Best Dill Cucumber Salad Recipes

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH SOUR CREAM AND DILL DRESSING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, lemon juice, and dill. Season with salt and pepper, and whisk well to combine.
• Add cucumbers, and toss to coat. Garnish with more dill, if desired. Serve, or refrigerate, covered, up to 4 hours.

CUCUMBER DILL SALAD

Steps:

• Place cucumber slices in a colander over a plate; sprinkle with salt and toss. Let stand for 15 minutes, stirring once. Rinse and drain well., In a large bowl, combine the vinegar, dill, sugar and pepper. Add cucumbers and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before serving.

SHRIMP PASTA SALAD WITH CUCUMBER AND DILL

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Add shrimp, and cook just until opaque throughout, about 30 seconds. Drain, and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. Drain again.
• Transfer pasta mixture to a bowl; toss with cucumber and dill. In another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, oil, lemon juice, and Dijon; season with salt and pepper.
• Add dressing to pasta mixture, and toss to combine.

BEST-EVER CUCUMBER DILL SALAD

Steps:

• Place cucumber slices in a colander. Generously sprinkle salt over cucumber; let sit until water starts to bead on the slices, about 10 minutes. Drain water from cucumber slices.
• Whisk sour cream, vinegar, yogurt, mayonnaise, lime juice, sugar, and dill together in a large bowl until dressing is smooth. Mix cucumber, onion, and celery into dressing until evenly coated; season with salt and pepper.

CUCUMBER, RED ONION, AND DILL SALAD

Steps:

• In the bottom of a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar, and salt. Toss in the cucumbers, red onions, and fresh dill. Cover and chill for at least 15 minutes.

DILL CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Bring vinegar, sugar, water, dill, and salt to a boil in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture over cucumbers in a large bowl; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
• Drain and discard vinegar mixture and stir sour cream into cucumbers. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

SHRIMP AND CUCUMBER SALAD WITH DILL VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in large saucepan; boil 10 minutes. Add shrimp; cook just until opaque in center, about 1 minute. Drain. Transfer shrimp to bowl. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Peel cucumbers and cut lengthwise in half. Using spoon, scrape out seeds and discard. Coarsely grate cucumbers. Transfer cucumbers to bowl of ice water. Whisk oil, vinegar, shallots, dill, and sugar in medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. (Cucumbers and vinaigrette can be made 3 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Drain cucumbers well. Transfer to paper towels; pat dry. Return cucumbers to bowl. Add 1/4 cup vinaigrette to bowl with shrimp and toss. Add remaining vinaigrette to cucumbers; toss to coat. Arrange 1 lettuce leaf on each of 8 plates. Using slotted spoon, divide cucumbers among lettuce leaves. Top each serving with 3 shrimp.

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH DILL VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Mix tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, and yellow bell peppers in a bowl; add vinegar, olive oil, capers, and dill. Toss to evenly coat vegetables with dressing.

SLOW-ROASTED SALMON WITH CUCUMBER DILL SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Quarter the cucumber, lengthwise, and remove the seeds, but leave on the skin. Thinly slice the cucumbers and mix with the salt in a colander. Set in the sink for about 1 hour to drain. Meanwhile, place the yogurt in a coffee filter-lined strainer and set over a bowl to drain, about 1 hour.
• Rinse the cucumbers with cold, running water. Press down on the cucumbers to extract as much liquid as possible and pat dry. Toss the cucumbers with the drained yogurt, dill, sugar, orange zest, cayenne, and season with pepper, to taste.
• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Cut the salmon lengthwise and then crosswise to make 4 equal squares of fish. Lightly sprinkle the salmon all over with a pinch of turmeric and rub in slightly to coat evenly. Season salmon with salt and pepper and place on a very lightly oiled oven-proof nonstick pan. Roast the salmon, turning the pieces carefully with a spatula after about 10 minutes, until just cooked through, about 20 minutes in all. (Slow-roasted salmon looks bright orange when done, and will be luscious in the center.) To serve, divide the cucumbers between 4 plates, top with the salmon and garnish with dill fronds.

