Creamy Cucumber Salad

Cucumber salad offers a cool and refreshing side dish with few calories. It’s easy to prepare and packs a punch of bright flavor and color to add to any meal.

Course Salad

Cuisine German, International

Keyword cucumber salad

Prep Time 25

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 86kcal

Ingredients

2 English cucumbers
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1/4 cup chopped dill
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup plain unsweetened yogurt
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 Tbsp honey optional, leave out for Keto, without honey 9g carbs (8 net)
1-2 tsp sea salt
pepper

Instructions

Wash cucumbers and peel lengthwise in zebra patterns (see video).
Use a mandoline to slice the cucumbers into about 1-2 mm thick rounds into a large bowl(see video).
Add sea salt to the cucumber slices and mix well with your hands, then set them aside in the bowl for at least 15 minutes (up to 30) until they release most of their water.
In the meantime, finely chop red onion and destalk dill and chop up dill leaves.
Mix the salad dressing by adding sour cream, honey, vinegar, and yogurt to a bowl and whisk.
By now the cucumber should have released most of its excess water. Tip the bowl to a side and pour the liquid out of the bowl while holding the cucumber slices with your hands. If you leave the water in there, it will water down your dressing and it will eventually become more of a soup than a salad.
Add chopped onion and dill to the cucumber, pour dressing over it, give it a good stir and enjoy!

Video

Nutrition

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