Spicy Asian Salad

• Dressing
• 2/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tbs. salt
• 1 tsp. to 1 Tbs. chili garlic sauce, depending on desired hotness
• 2 Tbs. vegetable oil
• Salad
• 2 cucumbers, (peeled, halved lengthwise, seeds scooped out, and chopped)
• 2 cups Napa or other oriental cabbage, thinly sliced or shredded
• 1 medium-size red onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley (curly or flat-leaf)
• 1/4 cup chopped mint leaves (optional)
• Garnish
• 3/4 cup or more dry roasted UNSALTED peanuts, lightly crushed (I use the ones I buy at the grocery in a jar)

1. Dressing--
2. Mix all ingredients together and taste to adjust seasoning. The goal is to have a balance of sweet, salty, and sour (vinegar), plus some hot (chile garlic sauce) to taste.
3. Finish--Toss salad ingredients together and then toss with dressing, starting with about 1/2 the dressing. Add more dressing as desired.
4. Just before serving sprinkle peanuts on top.

dressing, rice vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic sauce, vegetable oil, salad, cucumbers, cabbage, red onion, cilantro, parsley, mint, unsalted peanuts

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/spicy-asian-salad-1202521 (may not work)