Cucumber-Shallot Dip

Name: Cucumber-Shallot Dip
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup diced seedless cucumber (140 g) Cucumber; 1½ tsp fish sauce (7.5 ml) Fish Sauce; 1 Tbsp rice vinegar (15 ml) Rice Vinegar; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml) Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp fresh lime juice (10 ml) Lime Juice; 2 Tbsp chopped Thai basil (or basil) (6 g) Thai Basil; ½ cup finely minced shallots (70 g) Shallot; 2 Tbsp minced chives (6 g) Chives

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Ilene Rosen recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Ilene Rosen.

DRESSING · SALADS & SUMMER PLATES

A dressing for salads & summer plates.

Ilene Rosen's cucumber-shallot dressing for summer salads.

On the jar

CUCUMBERSHAL

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 8

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Fish Sauce 8 mlRice Vinegar 15 mlVegetable Oil 15 mlLime Juice 10 ml

Ingredients

Cucumber1 cup diced seedless cucumber (140 g)
Fish Sauce1½ tsp fish sauce (7.5 ml)
Rice Vinegar1 Tbsp rice vinegar (15 ml)
Vegetable Oil1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml)
Lime Juice2 tsp fresh lime juice (10 ml)
Thai Basil2 Tbsp chopped Thai basil (or basil) (6 g)
Shallot½ cup finely minced shallots (70 g)
Chives2 Tbsp minced chives (6 g)

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 8 ingredients against a median of 6.

Its fat to acid ratio is 0.6:1, higher than 15% of the catalog’s dressings (median 2:1), a sharper mix for the category.

The acid here is rice vinegar and lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (106 recipes), red wine vinegar (34), and white wine vinegar (30).

The fat here is vegetable oil. In this category chefs also reach for olive oil (145 recipes) and sesame oil (34).

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Add by count: 4 CUCUMBERS.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Ilene Rosen — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2019.

Originally published as Cucumber–Shallot Dip.

Adapted from a Ilene Rosen recipe (Ilene Rosen / Saladish extract).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Ilene Rosen / Saladish extract (published as “Cucumber–Shallot Dip”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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