Make this TASTY Creamy Cucumber Salad at Your Next Cookout!

If you’re getting tired of the same summer side dishes, you might like to try this creamy cucumber salad to switch things up a little. Expect crispness from the cucumber, sweetness from the sugar, a touch of piquancy from the onion and vinegar, and additional flavors from the garlic and dill weed.

This is an all-round great side dish, and the flavor is gorgeous. If you have some cucumbers to use up, this is a really nice way to prepare them.

This salad is popular at buffets, cookouts, barbecues, and potlucks. It’s also perfect alongside meat from the grill, so whether you’re cooking steaks, chicken, burgers, or another protein, this creamy cucumber salad is sure to be a tasty accompaniment. You might like to add some type of carb to round out the meal. Garlic bread or a baked potato would be ideal. You can also have this as a tasty snack for lunch at work, so long as you can keep it refrigerated.

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

The flavors in this cucumber salad are really good. Cucumber has a very mild, almost neutral taste, so the onion, garlic and other flavors really bring out its distinctive taste.

How to Serve It:

This versatile creamy cucumber side dish pairs wonderfully with any protein you can think of.

Ingredients:

• Cucumbers
• Salt
• Vidalia onion
• Mayonnaise
• Ground black pepper
• Vinegar
• Dill weed
• White sugar
• Garlic powder

How to make Creamy Cucumber Salad:

Step 1. Put the cucumbers in a bowl with the salt and onion.

Step 2. Stir, cover with plastic wrap and leave it to sit for half an hour.

Step 3. Pour the cucumber mixture into a colander and let it sit over the sink for another half an hour to drain.

Step 4. Transfer the cucumber mixture into a bowl.

Step 5. Whisk the mayo, vinegar, dill weed, sugar, black pepper, and garlic powder.

Step 6. Pour the dressing over the cucumber mixture and stir to coat.

Step 7. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, chill for 2 hours, then serve.

This creamy cucumber salad makes a wonderful side dish and pairs harmoniously with chicken, fish, steaks, or whatever you have on the grill.

Creamy Cucumber Salad

If you’re getting tired of the same summer side dishes, you might like to try this creamy cucumber salad to switch things up a little. Expect crispness from the cucumber, sweetness from the sugar, a touch of piquancy from the onion and vinegar, and additional flavors from the garlic and dill weed. This is an all-round great side dish, and the flavor is gorgeous. If you have some cucumbers to use up, this is a really nice way to prepare them.

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Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

• 2 thinly sliced English cucumbers
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 thinly sliced Vidalia onion or other sweet variety
• 1½ cups mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

 

• Put the cucumbers in a bowl with the salt and onion.
• Stir, cover with plastic wrap and leave it to sit for half an hour.
• Pour the cucumber mixture into a colander and let it sit over the sink for another half an hour to drain.
• Transfer the cucumber mixture into a bowl.
• Whisk the mayo, vinegar, dill weed, sugar, black pepper, and garlic powder.
• Pour the dressing over the cucumber mixture and stir to coat.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, chill for 2 hours, then serve.

Can You Make It Ahead?

You can, as long as you keep it chilled in the refrigerator.

Storage Instructions:

Leftovers will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Don’t freeze this recipe.

Variations and Substitutions:

Add a minced chili pepper if you want to add a hit of spice, or perhaps some finely chopped bell pepper for extra color.