Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad – Kalyn's Kitchen

Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad is a classic salad made with fresh cucumbers and dill, that’s refreshing and perfect for summer. And this is a must-have salad when you have a fresh garden cucumber!

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Once I started to have a lot of this garden cucumber Sweet and sour cucumber salad It’s the kind of salad I like on a side dish in summer. It’s a simple recipe that includes cucumbers, salt, white wine vinegar, sweetener of your choice, and black pepper, so what falls into the category of memorable cucumber salads is the addition of plenty of fresh dill.

I love dill, so I used more than the recipe called for, but even if you think you’re not crazy about dill, I beg you to try some in this salad. The other thing that makes the sweet and sour option such a great summer salad is that it’s prepared in advance, then chilled in the refrigerator for an hour (or longer) before serving.

I like this delicious and refreshing cucumber salad with dill that I remind you of it for my country Friday favorite Choose this week! what are you waiting for? Get some cucumber wherever you can, and make this salad!

What ingredients do you need for this salad?

Cucumber
Coarse grinding kosher salt (or coarse ground sea salt)
white balsamic vinegar (affiliate link)
granular local monk fruit (affiliate link) or any other sweetener of your choice
Freshly ground black pepper
chopped fresh dill

What if you don’t have fresh dill?

I did not try to make salad with dried dill herbs (referral link), but I think it would still be very good! I was only going to use a tablespoon or so of dried dill, and if anyone tries it, I’d love to hear how it works!

What sweetener did you use?

I’m a fan local monk fruit (affiliate link) This is what I was going to use for this power. But any sweetener you prefer will work, even sugar if you don’t care about carbs.

How to make sweet and sour cucumber salad:

(Scroll down for a full, printable recipe with nutritional information.)

I like to make this with garden cucumber, but this European cucumber from Costco was also great in salads.
I cut the cucumber into slices mandolin slicer (Referral link). (I got mine as a gift from a student about years ago!) You can also chop with a knife but the mandolin is faster and makes nice even slices.
Place the cucumber slices in a colander set in the sink and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of ground salt, mixing lightly with your fingers. Leave it on for 15 minutes.
While cucumbers are drying, wash fresh dill, pat dry or pat dry with paper towels, then chop.
Mix white wine vinegar together, local monk fruit (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, black pepper then add chopped dill. (I admit, I added a little dill after I took this photo!)
After 15 minutes, pat the cucumbers dry with a paper towel. (The water released will wash away most of the salt.)
Mix the cucumber and the sauce in a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid (or use a Ziploc bag).
Refrigerate the cucumbers with the sauce for an hour or more, turning the bowl over a few times if you’re around.
Her feet are cold.

Make it a low carb meal:

When it’s hot outside, I’d eat this with something like marinated wing steakAnd the Grilled chicken with mustard and rosemaryAnd the Grilled chicken with balsamic vinegarAnd the Chicken Souvlakior Grilled shrimp skewers For a delicious low carb dinner!

More cucumber salads for summer:

Cucumber and radish salad with feta dressing

Tomato, cucumber and radish salad

Vegetable Tomato Salad with Cucumber and Avocado

Cucumber salad with balsamic dressing

The famous Hungarian cucumber salad

Ingredients

2 European cucumbers, thinly sliced (see notes)

1 ton coarse kosher salt (or coarse ground sea salt)

1/2 cup of white wine vinegar

3 tons of local monk fruit

1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper

1/4 cup chopped fresh dill (or more)

instructions

Cut the ends of the cucumbers, but do not peel them.
Cut it into thin slices. I used a 3mm blade in mandolin slicer (affiliate link), but you can also slice the cucumber manually.)
Put the cucumbers in a colander and place them in the sink, and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon ground kosher salt.
Mix it up a bit with your fingers until the cucumber contains some salt.
Let the cucumber sit and let the water sit for 15 minutes.
While the cucumbers are drying, wash the dill, pat it dry or pat it dry with paper towels, then chop it finely.
Combine white wine vinegar, Monkfruit sweetener or sweetener of your choice, and freshly ground black pepper, then stir in chopped dill.
After 15 minutes, pat the cucumbers dry with a paper towel. (Most of the salt had to be washed off with running water.)
Place the cucumbers in a plastic container with an airtight lid (or use a Ziploc bag).
Pour the sauce over the cucumbers and stir.
Refrigerate the cucumbers with the sauce for an hour or more, turning the bowl over a few times if you’re around.
Her feet are cold.
This will keep in the fridge for a day or so, although I liked it better after only an hour in the fridge.

Notes

If you don’t have a European cucumber, use 4 medium-sized garden cucumbers. I’m a fan local monk fruit (Referral link) But use any local of your choice.

This recipe is adapted slightly from Bon Appetit, July 2004.

Nutrition information:

fruit:

serving size:

1

Amount per service:
Calories: 17Total fat: 0 gramsSaturated fat: 0 gramsUnsaturated fats: 0 gramsUnsaturated fats: 0 gramsCholesterol: 0 mgsodium: 1165 mgCarbohydrates: 3 gramsthe basic: 0 gramssugar: 2 gramsprotein: 0 grams

Nutrition information is calculated automatically by the Recipe Plug-In I’m using. I am not a dietitian and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, as many variables affect these calculations.

Low Carb Diet / Low Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Cucumber is a wonderfully low-carb food, and made with a certified sweetener, this sweet and sour cucumber salad will be the perfect side dish for low-carb, keto, low-glycemic meals and any stage of the original South Beach diet.

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Historical notes for this recipe:
This recipe was first published in 2010. It was last updated with more information in 2022.