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In case you have a cucumber and a mandoline, you might be nicely in your strategy to a refreshing no-cook aspect that is excellent for cookouts or summer time nights. A bit vinegar, salt, and sugar are sufficient to rework peak-season cucumbers, however you’ll be able to simply improve your cucumber salad with flavor-packed components like fish sauce, recent herbs, and Thai chiles.
Listed below are 11 cucumber salads to have in your again pocket when it’s too sizzling to cook dinner.
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Cucumber Salad
Julia Hartbeck
Chances are high you have already got every little thing you want for this fast aspect from former F&W meals editor Marcia Kiesel. It comes collectively in minutes with cucumbers, sugar, kosher salt, pink wine vinegar, and sliced onion.
Bitter Cream Cucumber Salad
Greg DuPree / Meals Styling by Margaret Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
This sumac-dusted cucumber salad from F&W meals editor Paige Grandjean will get its irresistible tang from bitter cream, Champagne vinegar, onions, and dill.
Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Fish Sauce French dressing
Greg DuPree / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
This punchy salad from Pink Boat Fish Sauce founder Cường Phạm ties collectively peak-season produce like cucumbers, tomatoes, and candy corn with a gingery fish sauce French dressing.
Sunomono with Shrimp
Meals & Wine / Picture by Brie Goldman / Meals Styling by Holly Dreesman / Prop Styling by Alexandria Juhl
This umami-rich Japanese salad from 2000 F&W Finest New Chef Takashi Yagihashi consists of salted cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and plump shrimp which can be wearing mirin, rice vinegar, and sesame oil.
Watermelon-Cucumber Salad
Victor Protasio / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Julia Bayless
This candy and salty salad from 2022 F&W Finest New Chef Damarr Brown brings collectively watermelon, cucumbers, aged goat cheese, and roasted pepitas.
Thai Cucumber Salad
Matt Taylor-Gross / Meals Styling by Amelia Rampe
Spicy ginger and Thai chiles give this straightforward cucumber salad from former F&W intern Alexandra Domrongchai a vibrant kick.
Mango Cucumber Salad
Matt Taylor-Gross / Meals Stylist Barrett Washburne
This candy, tart, and tangy cucumber salad from former affiliate editorial director Chandra Ram options layers of taste from mango, feta, white wine vinegar, and chile-lime seasoning.
Crushed Cucumber Salad with Tomatillo Dressing
Greg DuPree / FOOD STYLING by MARGARET MONROE DICKEY / PROP STYLING by CLAIRE SPOLLEN
The craggy edges of smashed cucumbers seize a spicy jalapeño-tomatillo dressing on this vigorous aspect dish from chef Yara Herrera, which is topped with roasted pepitas and queso fresco.
Grilled Rooster Thigh and Cucumber Salad
1998 F&W Finest New Chef Michael Symon turns cucumber salad into dinner with the addition of juicy grilled rooster thighs, roasted almonds, chopped mint, pink onion, and chiles.
Smashed Cucumber Salad with Butter Beans and Tarragon
Gently crushing Persian cucumbers releases their aromas on this mustardy, herb-forward salad from F&W culinary director-at-large Justin Chapple.
Cucumber Salad with Thai Chiles and Peanuts
Cucumbers are tossed in a tangy, spicy French dressing of lime juice, fish sauce, and Thai chiles for this dynamic salad from Justin Chapple.
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