Cold-dish recipes.

A curated slice of the archive — every recipe filed under cold-dish.

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Chinese smashed cucumber salad with garlic and sesame oil

Nº 01

Cucumber 20 min

Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad (Liangban Huanggua)

Smash cucumbers, toss with garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil. The smashing is the whole point — it creates rough edges that soak up the dressing. Ready in 20 minutes.

Cold mixed wood ear mushroom salad with garlic and chili peppers

Nº 02

Wood-ear-mushroom 20 min

Cold Mixed Wood Ear Mushroom

Rehydrated wood ear mushrooms tossed with garlic, chili, and vinegar. Crunchy, slightly slippery, and weirdly addictive. A staple cold dish at Chinese dinner tables.