Thai Cucumber Salad ยำหมูย่างแตงกวา - Episode 193

Hello, welcome to the Spoonful of Heart Kitchen. Sawadee ka, my name is Ecery. Today I'm going to show you how to make Thai Cucumber Salad or Yam Moo Yang. Today for my protein, I use the grilled pork and then I only slice it to be the bite size. And for the protein, you can use whatever your favorite meat. You can use grilled chicken or you can use grilled beef. It's up to you. And next we're going to prepare our vegetables. Today I'm doing the cucumber salad and I use the English cucumber. It will be very long and big so I'm just going to use only half. If you use the regular cucumber, one will be perfect for this recipe. And now I'm gonna peel the skin off a little bit. Now I already peeled my cucumber and I get them washed again because they look a little bit slimy. So I get them washed again and now I'm gonna cut cut half. Oh sorry, I can't cut them. Okay, I cut them to half and another half. Okay, so I cut them to be four pieces and now I'm gonna slice about this side. Okay, and now I'm done slicing the cucumber and I'm gonna put it into our mixing bowl. Next, we're gonna cut the celery. Okay, and I'm gonna thinly slice them. Same size as the cucumber. For the cucumber salad, it's very popular for the summer because it's very fresh when you eat. So it's very popular. Okay, now the celery is done. I'm gonna put it with our cucumber. I'm using the leek. I'm gonna use half a leek. I'm gonna cut the top off a little bit and thinly slice the leek. Now my leek is done. Okay, put it together with celery and cucumber. And next, I'm gonna cut our tomato. I use 3-4 cups of the grape tomato. You can use any kind of tomato you like. I'm just gonna cut half. I like to cut half a tomato because they open up all the flavor from the tomato. Now our tomato is done. I'm gonna put it with all our vegetables. And next, we're gonna prepare our salad dressing. Okay, for the Thai classic salad dressing, it's just super easy. So we use the Thai chili. I use 5 of them but they're very spicy. If you didn't like spicy, just use 1 or 2 or whatever how spicy that you like. But I put 5 so it's a little bit spicy. Now our Thai chili is done. I thinly sliced them. Oh, this is gonna be spicy. I hope it's not gonna be too spicy. Okay, now our chili is done. Okay, and now I'm gonna cut some lime. I will use about 2 tablespoons of lime. Okay, for lime, for Thai people, we will only cut it different. For this technique that we cut, only easy when we squeeze them. And also, if they have the seed in the middle, it will remove the seed very easily. That's why we only cut it this way. Okay, and I'm gonna use 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice. I said that how about I cut my lime because you might think why I just not cut it hard. Why I have to do it that way? So that's why I share a little bit of my technique. Okay, now I have a chili, I have lime juice, and I'm gonna put 1 tablespoon of sugar. 2 tablespoons fish sauce. For adding our extra aroma, I will put the lime zest into my salad dressing. Okay, but when you do this, just be careful not to slice the white part. It will be bitter. Just try to get the over green part. And next, I'm gonna mix the sugar and all the chili. I want to sugar all dissolved. So make sure you give them a good whisk until the sugar all dissolved. Okay, now our salad dressing is finished. I'm gonna give this a quick taste. Okay, just a little bit. Very, very tasty and spicy. Okay, forget to tell you my little whisk is so cute, right? I just got it for like 2-3 weeks ago. I really like them. It really works for me. Anyway, so now it's time to mix everything together. Okay, so I'm gonna put my grilled pork, 1 cup grilled pork, and our salad dressing, our tasty, tasty salad dressing. Put it all on top. That would be really good. And mix everything well together. Wow, I can smell all the faces already from the lime zest and it's fresh from the cucumber. Can't wait to try this. Okay, so our cucumber salad is supposed to be served cold because it'll refresh you for summer. So my grilled pork, after I cook them, and then I let them cool down 100% before I put into my salad. That's it. Now we're done with our cucumber salad. And remember, you can change your protein to be grilled chicken or grilled beef, whatever you like the best. Okay, now I'm gonna serve our cucumber salad. Now our cucumber salad is done and I'm ready to dig it in. It looks so good. They smell so good. I can smell everything from here. And now I'm gonna grab a little bit of tomato, some cucumber. Yeah, a little bit of everything. Wow, ready to try this. Vegetables are still fresh. It's still crunchy when I chew it. And also I think it's gonna be too spicy but it's not. It's perfect for me. Can I have one more bite? Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. It's fresh. Crispy all vegetables. It's fresh. This cucumber salad is very, very tasty and also so easy to make. And you can change all the protein, whatever your favorite. Thank you so much for watching. If you like this video, if you like this recipe, please give me a thumb up, subscribe, and you will see me for the next recipe. Thank you.