Little House in the Valley

Cucumber Salad Recipe

Got extra pickling cukes that have over grown or just plain old need using up?? Then how about making a yummy cucumber salad with them : )


This is my handy dandy mandolin slicer and it makes quick easy work of slicing up your cucumbers but by all means not necessary if you don't have one. You can slice by hand or you can try using the slicing attachment for your food processor as well : )


I sliced up twelve, 6 -7 inch length pickling cukes really thin. Once you have them all sliced place them in a plastic or glass bowl (not stainless steel like I did. Ooops, forgot that salt can pit the bowl but luckily my bowl looks okay!) and mix in thoroughly with your hands 1 Tbsp of salt. Cover and let sit 3 hours at least or overnight.


The salt will draw the excess liquid out of your cukes like shown above. You want to strain off the juice by either squeezing it out with your hands or you can put them in a colander and give them a good squeezing that way to. Don't worry if you can't get every last drop : )


Now you will want to add:
1 cup of sour cream
5 cloves of garlic minced


Mix it all up really well...


and you have one really great salad with a bit of a bite from the fresh garlic : ) If you slice your cukes the night before, strain them in the morning and make your salad early the flavor will set up perfectly by dinner time. The longer it sits the tastier it gets : )

Enjoy,
HuberHof

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08:15, Sunday, September 2 .. Posted by www.PrairieMama.com

I make a similar salad! But with mayo. The way I do mine is you slice up some cucumbers, but more into chunky quarters. Throw them in a glass bowl, add enough mayo or miracle whip to cover them (when mixing it all up) then add enough vinigar to make it less thick (think of the difference of a canned cream soup before adding water, then when you add the water, it's thinner, but still creamy).

Then add a bit of salt and pepper and you're done!

Everyone always loves this because it's nice and tangy.

I'm going to try your recipe!