Cool down this summer effectively with 2 crunchy, sweet, refreshing, and nutritious cucumber salads for your family meal. With just a few simple mixing steps, you can successfully prepare it. Get cooking with TasteVN right now to see the recipe for this mixed salad!
1. Cucumber Tomato Salad
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Cucumber Tomato Salad Serves 2
Cucumber 400 gr Cherry tomatoes 200 gr Minced garlic 1 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar 3 tablespoons Olive oil 2 tablespoons Sugar 2 tablespoons Salt 1/3 tablespoon Pepper 1/3 tablespoon
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How to Make Cucumber Tomato Salad
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Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the cucumber and cherry tomatoes thoroughly.
Then, slice them thinly with a thickness of about 0.5cm, and cut the tomatoes into quarters.
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Mixing dressing
Put 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of salt, 1/3 tablespoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a bowl, then stir well to combine.
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Tossing salad
Add cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and the dressing into a bowl and mix well to let the vegetables absorb the flavors.
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Final product
The salad has a crunchy sweetness from the cucumbers, while the cherry tomatoes are juicy with a slight tartness, perfectly blended with the delicious sweet and sour dressing. You can enjoy it with boiled eggs to enhance the flavor of the dish!
2. Cucumber tomato salad with mayonnaise dressing
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Processing
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Cucumber Tomato Salad with Mayonnaise Dressing Serves 2
Salad 100 gr Cucumber 2 pieces Tomato 2 pieces Cilantro 5 gr Lemon 1 piece Salt 1 teaspoon Sugar 1 teaspoon Mayonnaise A little Filtered water 2 tablespoons
How to Choose Fresh Salad Greens
- You should choose plants with long stems, leaves that are bright green on the outside, and layers inside that gradually lighten to white green.
- Choose plants whose stems feel slightly slimy when broken. This indicates that the lettuce is fresh, recently harvested, and sweeter.
- Additionally, good lettuce will be tightly curled and have a light fragrance.
- Avoid choosing lettuce that shows signs of yellowing, wilting, or has brownish-black slimy water at the stem. These are signs that the salad is about to spoil.
See details: How to make mayonnaise in 2 minutes
How to prepare Cucumber Tomato Salad with mayonnaise dressing
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the salad greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and coriander thoroughly.
Then, use a knife to cut the salad greens into small pieces and chop the coriander into pieces about the length of a small finger.
Peel the cucumber and then slice it thinly (0.5cm). Similarly, slice the tomato thinly.
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Mix the dressing
In a bowl, combine the juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons of water, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Stir well until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
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Mixing the salad
Put the prepared vegetables and the dressing into a bowl and mix well.
After mixing, let it sit for about 5 – 10 minutes for the vegetables to absorb the seasoning.
Finally, drizzle a little mayonnaise on top of the salad to finish.
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Final product
The salad is crunchy and sweet, with a light sourness from the vegetables, combined with the creamy mayonnaise, making it both refreshing and nutritious.
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good cucumbers
- Shape: Choose cucumbers that are long, evenly shaped, straight, feel firm when picked up, and avoid those that are bulging in the middle or have small heads and tails. Additionally, do not choose cucumbers that are too large or too small as they may taste bitter.
- Cucumber skin: It is best to choose cucumbers with intact skin, no dark spots or yellowing, and a layer of white powder on the surface. Cucumbers with small bumps on the body are preferable.
- Color: Choose cucumbers that are uniformly green. Avoid cucumbers that are light yellow or overly dark green as they are often spoiled or chemically treated.
- Cucumber stem: Cucumbers with fresh stems at the top and the flower bud still intact at the bottom are young and fresh, and they taste sweeter than the others.
How to choose good tomatoes
- Naturally ripe tomatoes have a plump skin and bright red color. If you look closely, you will see specks of moisture in the flesh of the fruit through the skin. When you cut the fruit, you will see the bright red flesh with seeds that are white.
- You should choose firm tomatoes; avoid those that are soft as they spoil quickly and bruise easily.
- If the stem of the tomato is fresh green and tightly attached to the body, it means the fruit is naturally ripe.
- Compared to naturally ripe tomatoes, chemically treated tomatoes often lack fragrance, are not red, and are quite hard. When cooked, these tomatoes take a long time to soften, have less pulp, and a pale red color.
How to prepare cucumbers without bitterness
Method 1: Cut off both ends of the cucumber and vigorously rub the ends in a circular motion until a white frothy layer appears. Removing this white froth will eliminate the bitter compounds in the fruit.
Method 2: Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. Sprinkle a little salt on the surface of one half and rub them together until white froth appears. Then rinse the cucumber with water and enjoy.
TasteVN wishes you success in making these simple, refreshing 2 cucumber and tomato salads with mayonnaise dressing!
*Source of the recipe and images from the YouTube channel Feedy Delicious Dishes and Delicious Dish Today
