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 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Calories 86kcal
Ingredients
2English cucumbers
1/4cupfinely chopped red onion
1/4cupchopped dill
1/3cupsour cream
1/3cupplain unsweetened yogurt
1Tbspwhite wine vinegar
1/2Tbsphoneyoptional, leave out for Keto, without honey 9g carbs (8 net)
1-2tspsea 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!