Korean Cucumber Salad (Oi Muchim)

Audrey Sommer

This Korean Cucumber Salad is a simple and quick-to-make raw cucumber salad. It's a popular Korean side dish or banchan. Made with cucumbers and dressing made of rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, gochugaru, sesame oil, honey, and black pepper.

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Prep Time 2

Refrigeration Time 30

Total Time 35

Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Korean

Servings

Calories 31 kcal

Ingredients

1 English cucumber or 4 Persian cucumbers
½ tsp. salt
½ cup rice wine vinegar
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. honey
1 tsp. gochugaru
¼ tsp. ground black pepper
½ tsp. sesame oil

Instructions

Taking a knife, cut the ends of the cucumber off. Then, cut the cucumber in half length-wise and into one-inch pieces. If you’re using Persian cucumbers, just cut them into 1-inch rounds.
Place the cut cucumbers in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, gochugaru, salt, honey, sesame oil, and ground black pepper. Stir together with a whisk.
Put the vinegar mixture over the cucumbers, making sure the cucumbers are fully covered by the vinegar mixture. You can mix everything together with a spoon to make sure the vinegar dressing is evenly coating the cucumbers. Then, cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a lid.
Refrigerate in the fridge for 30 minutes or preferably overnight. If you’re strapped for time, then skip the 30 minutes of refrigeration. You can either chill it in the fridge for 10 minutes or serve it right away. However, chilling it will yield the best result.
When you serve the cucumber salad, I recommend using a slotted serving spoon to drain the vinegar from the cucumbers.

Notes

If you want more of a pickle, then double the recipe for the vinegar mixture, and allow it to refrigerate overnight.

Nutrition Facts

Korean Cucumber Salad (Oi Muchim)

Serving Size

Amount per Serving

Calories

% Daily Value*

Fat

Saturated Fat

0.1

Polyunsaturated Fat

0.4

Monounsaturated Fat

0.3

Sodium

330

Potassium

142

Carbohydrates

Fiber

Sugar

Protein

Vitamin A

446

Vitamin C

Calcium

Iron

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Calories

Serving Size

Nutrition Facts

These values were taken from a nutrition calculator.

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