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Pickled Cucumber and Onion Salad

By Morgan Bolling

Published on March 28, 2019

Time

15 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Pickled Cucumber and Onion Salad

Ingredients

½ cup cider vinegar ¼ cup water 2 tablespoons sugar 1 ½ teaspoons table salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1 pound cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced ⅛ inch thick (about 3 cups)1 cup thinly sliced onion

Before You Begin

This recipe can easily be doubled.

Instructions

  1. Whisk vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and pepper together in medium bowl. Add cucumbers and onion and toss to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld. Use slotted spoon to serve. (Salad can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 3 days.)
Pickled Cucumber and Onion Salad
Photography by Keller + Keller. Styling by Catrine Kelty.

Pickled Cucumber and Onion Salad

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Time

15 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

½ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 ½ teaspoons table salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 pound cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced ⅛ inch thick (about 3 cups)
1 cup thinly sliced onion

Ingredients

½ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 ½ teaspoons table salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 pound cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced ⅛ inch thick (about 3 cups)
1 cup thinly sliced onion

Ingredients

½ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 ½ teaspoons table salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 pound cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced ⅛ inch thick (about 3 cups)
1 cup thinly sliced onion

Why This Recipe Works

This refreshing side of cucumbers and onion falls somewhere on the spectrum between a salad and a pickle. Apple cider vinegar tempered with water and sugar proved to be a bright, not-too-sharp dressing. Peeled regular cucumbers—as opposed to English or pickling cucumbers—provided the best crunch. Allowing the cucumbers and thinly sliced onion to sit in the dressing for at least an hour provided time for the flavors to meld and the vegetables to soften slightly.

Before You Begin

This recipe can easily be doubled.

Instructions

  1. Whisk vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and pepper together in medium bowl. Add cucumbers and onion and toss to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld. Use slotted spoon to serve. (Salad can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 3 days.)

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