Grammy's Kitchen · Pad Thai · Thai Cucumber Salad with Peanuts
One of 136 pad thai recipes we measured
96 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 136.
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Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 75 g | 1/2 medium red onion, (very thinly sliced) |
| 2 large English cucumbers, (halved lengthwise, seeded and sliced crosswise 1/4-in (6-cm) thick) | |
| 33 g | 1/3 cup packed chopped fresh cilantro |
| 73 g | 1/2 cup salted peanuts |
| 15 g | 1 large jalapeño pepper, (seeded and minced (or use 1 to 2 Thai chiles for more heat) ) |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional) |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, (from 2 to 3 limes) |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 25 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce |
| 25 g | 2 tablespoons sugar |
| 3 g | 1 clove garlic, (minced) |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I was craving this salad which is truly delicious, but had to make it without cilantro and with white onion instead of red. Still tasted great and “hit the spot” however did miss the flavor of the cilantro so would not recommend leaving it out. The white onion” — a cook, 5★
“My family loves this recipe. We eat a lot of cucumbers and red onions marinated in salt and red wine vinegar. That’s good, but it was getting old. This makes a lovely variation that even my picky eater 14-year-old loved. I don’t like really sweet things so I o” — a cook, 5★