8 Asian Summer Salad Recipes - Greedy Girl Gourmet

Looking for refreshing summer salads recipes for hot weather? These healthy easy Asian Salads for Summer are light but hearty, the perfect appetizer or side dish ideas for BBQ, for dinner, or for a crowd: from dressing to watermelon and other fruit salads.

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Fruit Salad

Thai Mango Cucumber

A white spoon holding up a cucumber mango salad mix.

Unlike the typical Thai mango salad, this dish uses ripe mangoes for their sweetness instead of green mango.

It's 1 of my favorite summer side dishes!

Mango Cucumber Salad (Asian)

This Mango Cucumber Salad (Asian recipe) is a light and refreshing side dish full of tropical flavor. Quick and easy, it's a sweet, savory and crunchy recipe perfect for camping or a summer barbecue. Plus, unlike many salads, there is no sour cream or olive oil used, so it's healthier and less heavy!

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A bowl full of mangoes, tomatoes and cucumber salad.

Watermelon Salad

Watermelon, lemon, fish sauce, and chili.

Tip: toss the watermelon with sugar to remove extra water before making your salad- this prevents the salad from becoming soggy.

(The ratio is 4 Cups of watermelon to 1 teaspoon of sugar.)

Sweet & Spicy Watermelon Salad

This easy Asian Watermelon Salad is sweet, spicy and delicious! The cut fruit in the Thai-inspired dressing is so refreshing on hot days and the perfect picnic food idea for potlucks. One of our favorite healthy 4th of July party food ideas, you can make it in 15 minutes for summer lunches or dinner. (You can also add mint leaves or cucumber for crunch!)

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Fresh cut watermelon salad with chili flakes in a white bowl.

Cucumber

Spicy Cucumber

Tip: For best results, smash the cucumbers before marinating them in the spicy sauce- this helps them absorb the flavor better.

Cold cucumber salad recipe

The easy Chinese cold cucumber salad recipe is delicious and full of spicy flavor. Best of all, it only requires 4-ingredients and takes 5-10 minutes to make.

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Close-up of red spicy asian cucumber salad.

Korean Cucumbers

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Fresh summer cucumbers combined with red onion, tangy kimchi, and sesame seeds make the most flavorful salad! Kimchi Cucumber Salad is a flavorful side dish and great addition to rice bowls or meal prepping!

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Japanese Spinach Salad

Japanese spinach and cherry tomato summer salad with onion dressing.

Japanese Summer Salad

This easy Japanese Summer Salad is a light and refreshing dish with the best delicious dressing sauce made from onions (玉ねぎドレッシング.) It can be made vegetarian or bulked up with crab sticks- I love the tangy, savory, and umamilicious sauce so much, we have this Asian salad dressing for dinner every week! It goes well with spinach, carrot, cucumbers, tomatoes, and more. (No Ginger, Garlic, Peanut, or Sesame.)

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Japanese summer salad with onion dressing.

Noodle Salads

If you need a light but hearty and filling summer salad, these noodle salads are for you!

Thai Seafood

Close-up of someone picking up sliced abalone and glass noodles with chopsticks.

Thai Vermicelli Noodle Salad with Abalone

Tangy, sweet, spicy, and savory, this light Thai Vermicelli with Abalone Salad is a great make-ahead recipe for your Chinese New Year 2023 celebration dinner. It can even be a no-cook recipe, and is the perfect dish for beginner home chefs!

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Vermicelli glass noodles mixed with sliced abalone, coriander, peanuts and dried shrimp on a leaf-shaped plate.

Japanese Soba

Edamame is 1 of my favorite Japanese dinner sides.

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Salmon

This Vietnamese curry salmon and noodle salad features rice noodles, cucumber, mango and curry roasted salmon tossed with a sweet and sour nuoc cham dressing.

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