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Cucumber Onion Salad (Cucumber Salad)

Chichi Uguru
An Easy Cucumber onion salad (also cucumber salad) that gets ready in less than 30 mins start to finish. With just a few ingredients, anyone can make this easy Cucumber Salad.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Chilling time 1 hour
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Calories 64kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 large English cucumbers thinly sliced
  • 1 medium red onions thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh dill chopped
  • ½ cup white distilled vinegar
  • ¼ cup water
  • 4 Tablespoon sugar

Instructions

  • Add salt to cucumber slices, mix cover with cling film and let sweat for 20 mins
  • Add water, sugar and vinegar to a pot and bring to boil until sugar dissolves. Let cool
  • Drain excess water from sweated cucumbers, add onion slices and chopped dill. Pour cooled vinegar mix into the cucumber salad, cover and chill for up to an hour.
  • Bring to room temperature before serving. But If you like it cold, dig in as soon as you get it out of the refrigerator.

Notes

  1. This salad can be served at room temperature or chilled right out of the refrigerator
  2. Sweating and draining the cucumbers help to reduce the liquid in the salad.
  3. I used a vinegar syrup as a dressing for this recipe. Feel free to use a creamy dressing or an based vinaigrette. See body of post for suggestions.
 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Cucumber Onion Salad (Cucumber Salad)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 64
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.