This Cucumber Salad Recipe comes together quickly and with just a few ingredients. A refreshing and tangy side salad it’s a great accompaniment to chicken, grilled meat, seafood and so much more! Easy Cucumber Onion Salad is a must make for any Summer get together.
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Easy Cucumber Salad Recipe
Cucumber salad is such a classic side dish, full of fresh flavors and so versatile! It’s an easy side dish that can be made in 10 minutes and it’s always a crowd pleaser!
How To Make Cucumber Onion Salad
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
- Slice each cucumber in 1/4 inch slices and add to a large bowl.
- Add in the sliced red onion (sliced into half moon) and toss to combine.
- In a mason jar or small bowl whisk together the apple cider vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the dressing mixture over the cucumber and onion and toss to fully coat/combine.
- Keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Enjoy!
Cucumber Onion Salad Variations
I like to finish this dish with a sprinkle of fresh herbs – dill is a classic and parsley would work well too.
What Do You Serve with Cucumber Salad?
This salad is a really versatile side dish and is perfect next to may main courses. Serve it up with:
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Cucumber Salad Vinegar Dressing
The dressing for this salad is a simple vinaigrette made of:
- Apple cider
- Water
- Sugar
- Salt and pepper
I recommend you use apple cider vinegar in this recipe rather than white as it’s less acidic, but if you are in a real pinch you can use white. Simply shake all the ingredients together and you’re done!
Can You Make This Side Dish Ahead Of Time?
The good news is that you can make this easy cucumber salad ahead of time, so it’s a great option for easy entertaining. It’s best eaten the day you make it, but can last up to 3 days.
Build the salad and then store it in an airtight container in the fridge.
Easy Cucumber Salad With Red Onion
This cucumber salad is given a zing with thinly sliced red onion, it adds great color to the dish as well as texture. Slice them thinly so that they don’t overpower the salad.
If you find their flavor too strong, you can try soaking the slices in water before adding them to the cucumber, this can help the flavor mellow. If you are in a spot, you can use a sweet onion in its place.
Tips!
- Slice the cucumbers evenly, you can use a mandolin if you have one.
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container or cover with plastic wrap.
- Finish the dish with fresh dill or parsley to give it a fresh lift.
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If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy!
Best Cucumber Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large cucumbers
- 1 red onion sliced
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Slice each cucumber in 1/4 inch slices and add to a large bowl.
- Add in the sliced red onion (sliced into half moonand toss to combine.
- In a mason jar or small bowl whisk together the apple cider vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Pour the dressing mixture over the cucumber and onion and toss to fully coat/combine.
- Keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Enjoy!
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This was perfect – just like my mom used to make. I am looking forward to trying the cucumber and feta salad!
That’s wonderful to hear, Liz!
Kinda low effort webpage and recipe. Littered with ads, and the recipe isn’t consistent with the image at all…. -shows whole cukes, then says to cut in half moons. Doesn’t even have dill in the recipe, when it’s clearly in the image.
I can assure you, lots of hours upon hours goes into this website and creating these recipes to share with those for free thanks to the ads.
U should read the recipe again. It clearly says to cut onion thin and half moon slices. It also gives you a choice of using fresh dill or parsley.
What do you all think about adding thin slices of green olives?
Try it and let us know if it’s tasty!
I lessened the amount of water in the recipe and added more apple cider vinegar to make it more tangy.
Thanks for sharing, Jackie!
Great recipe! Added 2 cloves sliced garlic. Very close to my grandmother’s recipe. Loved it!
Thanks for sharing, William!
This was a really refreshing lunch! I added feta cheese and a few cherry tomatoes as well. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing, Aimee!
Fussy partner loved it! He’s not generally into veggies, sharp or peppery tastes, but devoured it! It’s easy-peasy, and on our regular meal list now.
Thanks for sharing, Elliot!
Delicious. Never made before ..
for sooth .. Husband loved it and is on his regular request list. I will remember to score or peel cukes next time, but I also enjoy combination of colors.
Thanks for sharing, Liz!
For Sooth. I haven’t heard that phrase in decades. Made Mr.Man look it up. = )
I don’t know how anyone can stand the taste of apple cider vinegar. So gross. I had to rinse all the onions and cucumbers in order to save them from that atrocity of a dressing. Definitely stick with white vinegar.
Modify to your liking!
Thank you for being so gracious in the face of such rudeness.
If you can handle regular vinegar you’re a stronger woman than I. Its better the next day.
My family always used red wine vinigar growing up. It is the only vinigar I eat. Try that with the other ingredients. You might enjoy it better that way.
While my mom always used apple cider vinegar, I am a red wine vinegar lover so I made my last batch with that. The tangy sweetness was off and I had to add more vinegar to reduce the sugar. I made this classic version today but I followed mom’s recipe using a sweet white onion instead of a red. I think both versions are good!!
I made this. Yes, it’s yummy and remind me of Japanese Namasu, which also use same ingredients for marinate, usually use daikon radish for vegetable.
That looks delicious!!