Slightly sour with the perfect balance of creaminess and fresh herbs, you’ll love this recipe for how simple and perfectly delicious it is. Slice cucumbers and combine ingredients, great for a side, picnic or potluck accompaniment, summer bbqs, or snack. The pop and zing from the fresh lemon juice and dill weed are refreshing and wonderfully fresh.
How to Make Creamy Cucumber Salad
Making this creamy cucumber salad recipe isn’t too hard. The most important thing is using fresh ingredients for fresh flavor.
To begin, slice the cucumbers and red onion and combine in a bowl. Do this using a sharp knife, however, if you want an even thinner end result, use a mandolin. Just remember, when you are using a mandolin you are taking your life in your hands. These things are SHARP. In a separate, small bowl, combine sour cream, lemon juice, salt, red wine vinegar, sugar, and dill to make the dressing. Pour the dressing you just created over the sliced cucumbers and onions and mix to combine. Cover and refrigerate the salad for 1 hour before serving.
Variations
The most simple variation is to make a creamy cucumber tomato salad by adding halved cherry tomatoes to the salad. These add a pop of color and a great flavor. Another variation you can try is plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Maybe this wouldn’t taste as rich (or delicious) but you would still have that creamy texture with the tangy, sour taste.
What to Serve with Creamy Cucumber Salad
Enjoy your salad as a perfect barbeque side. The creamy, sour nature of it compliments meat excellently. Things you could serve with this would would be chicken or grilled chicken, any kind of pork, sticky bbq ribs, steak on the grill. The creaminess of the sauce on the cucumbers tames the burnt flavor of anything on the grill. Read Next: 35+ Best BBQ Side Dishes We want to hear from you! Please leave a review. Rate and Review
title: “Creamy Cucumber Salad” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-03” author: “Nancy Langlois”
Published Jun 07, 2022 Updated Aug 19, 2024
Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe
Easy homemade creamy cucumber salad coated with a light, refreshing yogurt balsamic dressing. It’s crunchy, flavourful, and makes a perfect side for any meal. This healthy cucumber salad recipe will be your favorite side for summer. Cucumber salad is simply delicious with a variety of dressings. Asian cucumber salad and Thai Cucumber Salad will take you on a different journey with some unique Asian flavors.
Why This Recipe Works
This recipe is so easy, quick, and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients. The best thing about it is you don’t need to cook. Only combine the fresh vegetables with a decent salad dressing and the perfect side salad is ready in just 10 minutes. Yogurt balsamic dressing is creamy, light, and absolutely amazing with a sweet and sour tang. Using Greek yogurt for salad dressing is healthy and makes a low-calorie dish. This recipe makes a refreshing side that goes well with deep-fried foods or roasts, which helps to remove the greasy feeling.
Ingredients For Creamy Cucumber Salad
Preparing a cucumber salad with homemade yogurt balsamic dressing is easy. It only calls for a few daily ingredients:
English cucumbers White onion Fresh dill Plain Greek yogurt White balsamic vinegar Olive oil Salt Ground black pepper
Choose either whole milk or nonfat plain Greek yogurt to have a creamy and flavorful yogurt salad dressing. White balsamic vinegar is one of a kind balsamic vinegar that tastes slightly sweet and fruity. A good substitute for white balsamic vinegar would be rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar. See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Creamy Cucumber Salad
Prepare this creamy cucumber salad in only three steps. First, cut the fresh cucumber and onion into thin slices. Next, combine ingredients to make salad dressing. Finally, add cucumber slices, onion, and fresh chopped dill in a bowl, and toss well with salad dressing.
Cooking Tips
For the best result, please follow my tips:
To make sure the cucumber remains crispy and crunchy after tossing in the salad dressing, keep the skin on and pick the freshest ones. You may also salt the sliced cucumber for 10 minutes beforehand. Allow cucumber slices to release some water and squeeze hard to get an extra crispy texture before adding the dressing. Soak the onion slices in the water for a few minutes while preparing the salad to remove a little bit of pungency.
What To Serve With Creamy Cucumber Salad
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