Creamy cucumber salad is a light and refreshing side salad with crisp cucumber slices, fresh dill and tossed in a delicious sour cream dressing. It’s perfect for any summer meal.

wooden spoon lifting cucumber salad serving from bowl

Creamy Cucumber Salad

We love this recipe, especially in the summer, because it’s so fresh. The dill is the deal breaker because it adds a whallop of flavor that you can’t get with other herbs.

This salad tastes like it came right from the garden! It really is the best cucumber salad.

Creamy Cucumber Salad Ingredients

water, vinegar, dill, cucumber slices, sour cream, salt and pepper, and sugar on table

cucumbers – you’ll need 2-3 cucumbers to make a side dish
sour cream – just 3/4 cup
cider vinegar – either apple cider or you can use a white vinegar
water – 1/3 cup water
sugar – this will counter the cider
salt and pepper – we use 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 of pepper, but you can add it to taste
dill – FRESH dill makes all the difference.

How to Make Cucumber Salad

step by step images of making cucumber salad: making dressing, adding sliced cucumbers

Start by slicing two medium cucumbers. You can use a mandolin or just slice them thin with a knife. The thickness of each slice is up to you.

In a medium mixing bowl, make the dressing by mixing the sour cream, vinegar, and water until combined. Add the seasonings and stir again.

Pour the mixture over the sliced cucumbers and toss to coat all the cucumber slices. Refrigerate for a few hours so the flavors of the dressing can set.

Just before serving sprinkle some fresh dill on top.

Serving bowl with cucumber salad side dish.

How to Cut Cucumber for Salad?

All you need to do for this side salad is to cut the cucumbers into slices. You can do this with a regular kitchen knife, or use a mandolin.

Some people like to peel the skin off of the cucumber and you can certainly do that. I think if you don’t want the skin, a creative alternative is to slice the skin off in rows, leaving some of the skin on. This leaves some green in the salad and makes for a great presentation.

Tips

You will have extra dressing leftover so you can add more cucumbers if you want a larger salad.

Some people like to add red onion to the recipe.

Other Side Dish Recipes You’ll Love

Jiffy corn casserole
Chinese chicken salad
Coleslaw

Creamy Cucumber Salad

Prep Time 10

Chill Time 2

Total Time 2 10

Ingredients

Instructions

Slice cucumbers into coins, thin
2 medium cucumbers
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix together sour cream, vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and pepper, and dill.
¾ cup sour cream, ½ cup cider vinegar, ⅓ cup water, 2 Tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon pepper, 2 TBSP fresh dill
Add sliced cucumbers and mix to completely cover cucumbers with the sour cream mixture.
Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Remove from refrigerator and drain excess liquid. Sprinkle with dill and serve.