Easy pickled cucumber

SERVES 4 PREP 5 mins plus 2-3 hrs marinating NO COOK EASY V

100ml soy sauce

100ml rice vinegar

4 tbsp caster sugar

6 mini cucumbers

1-2 red chillies, chopped

2.5cm piece of ginger

1 Combine the soy sauce, vinegar and sugar together in a bowl.

2 Trim the ends of the cucumbers and bash them with a rolling pin until they crack. Cut each cucumber into two or three pieces.

3 Put the cucumbers and chopped chillies into a reusable food bag or container and add the soy sauce mixture. Seal and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 2-3 hrs.

4 Peel the ginger and chop it finely into matchsticks.

5 Tip the marinated cucumbers and chillies into a serving bowl along with the marinade. Scatter with the ginger just before serving.

GOOD TO KNOW low fat • 1 of 5-a-day

PER SERVING 160 kcals • fat none • saturates none • carbs 37g • sugars 33g • fibre none • protein 1g • salt 3.4g