Cool 😎 Your Cucumbers!
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If you’re looking for the perfect, cool down summer salad, this is the one. It’s a sweet and icy cold veggie delight! I am posting a bunch of recipes from a recent BBQ at my house and this one is always a hit. A tried and true, old time recipe. But, if you’ve read any of my older posts, you know that nothing brings me greater joy than cooking with the veggies that come from my own garden. My cucumbers 🥒 are loving our recent heat wave 🌞 and have put out tons of crispy cucumis (that’s latin for cucumber😉). Unlike me and my chickens 🐓 , my cucumbers can’t get enough of the heat🔥! No matter, this cool Cucumber Onion Salad is the perfect side salad to a hot BBQ menu.
Variety Is The Spice Of Life The Garden
I’m growing a few different varieties of cucumbers. I keep trying different types to see which grow best or which taste best. I used lemon cucumbers, salt & pepper cucumbers and Armenian cucumbers. If you can find Armenian cucumbers, they look really pretty in this salad. They have naturally deep ridges, so when you cut them, they look like pretty little flowers.
I use them mostly in pickle making. For my easy refrigerator pickle recipe recipe, go to https://wp.me/p9KEfL-y6 This time, I thought a change up of my cucumber offerings would be appreciated. This is a pretty standard recipe. It kind of reminds me of going to sushi 🍣 when the chefs start you off with a bit of a cucumber and onion salad. This one’s made with regular white distilled vinegar, but I believe the Japanese version is with rice vinegar. Either work well with this refreshing veggie dish.
Here’s The Easy Cucumber Onion Salad Recipe
Using a mandolin, slice your cucumbers to 1/16 inches, the thinnest setting. If you are using a knife, just do your best to slice as thinly as possible. Set into a bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Let the cucumbers release their moisture for an hour or two. Drain the liquid, then add the purple onion slices and toss. In a medium size sauce pan, add the vinegar, sugar and water and set on medium high heat. Let the mixture come to a simmer, allowing the sugar to completely dissolve, about 5 minutes.
Add chopped fresh dill over the onions and cucumbers and then pour the warm vinegar/sugar over the veggies and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled. Serve very cold.
Cucumber And Onion Salad with Fresh Dill
Ingredients
- 3 cucumbers, sliced to 1/16 inches thin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 red onion, sliced to 1/16 inches thin
- 1 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar or rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh chopped dill (If you need to substitute with dried dill weed, use 2 teaspoons)
Instructions
- Using a mandolin, slice your cucumbers to 1/16 inches, the thinnest setting. If you are using a knife, just do your best to slice as thinly as possible. Set into a bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Let the cucumbers release their moisture for an hour or two. Drain the liquid, then add the purple onion slices and toss. In a medium size sauce pan, add the vinegar, sugar and water and set on medium high heat. Let the mixture come to a simmer, allowing the sugar to completely dissolve, about 5 minutes.
- Add chopped fresh dill over the onions and cucumbers and then pour the warm vinegar/sugar over the veggies and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled. Serve very cold.
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