Tropical Cucumber Salad
This tropical cucumber salad mixes cucumber, mango, avocado, cilantro, lime, and fish sauce into one bright cold bowl.
It tastes juicy, tangy, and a little spicy, which makes it very hard to stop eating once you start.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 side servings
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: Asian-inspired
- Diet: dairy free, Egg Free, Nut Free
Ingredients
- 1 medium English cucumber, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 1 mango, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 1 avocado, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 to 5 tsp fish sauce, to taste
- 1 tsp freshly grated lime zest
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 2 tsp light brown sugar
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
Instructions
- Cut the cucumber into bite-size cubes.
- Dice the mango.
- Halve, scoop, and dice the avocado.
- Chop the cilantro.
- Whisk the fish sauce, lime zest, lime juice, canola oil, brown sugar, rice vinegar, and crushed red pepper in a bowl.
- Add the cucumber, mango, avocado, and cilantro.
- Toss gently until coated.
- Serve cold.
Notes
- Keep the mango and cucumber pieces close in size so the bowl stays balanced.
- Add the avocado after the rest of the chopping is done.
- This salad is best the same day it is tossed.
Nutrition Information (per serving, estimated)
- Calories: 175
- Total Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Sodium: 360 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 18.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
- Total Sugars: 11.3 g
- Added Sugars: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Vitamin D: 0 mcg
- Calcium: 32 mg
- Iron: 0.7 mg
- Potassium: 550 mg
% Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary.
Find it online: https://www.wellnesswarrior.org/tropical-cucumber-salad/