Smoked tofu and smashed cucumber salad with edamame
10 min · 30 g protein · 369 cals / serving
The viral smashed cucumber salad made into a vegan dinner: craggy salted cucumber, cubes of ready smoked tofu and sweet edamame tossed in a garlicky soy, vinegar and chili-crisp dressing, with sesame, green onion and cilantro. Cold, crunchy and on the table in ten.
Ingredients
Dressing
- 4 tsp reduced sodium soy sauce, or tamari
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar, or Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp chili crisp, with some of its oil
- 2 cloves garlic, finely grated
- 8 oz smoked tofu, patted dry, in 2 cm (3/4-inch) cubes
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, leaves
Steps
- Lay the cucumbers on a board and press down hard with the flat of a large knife or bash with a rolling pin until they crack open. Tear into bite-size pieces, toss with the salt in a sieve and leave to drain while you do the rest.
- Cover the edamame with boiling water from the kettle and leave 2–3 minutes, then drain, cool under the cold tap and shake dry. Stir the soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chili crisp and garlic together in a large bowl.
- Shake the cucumber dry and add it to the dressing with the tofu and edamame. Toss, then scatter with green onion, sesame seeds and cilantro.
Good to know
Why smash the cucumber instead of slicing it?
The rough, broken surfaces soak up far more dressing than clean slices, and salting them for a few minutes pulls out water so the salad does not go soupy.
No smoked tofu?
Plain extra-firm tofu works; pat it very dry and add an extra splash of soy. Smoked tofu has more flavour and a firmer bite straight from the pack, which is why it is the pick here.
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Per
- Calories
- 86
- Protein
- (32%)
- 7 g
- Fat
- (50%)
- 5 g
- Carbohydrates
- (17%)
- 4 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 288 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 739 kcal goes into the pot and 858 g of ingredients comes out as about 858 g of food: 86 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.