{"id":40788,"date":"2026-05-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40788"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:21:39","slug":"spicy-chinese-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40788","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Chinese Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41118\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Salad.jpg\" alt=\"Spicy Chinese Cucumber Salad\" width=\"450\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Salad.jpg 480w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Salad-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Salad-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spicy-Chinese-Cucumber-Salad-255x270.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Spicy Chinese Cucumber Salad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1 medium cucumber, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>2 T. chili oil<\/p>\n<p>3 garlic cloves, mashed and chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. Szechwan pepper<\/p>\n<p>2 dried red chilis<\/p>\n<p>1 T. rice wine vinegar<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. sesame oil<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. white sugar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roast the Szechwan pepper and the chilis in a skillet until they release their aroma, but being careful not to scorch them. Mix these with the other ingredients for the dressing and pour it over the sliced cucumbers, toss and serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spicy Chinese Cucumber Salad &nbsp; 1 medium cucumber, thinly sliced 2 T. chili oil 3 garlic cloves, mashed and chopped 1 tsp. Szechwan pepper 2 dried red chilis 1 T. rice wine vinegar 1 tsp. sesame oil 1 tsp. white sugar &nbsp; Roast the Szechwan pepper and the chilis in a skillet until they release their aroma, but being careful not to scorch them. Mix these with the other ingredients for the dressing and pour it over the sliced cucumbers,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40788\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[34,87],"class_list":["post-40788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meat-free","category-salads-dressings","tag-asian","tag-from-the-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41119,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40788\/revisions\/41119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}