Just inherited a bunch of cucumbers from a friend’s garden. I love them just on their own with some salt, and have made many a salad using them. I’m curious what kinds of fun things you all may use them for. Even if you feel like it’s basic please share as I will be eating cucumbers for the next several days straight lol. Thanks for any and all suggestions!
I, too, like to scare cats with cucumbers.
That’s what we’re talking about, right?
A basic cucumber salad with some onion, tomato and vinegar dressing is always great.
This is my go-to summer salad! Chunks of tomato and cucumber with thin-sliced shallot or red onion, salt and let sit for ~20 minutes to release some liquid, drain and add chopped avocado and your favorite canned bean (I like cannellini), dress with black pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Tzaziki is one of my favourite uses for cucumber, plus you can really put a lot in there. Another option might be raita!
Korean spicy seasoned cucumber (oi muchim) is awesome with any meal with rice. Other than gochugaru (hot pepper flakes), every other ingredient you can get at a typical grocery store. I always have gochugaru on hand so I make this pretty regularly with lunch
Absolutely this. I make a slightly different version.
Halve a few cucumbers, chop into 1/2" pieces, I then crush line under a plate or bowl, not to pulp but just to break them up some. Salt and set aside for a few minutes to draw some moisture out. Drain, then add a tbsp or so of gochujang, a clove or so of garlic, tsp or so sesame oil, splash ponzu, 1 tsp sugar, and chili flakes to taste.
Honestly I’ve even just parsed it down to gochujang and sesame oil and it’s great.
Excellent side dish to so many things.
I like them in salads, but when is harvesting season and I have lots of them I like to add them to pasta veggie mixes.
Usually I add them at the end of cooking to be lightly roasted but still crunchy.
Edit: roasted autoerection in action ;-)
So jealous of the amount of Raita you could be eating right now.
I would try to make biryani as my raita delivery vehicle.
