Name: Smashed Cucumber Salad with Hot Vinegar
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 5 mini seedless or Persian cucumbers or 1 small English hothouse cucumber (about 12 oz.); Kosher salt; 4 red or green Thai chiles, halved lengthwise keeping stem end intact, or 1 serrano chile, thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves, lightly smashed; ½ cup unseasoned rice vinegar; 2 Tbsp. fish sauce; 1 Tbsp. sugar; Chopped unsalted or salted roasted peanuts (for serving)

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Photo by Stephen Kent Johnson, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski

Cucumbers are practically all water, so you gotta dress them like you mean it. This hot, sweet, and tart dressing will have them covered.

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