How to Make Cucumber Salad | Hilah Cooking

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with fewer calories.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice provides acidity with a fresh flavor.

Make the dressing by combining rice vinegar, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a bowl and mix until dissolved.

Use a fork to score the cucumber for presentation.

Slice the ends off the cucumber and then slice it as thin as possible, preferably using a mandolin slicer.

Chop the red onion, using a guideline of one part onion to two parts cucumber by volume.

Combine the sliced cucumber and chopped onion with the dressing in the bowl and mix well.

Optionally, add dill (fresh or dried) to the mixture.

Refrigerate the salad for at least two hours before serving.

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