Name: Bill Granger's Avocado and Smashed Cucumber Salad with Mirin and Sesame Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 avocados large ripe; 1 cucumber; 100 g edamame beans blanched; 2 tbs mirin dressing *see below; 1 bunch spring onions finely sliced; 1 bunch mint, leaves removed small torn; 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds; 50 ml mirin; 100 ml sesame oil; 40 ml rice wine vinegar; 20 ml lemon juice

by Bill Granger/Australian Avocados Last updated on 07/10/2019

Aussie restauranteur, Bill Granger, first put avocado on a piece of toast and served it at his cafe in Sydney’s Darlinghurst back in 1993, and enter the smashed avo as we know it today. - Bill Granger/Australian Avocados

Ingredients

2 avocados large ripe
1 cucumber
100 g edamame beans blanched
2 tbs mirin dressing *see below
1 bunch spring onions finely sliced
1 bunch mint, leaves removed small torn
2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Mirin dressing

50 ml mirin
100 ml sesame oil
40 ml rice wine vinegar
20 ml lemon juice

Method

Step 1

Avocado and smashed cucumber salad: Whilst keeping the cucumber in its wrapping, bash it heavily on all sides with a rolling pin. Remove from the plastic and cut roughly into 1 inch pieces. Tip the cucumber into a large mixing bowl.
Step 2

Halve the avocado and spoon the middle out into the bowl in rough pieces. Add the edamame beans and dress well with the dressing, adding more if needed. Spoon into a large bowl or 4 smaller individual bowls.
Step 3

Sprinkle with the spring onions and toasted sesame seeds, then garnish with mint.
Step 4

Mirin dressing: Mix all the ingredients well together and season to taste. Dress the salad immediately.