Cucumber Salad Recipe

A frozen cucumber salad recipe made with sliced cucumbers and onions and marinated in a sugar and vinegar dressing. Serve for brunch, a picnic, or dinner.

These freezer cucumber slices are just like the kind you remember your mom or grandmother making. They taste exactly like you remember them.

You can make this recipe the night before to serve for brunch or pack it along as a wonderful vegetable salad for picnic food or as a side dish to a lighter dinner.

This cucumber recipe is meant to be frozen so it can be enjoyed at a later time, but if you cannot wait, it is delicious to eat fresh as well.

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Cucumber Salad Recipe

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Make this recipe at least 2-3 hours ahead, but preferably a day ahead.

Ingredient List:

2 quarts peeled cucumbers (about 8 cups)
1 small onion, chopped or sliced
1 Tablespoon Salt
Water
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Dressing:

1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 cup white vinegar

Kitchen Equipment Needed

Large Mixing Bowl

Instructions:

Step 1: Wash, peel and slice about 6-8 medium sized cucumbers to make 2 quarts (about 8 cups). Place them in a deep glass or stoneware mixing bowl.

Step 2: Chop or slice 1 small onion and add to the cucumbers.

Step 3: Sprinkle 1 Tablespoon of salt over the cucumbers. Add enough water to just cover the cucumbers and place a plate on top to keep them weighted down. Let sit for two hours.

Step 4: Drain the cucumbers and onions in a colander and rinse them well to remove the excess salt.

Step 5: Place the cucumbers back in the same bowl and add the sugar and vinegar. Mix well until sugar is dissolved.

For Freezing: You can freeze this cucumber salad right away in a freezer safe container.

For eating the next day: Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator overnight and they are ready to eat for brunch or dinner or take to a picnic.

Serves 6.

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