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH RADISH AND DILL

Steps:

• Put cucumber, radish, and lemon zest in a medium bowl, and add cheese.
• Whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, dill, sugar, and garlic in another medium bowl, whisking until sugar has dissolved; season with salt and pepper. Whisk in the oil in a slow, steady stream until emulsified.
• Add vinaigrette to cucumber mixture; toss well. Garnish with dill. Discard garlic clove before serving.

CUCUMBER AND DILL PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain, and rinse in cold water. Transfer noodles to a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix together sour cream, milk, dill, vinegar, and salt and pepper. Set dressing aside.
• Mix cucumbers and tomatoes into the pasta. Pour in dressing, and mix thoroughly. Cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour and preferably overnight. Stir just before serving.

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH FRESH DILL

Steps:

• Wash the cucumber(s) and partially remove the peel in lengthwise strips using a vegetable peeler or fork and leaving a little skin between each strip.
• Thinly slice the cucumber lengthwise. Place the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the cucumber, onion, and dill, toss well.
• The salad can be served at once, but it will improve in flavor if you let the ingredients marinate for 5 minutes.

SMOKED SALMON, DILL AND CUCUMBER PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and chill by running it under cold tap water or, if you have time, putting it in a covered bowl in the refrigerator.
• Combine the yogurt, mayo, dill, salt, pepper, brown sugar, lemon juice and tabasco until well-blended (I use a kitchen mixer for this).
• Toss the dressing with the green onions, cucumber, salmon and pasta, (I use a mixer for this, too) and serve immediately.

SARASOTA'S CUCUMBER TOMATO SALAD IN A CREAMY DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Dressing -- Mix the yogurt, shallot. garlic, sugar, salt and pepper in a small bowl and set to the side.
• Salad -- In a medium bowl add the cucumbers and tomatoes. Now, if you can't find a seedless cucumber, use a "regular" cucumber and lightly seed it. .
• Add the dressing to the salad along with the fresh dill and toss lightly.
• Serve -- I love to serve mine over a bed of fresh greens and broiled fish on the side. ENJOY!

CUCUMBER DILL PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook shells per package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Drain again.
• In large bowl combine pasta with green onions and cucumbers.
• In another bowl, blend together dressing ingredients, adding more or less of ingredients to get the right taste for you.
• Toss dressing with pasta and refrigerate. Serve cold.
• Note: If refrigerated for long, the cucumbers will "weep" and make the salad less than appealing. Plan to eat this within 2 hours of making.

VEGAN CREAMY DILL CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Combine cucumbers, vegan mayonnaise, celery, lemon juice, fresh dill, garlic, salt, black pepper, and dried dill in a bowl.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

CUCUMBER SPAGHETTI SALAD WITH DILL

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to directions for "al dente" ; rinse. Drain well.
• Combine dressing, seasoned salt, pepper, dill weed, half & half. Stir together. Add cucumbers and onions; set aside.
• Combine with pasta. Chill.
• *Best when allowed to sit overnight so all the flavors and the sauce can absorb into the pasta.

CREAMY CUCUMBER SALAD WITH DILL

Steps:

• In a bowl mix together, the salad dressing, sugar, vinegar, dill, salt, and onion.
• Add the sliced cucumbers.
• Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or more.

SWEET AND SOUR CUCUMBER DILL SALAD

Steps:

• Place cucumber slices in a colander.
• Sprinkle with salt; toss to coat and let stand 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, stir vinegar, dill, sugar, and pepper in large bowl until sugar is dissolved.
• Drain cucumbers well and pat dry.
• Add cucumbers to dressing and stir to blend.
• Refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Serve cold.

CUCUMBER-DILL PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large salad bowl. Chill until serving time.