of sauce and mix until evenly covered.
    Japanese style smashed cucumber (tataki kyuri) with spicy miso sauce in a steel mixing bowl on a white background
  • Serve and sprinkle with toasted white sesame seeds and chili threads. Alternatively, cover and store in the fridge for later. Enjoy!
    Japanese smashed cucumber (tataki kyuri) coated in spicy miso sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds and chili threads in a white bowl on white background