This cucumber avocado salad recipe is a delcious easy side dish! It’s made with creamy avocados, crisp cucumbers, and scallions in a simple Asian dressing. Vegan.
The first time I made this cucumber avocado salad was when we were down in Santa Barbara for the winter and had a plethora of avocados that needed to be used up before we drove back up to Washington, so this is how this salad came to be. I couldn’t believe how delicious it turned out; I was hooked from the very first bite.
Made with simple ingredeints in under 20 minutes, I am pretty sure you’ll fall in love with this one too. Serve it as a tasty side dish with Asian-style meals or as an appetizer served with rice crackers.
Avocado Salad Recipe Ingredients
- large ripe avocados, sliced (about 3 cups)
- Persian cucumbers, sliced (about 3 cups)
- Scallions (or chives), sliced
- Fresh chili, sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- Optional additions: Cilantro leaves, sesame seeds, edible flowers
How to make Avocado Salad
Step One: Mix the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl.
Step two: Slice the avocados and cucumber and place them with the remaining salad ingredients in a medium bowl.
Step three: Pour in the dressing and gently toss.
Step four: Garnish with sesame seeds and cilantro. Enjoy immediately!
Storage
This salad is best consumed the day it is made! That being said, leftovers can be kept up to 1 day in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Serving suggestions
Serve this Avocado Salad with Asian Style meals- like our Japanese Farm-Style Teriyaki Chicken, Chirashi Sushi Bowl , Wonton Salad, Temaki Hand Rolls, Teriyaki Mushroom Lettuce Wraps,or Seared Tuna (Ahi or Yellowfin Tuna)
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Cucumber Avocado Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Appetizer, salad, vegan
- Method: assembled
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This avocado salad recipe is incredibly flavorful! It’s made with creamy, ripe avocados, crisp cucumbers, scallions, sesame seeds, and cilantro in a Japanese-style dressing. It’s a delicious side salad any time of year! Vegan. Recipe Updated Aug 2024 – see notes.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce, or GF Liquid aminos
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
- pinch chili flakes
- 3 large avocados, sliced (about 3 cups)
- 3 Persian cucumbers, sliced (about 3 cups)
- 1/4 cup scallions (or chives), sliced
- optional: fresh chili, sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- optional additions: cilantro leaves, sesame seeds, edible flowers
Instructions
- Place the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and stir.
- Place salad ingredeints in a medium bowl- cucumber, avocado, scallions, chili pepper, and cilantro.
- Pour dressing over the top and mix gently to incorporate.
- Sprinkle with more chives, cilantro and sesame seeds.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Serve this as a side dish or as an appetizer with rice crackers. Salad is best consumed right away.
Note: The original recipe used our Ponzu Dressing and only avocados. We’ve fine-tuned this a bit, and added cucumbers for a little crunch and simplified the dressing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 289
- Sugar: 7.8 g
- Sodium: 277 mg
- Fat: 24.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.8 g
- Fiber: 8.2 g
- Protein: 3.3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Another delicious recipe of yours!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Had a gettimg close to overripe avocado and used it to make this for a 5 min lunch. Love a good reason to use ponzu and this was the best so far. Love it.
Served this with you Vegan Quinoa Cakes, loved every bite!
I loved how simple this salad was- but the flavors wer so delicious. We have an avocado tree in our yard- so always looking for ways to serve them up. Your Guacamole is good too!
So simple and so delicious! Just a wonderful combination that I never would have thought of! Thank you for the perfect salad to go along with the lettuce wraps I made!
Delicious,I added roasted capsicums
Loved this PONZU Avocado recipe!
Just made it on one avocado – and couldn’t stop eating the whole thing.
DEEELISHUS .
Awsome Jenni! Thanks!
If I use bottled ponzu do I add or subtract certain ingredients for the dressing.
Hi Lynn, all Ponzu Sauces are different, so it would be hard for me to say without tasting it.
I have 3 perfectly ripe avocados sitting on the counter- can’t wait to try this!