Creamy cucumber salad is a dish I grew up with; it brings back memories of dinners at my Grandma Mary’s house.
This summertime staple is a fresh addition to any picnic, barbecue, or potluck with crisp cucumbers, fresh dill, and a simple sour cream dressing.
This easy recipe is fast to prepare with ingredients you likely have on hand.
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Ingredients in Cucumber Salad
Cucumbers – Use long English cucumbers or Persian cucumbers for this recipe as have thinner skins and don’t require peeling (although you can peel them if you prefer).
Field cucumbers can have tough skins, so they should be peeled (or peel some strips). The seeds in field cucumbers are larger and can be scraped out with a spoon.
Onions – Sweet white onion or red onion is optional but adds great flavor to this cucumber salad. Thinly slice the onion and soak it in cold water while preparing the salad to take off a little bit of bite from the onion.
Variations – This salad is great with fresh garden herbs like basil and dill. Chop up your favorites and stir them in.
Dressing – Making this cucumber salad dressing is easy. Combine sour cream, mayo, vinegar, seasonings, and a touch of sugar. You can replace sour cream with plain Greek yogurt if you’d like.
How to Make Creamy Cucumber Salad
The best cucumber salad recipe is one that is simple so the cucumbers really shine.
- With a sharp knife or mandolin, slice the cucumber ¼-inch thick. Thinly slice the onion if adding per the recipe below.
- Whisk the dressing ingredients in a bowl and toss with the cucumbers, onion and dill.
- Refrigerate one hour before serving. Garnish with additional chopped dill.
To Make Cucumber Salad Ahead
This recipe can be made 4 or 5 hours in advance for the best flavor; this way, the cucumbers stay crisp!
If you’d like to make it further ahead, slice the cucumbers and onions if using, and store them separately from the dressing in an airtight container. Combine the two an hour before serving.
Storage
Creamy cucumber salad will up to 2 to 3 days in the fridge. Drain any juices before serving, and add a little bit of extra sour cream if needed.
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Ingredients
- 2 English cucumber
- ⅓ cup sliced white onion optional
For the Dressing
- ½ cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ¼ cup chopped fresh dill chopped
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash the cucumber and cut it into slices ¼-inch thick.
- In a large bowl, whisk the sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, vinegar, sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Add the cucumbers and onions if using and gently toss well to coat.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
- Taste and season with additional salt and pepper and sprinkle with fresh additional dill if desired.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
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What are “english” cucumbers rather than just regular cucumbers? Never seen that sign in grocery store.
The seeds are smaller, the skin is thinner and the flavor is milder. They’re also known as hothouse, greenhouse or seedless cucumbers.
Going t make this today as a side to my baked chicken!!
We had it yesturday with bbq. Chicken.Very tasty.
Looks great. I will make this tomorrow. :)
Can’t wait to try this one. Looks healthy and delicious!
I just made this and when it get really cold is is going to be AMAZING!!! I didn’t have fresh dill, and I didn’t know the ratio for fresh and dried, and I used Splenda instead of sugar…I cannot wait for this to get cold!!!
Enjoy Gina!! I usually add about 1 tsp dried dill for each tbs fresh dill. :)
Just made it! Crisp refreshing and delicious.
Thanks for sharing!
Next time I’m making double the serving size, to have more for seconds!
So glad you enjoyed it Mel!
Can you use dill weed instead of fresh dill
Most definitely.
How long will this recipe keep in the fridge?
This recipe doesn’t store very long. While it will still taste good the sauce may become runny. I would suggesting making it on the day you plan to serve it.
This looks amazing! Love the addition of the fresh dill.
Thanks for sharing. Pinning!
Looks deliciously refreshing. Will put it under my to-do list. Thanks!
Congratulations!
Your recipe is a Top Ten this week on Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen
Great looking salad! Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week!
Hi there Friend, you are so creative! Thank you for joining in at the Friday Favorites Link Party! I hope to see you there this week:) Christine -Must Love Home
Delicious salad thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning
This looks like it could be my new favorite! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Hi there! Visiting from the All Things Thursday link party. This looks so delicious and refreshing! For some reason, I’ve been having a hard time finding dill at my local stores lately, but when I get my hands on some, I’m going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing!
Very nice creamy cucumber salad, I would love to try, as I eat cucumber everyday.
ahhh just looks so fresh and yummy!
This looks awesome! Do you have any alternatives for the Mayo? Hubby won’t go near anything with mayo in it.
You can skip the mayo in this recipe if you prefer, it just adds a little bit of extra creaminess but I’ve made it without as well!
just use all yogurt
Use Vegannaise – it’s really good
Yes, it’s great tasting…we tried it and now use it lots
I use yogurt, & sour cream (can use lite version of sour cream). Sorry I don’t have exact measurements. I can try it and tweet it just right. Can use dry dill. Make sure to rub the dry herb between your hand/ palms to bring out the oils.
My family like cayenne pepper…. Some back pepper. SO tend to use a ‘bit of red and a smaller bit of fine ground black or white pepper. Let it sit for at least 1/2 hour or hour. If its dry dill i would let it sit for at least an hour. Stir. Can add more sour cream, dill, pepper, or even a bit of sugar;”after you have a taster.
yogurt makes a good substitute.
Love dill and this easy springy recipe, thanks Holly!
Your recipe reminds me of ”tarator”- it’s a bulgarian cold soup with cucumbers, yoghurt, water, walnuts, garlic and dill. It’s great for hot summer days and I can’t wait for summer to come, so I can have my tarator!
my dad is Bulgarian and I am trying to put together a full meal for him. do u have any recipes for me??? my dad is sick and I thought this would be wonderful for him, but I cannot find recipes from Bulgaria..
I don’t have any that I know of but hopefully someone here has some suggestions.
Just try googling bulgarian recipes. I found a bunch.