Cucumber Cold Soup

A Korean recipe for Cucumber Cold Soup.

JapaneseVegetarianIntermediate45 min

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 2 cucumber
  • 1/2 stalk green onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tbs soy sauce
  • 3 tbs vinegar
  • 1 tb sugar
  • 1/2 ts roasted sesame seed
  • 1 ts hot pepper powder

Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash the cucumbers scrubbing with salt. Cut them in thin strips, or slice them 1/10 inch thick.

  2. 2

    Crush the garlic and chop the green onion.

  3. 3

    Put the cucumbers, green onion, garlic, hot pepper powder, and 1 tablespoonful of vinegar in a bowl. Mix them well by hand.

  4. 4

    Combine the remaining vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce with 4 cups of cooled water.

  5. 5

    For serving, pour the cooled soup on the mixture in the bowl, then sprinkle the roasted sesame seeds.

  6. 6

    Transfer it to individual bowls.

Tags

soupjapanesekorean-food

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