Quick and easy Recipe

A perfect side dish alongside any fried food – cucmber sunomono. Sumnomono is a vinegar-based dish and it’s perfect for any season or anytime for the day!

Ingredients

• 1 Cucumber
• 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of mirin
• 2 tablespoon of shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
• 2 tablespoon of sesame oil
• Some sugar

How to make Japanese Sunomono:

• Cut the cucumbers into thin slices. Sprinkle the salt and distribute it evenly. Let them sit for about 10-15 minutes as this process helps to draw out excess water from the cucumbers and makes them crispier.
• Rinse them under cold water to wash off excess salt.Pat them dry with a clean kitchen towel or paper towels.
• In a small bowl, mix together rice vinegar, sugar, mirin, sesame oil (optional) shoyu and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the cucumber slices in the vinegar mixture until they are evenly coated.

Let it sit for a little bit (about 15 minutes) and now you can have as many refills as you want!