Creamy Cucumber Salad (Cucumber Salad Recipe!)

Learn how to make the best creamy cucumber salad with this easy cucumber salad recipe! Cucumbers are crisped with a touch of salt and mixed with a protein-packed Greek yogurt dressing. (That’s right, no mayo!) Serve this high-protein cucumber salad as a side dish that goes with almost anything! Plus this cucumber salad is a Mediterranean diet recipe. #cucumbersalad #saladrecipe #mediterraneandiet

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🍅INGREDIENTS: 🍅
🔹 2 English cucumbers
🔹 Kosher salt
🔹 3/4 cup whole milk Greek yogurt
🔹 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
🔹 Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
🔹 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, stems removed, plus more for garnish
🔹 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
🔹 Black pepper
🔹 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced into half moons

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⏱️CHAPTERS⏱️
00:00​​ – Intro
00:12 – Prepping the cucumbers
01:17 – Salting the cucumbers
01:33 – Slicing the red onion
01:56 – Preparing the dill
02:16 – Making the dressing
03:42 – Drying the cucumbers
03:53 – Putting the salad all together
04:06 – Taste test

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– Let’s make the best
creamy cucumber salad, Mediterranean style, because once you try the salad, you’ll be making it on
repeat all summer long, I’m telling you. All right, we’re starting
with some English cucumbers, these long ones that
have a very thin skin. And we’re just gonna kind of
do, I call it a zebra peel. There’s very little
involved with this recipe, but it will wow you, I promise. And this is very important if you don’t want a watery,
miserable cucumber salad, you’re gonna wanna do
this, so pay attention. So you’re gonna take a spoon, and you’re gonna run it through. English cucumbers don’t
have really as much seed at all, if any, but it still helps to
remove the core part. I just eat that with a spoon, if you don’t wanna waste it, you know, or muddle it in a drink. So just kind of scrape it. So now you’ve made like
a boat, cucumber boat. You see all this liquid? You don’t want that in
your cucumber salad. Now we’re gonna turn this over, and we’re gonna just kind
of cut into half moons. This is one of the simplest
summer salads you will make. And once you try it, I promise
you, you will be hooked. Throw these cukes inside. A nice big pinch of kosher salt. If you wanna do this
over a bowl, that’s fine. You can put your colander over a bowl. I’m just gonna set it aside
in my sink for a few minutes, and we’re just gonna give this a toss. And going in the sink. A little tiny bit of chopping to do. We have about a half a red onion or a small red onion if you have one. This is just what I have here. Slice it into half moons. However you get there,
I really don’t care. I’m just gonna go this way. Point your knife down. Slice very thinly. No one wants a chunk of
onion at once in their mouth, especially if you’re planning
to kiss someone, you know? Then we have some fresh dill, and you’re gonna hold it from back here and then just kind of
shave it off the stem. And now you’re left with the dill fronds is what we call them, right? Now we’re just gonna go
ahead and turn this around and give it a rough chop. The dressing part is my favorite part because I love a good creamy dressing, but we’re doing it Mediterranean style. So guess what? Greek
yogurt, you guessed it. About a three quarter cup,
measure with your heart here. It’s fine. Zest of one lemon. I wanna add tang to the dressing, even though it’s a creamy dressing. A little bit of citrus
will give it a nice lift and really add flavor. Cup your hand to catch the seeds. There we go. That’s good. A splash of red wine vinegar,
little bit of garlic powder, and a little bit of salt and pepper, kosher salt and black pepper. And then we’re gonna add our
little shower of dill, wee. And then grab your whisk and combine this party. Now I’m noticing it’s a little
bit thick for a dressing. This is more the consistency of a dip. So I’m gonna go in with a little bit more of my red wine vinegar. You do want some liquid to
make sure that you’re able to use this as a dressing
to coat all the cukes, but you don’t want more than you need. Eventually, you’re probably
using about two tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Now, cucumber salad is
not one of those salads that you make so far ahead. You can slice up your cukes and whatnot, but don’t mix it all together
until you are ready to serve. Let’s grab our cukes. Grab one of these great paper towels. You don’t want the salad
to be watery or tasteless. You want a lot of flavor. Combine this party going in with the cukes that are nice and ready now. And then our onions. There we go. How creamy and delicious. Let’s take a bite. Mm-mm. So refreshing. Creamy, but still crisp.
Perfect cucumber salad. Make this ASAP. I’ll see you later, ciao. (upbeat music)