Uzbek Thin-Sliced Achuchuk Salad

So simple and so delicious — you can’t resist! Hurry up and cook! Achuchuk salad sounds very unusual and is translated as “sharp knife”, because all vegetables are cut very thinly. It came to us from Uzbek cuisine. They can perfectly complement any hot meat dish.
cook time: 20 min
Chloe Benton
Uzbek Thin-Sliced Achuchuk Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

30
Calories
6g
Carbs
1g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Tomatoes 2 pc
Salt to taste
Bulb onions 1 pc
Hot pepper 2 g
Basil 10 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make Achuchuk salad? Very simple! Prepare all the necessary ingredients. The taste of this dish will be the most pleasant and rich from freshly picked vegetables and herbs from your own plot. Peel the onions, cut thinly into halves of rings. To remove strong bitterness, add cold water to the onion and leave for 15 minutes. I use red onion, but you can also use regular white onion.

Step 2

Step 2
For this salad, choose tomatoes that are dense, with delicate skin, not very ripe and soft, so that they do not immediately turn into porridge. Wash the tomatoes in running water, dry with paper towels and cut into very thin small pieces.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the hot pepper pod, remove the seeds and finely chop with a knife. If you don’t have fresh hot pepper on hand, you can safely replace it with dry ground spices.

Step 4

Step 4
Place tomatoes, onions and hot peppers in a salad bowl.

Step 5

Step 5
Rinse fresh basil thoroughly under running water, dry with paper towels, finely chop and place in a bowl with vegetables. Instead of basil, you can use any other herbs, such as parsley and cilantro.

Step 6

Step 6
Add salt to all the ingredients in the salad bowl and mix. Vegetable oil, mayonnaise or sour cream are not used as a dressing for this salad. When mixed, the vegetables release juice, which is enough to make the salad seem juicy and tasty. The result is a natural and healthy spicy vegetable snack that is perfect for barbecue, fried or baked meat. Serve the Uzbek tomato salad Achuchuk to the table. Bon appetit!

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