Creamy Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream and Dill

This 10-minute creamy cucumber salad with sour cream and dill has only 5 main ingredients. It’s crunchy, cooling, and requires no cooking.

I love making this creamy cucumber salad as a quick and easy veggie side. It’s easy as can be and goes well with anything grilled. This couldn’t be easier. All you need is a knife!

Bonus: No cooking means no heating up the house on a summer evening! 

Ingredients

• Crunchy, thin-skinned cucumbers work best. You don’t need to peel or de-seed them. The long English cucumbers or the small Persian varieties are both perfect. Need help choosing a cucumber variety? Check out this guide!
• Sweet onions bump up the flavor and add a little textural variety. Use Vidalia onions if you can find them. If not, a regular sweet onion will do. 
• An easy sour cream and dill dressing with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Fresh and freeze-dried dill both work well. 

How to make it

• Slice the cucumbers into rounds. Then, peel and thinly slice the onion.
• Make a quick dressing with sour cream, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Mix in fresh dill or freeze-dried dill, and it’s ready to go. So easy and delicious!
• Serve this immediately after making it. If it sits too long, the cucumbers start to release water. 

Substitutions

You can use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream for a higher protein option.

How to serve creamy cucumber salad

• This is the perfect summer side dish or a quick veggie-loaded snack!
• Try it with a pesto chicken pressed sandwich.
• I love serving this with freshly grilled entrees like grilled chicken. 

Looking for other deli-style salads?

• 5 Minute Coleslaw
• Cranberry Chicken Salad
• Summer Veggie Pasta Salad
• Tortellini Caprese Salad
• Crunchy Broccoli Salad

Did you try this easy creamy cucumber salad? Let me know in the comments!

Print