Spicy Peanut Cucumbers are made with thinly sliced crispy cucumbers with a spicy peanut butter soy sauce and topped with crunchy, salty peanuts for the perfect side dish!

Cucumbers blew up last summer as the hot new viral food trend but my family has been eating cucumbers in many ways my entire life! These Spicy Peanut Cucumbers are delicious and feature thinly sliced crispy cucumbers in an easy-to-make peanut sauce with crunchy peanuts. It's so good and takes just 5 minutes to make.

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In the summer, we grow our own cucumbers and, most years, we have so many cucumbers that we have to get really creative to enjoy them in different ways. We do a lot of tomato cucumber salad with vinaigrette, Asian marinated cucumbers with soy sauce and vinegar, creamy cucumbers with dill and. of course, these Spicy Peanut Cucumbers!

Spicy Peanut Cucumber Ingredients

English cucumbers- or whatever kind of cucumber you like
Peanut butter
Soy sauce
Red pepper flakes
Rice vinegar
Garlic powder (or you can use fresh minced garlic if you prefer)
Sesame seeds
Crushed peanuts

How to make Spicy Peanut Cucumbers

Spicy Peanut Cucumbers are super easy to make! Just thinly slice the cucumber. Use a mandoline slicer if you dare but I'm scared of them ever since I had a little accident with one! Toss all of the ingredients together and top with crushed peanuts. Enjoy right away or within a couple of hours.

Nutrition in Peanuts

Peanuts and peanut butter are the best! We especially go through peanut butter in our home and love topping our food with peanuts often. Not only are peanuts and peanut butter delicious, they are also packed with nutrients.

Peanuts are beneficial for brain health! Just a 1 ounce serving of peanuts a day (about a handful) can help increase focus, reduce stress and improve cognitive health and happiness.
Peanuts contain resveratrol and p-coumaric acid, which can help with memory, executive function and processing speed and can help reduce cortisol, anxiety and depressive levels.
I love that peanuts are a good source of protein! One serving of peanuts has 7.3 grams of protein, healthy fats, fiber and vitamins and minerals.

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Learning nutrition facts is the reason that I became a registered dietitian! I absolutely LOVE learning about how food can help you be your healthiest. I recommend eating peanuts and peanut butter often. We eat it at least 5x a week in our home.

Spicy Peanut Cucumbers

Yield: serves 5 Author: Amanda Hernandez