Smashed Cucumber Salad With All of the Crispy, Crunchy Bits Recipe on Food52

Name: Smashed Cucumber Salad With All of the Crispy, Crunchy Bits Recipe on Food52
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, peeled and grated; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons seasoned rice wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons lime juice; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 pound Japanese cucumbers (you can substitute Persian if you can’t find Japanese); 2 kiwis, halved, scooped, and cut into 1/2 inch cubes; 1 large Asian pear, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2 inch cubes (you can substitute a Honeycrisp apple if you can’t find) (about 2 cups of cubes total); 3 French breakfast radishes (can substitute round radishes if you can’t find breakfast), scrubbed, trimmed, and sliced thinly with a knife or mandoline; 1/2 cup raw, roughly chopped cashews; 3 teaspoons sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons drained capers in brine, patted dry; 3 scallions, rinsed and trimmed (greens and whites) and then finely chopped, divided; 1 small handful of cilantro leaves, about 1/3 cup loosely packed, rinsed and patted dry (optional)

"In Northern California, there are a few unspoken rules. One is that you must never admit that you’re sick of lettuce. Which is why, on a recent trip to visit my folks, I had to whisper it to my mother. “Blasphemy! California greens are the best in the country,” she hissed, holding up a Mill Valley Beerworks menu between us so it might look to the server like we didn’t know one another. Unfortunately, he’d already overheard my complaint—but fortunately, he was from New Jersey, so he didn’t have our sta..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 garlic clove, peeled and grated

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2 tablespoons soy sauce

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2 tablespoons seasoned rice wine vinegar

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1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons lime juice

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1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon sesame oil

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1 pound Japanese cucumbers (you can substitute Persian if you can’t find Japanese)

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2 kiwis, halved, scooped, and cut into 1/2 inch cubes

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1 large Asian pear, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2 inch cubes (you can substitute a Honeycrisp apple if you can’t find) (about 2 cups of cubes total)

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3 French breakfast radishes (can substitute round radishes if you can’t find breakfast), scrubbed, trimmed, and sliced thinly with a knife or mandoline

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1/2 cup raw, roughly chopped cashews

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3 teaspoons sesame seeds

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2 tablespoons olive oil

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2 tablespoons drained capers in brine, patted dry

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3 scallions, rinsed and trimmed (greens and whites) and then finely chopped, divided

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1 small handful of cilantro leaves, about 1/3 cup loosely packed, rinsed and patted dry (optional)

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