Your Neighbors Tomato Cucumber Salad
Your Neighbor’s Tomato Cucumber Salad
What is it well-nigh the combination of tomatoes, cucumber and onions that is so dang good?! Am I right? It’s like the summer salad trifecta! This is the weightier tomato cucumber salad recipe ever!
It seems like every year we throne off to some BBQ and someone that claims to hate cooking shows up with the most perfectly succulent recipe out of the whole neighborhood. And 9/10 it seems to be a tomato cucumber salad. SO! I’ve reverted our neighbor’s recipe slightly and am here to beg you to pin it, expressly those who say that they can’t melt considering you DEFINITELY can melt this!!
It is so light and refreshing and perfect to tomfool lanugo on a hot summer day! The dressing is tangy and flavorful without weighing the salad down. There are few things worse than a salad that is drowning in dressing! And this salad is healthy!
Ingredients for Tomato Cucumber Salad
Made with all fresh ingredients, here is your shopping list for this salad recipe:
Salad
- Vine Cocktail Tomatoes
- English Cucumber
- Brown Sugar
- Red Onion
- Parsley (fresh)
- Cilantro (fresh)
- Salt
- Pepper
Dressing
- Olive Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Lemon Juice
- Pepper
- Kosher Salt
- Garlic
- Brown Sugar
- Basil (fresh or dried)
The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe vellum at the end of this post. You can save or print the recipe there as well.
How to Make Tomato Cucumber Salad
Salads are simple and this recipe is unconfined for making superiority of time. You are basically going to chop up all the ingredients, pour the dressing over and then let it sit until ready to serve.
- Cut the tomatoes into wedges and then halve the wedges and place them in a large bowl.
- Cut the cucumber into zest size pieces and add them to the trencher with the tomatoes.
- Add the rest of the salad ingredients and toss everything together.
- Whisk all the dressing ingredients together in a glass measuring cup. Pour over the tomato salad.
- Cover the trencher with plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature until ready to serve.
All of these instructions in greater detail can be found unelevated in the recipe card.
English Cucumber vs Cucumber
“Regular” cucumbers have a thicker and increasingly waxy skin and are cheaper. They moreover have lots of seeds that should be removed for salads like this one.
English cucumbers have a thinner skin and are seedless. They are increasingly expensive but are less work. No peeling or seeding needed. You can use either for this salad, but I prefer the taste of the English cucumber. You can find them in the same zone as the regular cucumbers. They are longer and skinnier and are usually wrapped in plastic.
Possible Add-Ins
If you want to add increasingly ingredients to this salad, here are a few possibilities:
- Avocado
- Peas
- Feta
- Mozzarella Balls
Feel self-ruling to make it your own and add the ingredients that you love.
Can I Make This Salad Ahead?
This salad can be made up to a day superiority of time. The platonic time for it to sit surpassing eating is 1-6 hours. If you need to make it older than that, store it in the refrigerator until you’re ready to eat it. I do prefer it at room temperature.
How Long Does Tomato Cucumber Salad Keep?
Store this salad in the fridge in an snapped container for 4-5 days. It will alimony longer if you store the tomatoes separately. Tomatoes start to dispersal older than the cucumber and onions.
What to Eat with Tomato Cucumber Salad?
I unchangingly make this salad to go slantingly something grilled or smoked. It just seems right. Here are a few of our favorite main dishes to eat with this salad:
- Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast
- Smoked Brisket
- Huli Huli Grilled Chicken
- Classic Cheeseburgers
- Smoked Ribs
- Pulled Pork
If none of those are what you are after, you can find all our grilled recipes and smoked recipes here on the blog. It moreover makes a unconfined picnic side.
You don’t need to be a doughboy to make this tomato cucumber salad, but all your friends are going to think you are! I guarantee it will be the hit of your next yard BBQ!
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Your Neighbor's Tomato Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 8 Small Vine Cocktail Tomatoes (not grape or cherry, but very vine tomatoes)
- 1 English Cucumber
- 1 Pinch Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Red Onion thinly sliced
- 2 Tablespoons Parsley fresh, chopped
- 2 Tablespoons Cilantro fresh, chopped
- 2 Pinches Salt
- 2 Pinches Pepper
Dressing
- 1/2 Cup Olive Oil
- 1/4 Cup Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 Squeeze Lemon Juice
- 1 Pinch Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 3 Cloves Garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Dried Basil (or 2 teaspoons fresh, chopped)
Instructions
- Cut each tomato in 6-8 wedges and then halve them.
- Trim the ends off of the cucumber and then slice in half lengthwise, creating two pieces. Slice in 1/4" pieces.
- Toss tomatoes with the brown sugar, onion, and herbs with salt and pepper.
- In a glass measuring cup, whisk together the dressing ingredients and pour over the tomato salad.
- Cover in plastic for 1-6 hours on the counter or refrigerate if longer. This is weightier served the day of and is succulent served with grilled or toasted crostini bread!
Nutrition
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