Hahn uses soy sauce and rice vinegar for a salty, acidic kick and sesame seeds and oil for nuttiness. The stand-out ingredient is gochugaru, which completes the dish.
Her spicy Korean cucumber salad is also an elevated take on the ingredient, although she makes it a little differently, cutting the cucumber into an accordion-like shape.
Opting for a good mix of sweet, savory, tangy, and spicy is a great place to start with your cucumber salad, enhancing its already refreshing nature.
The habit of sprucing up cucumbers has grown popular on TikTok, with people adding savory ingredients like soy sauce, sesame seeds, garlic, and gochujang.
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