Cucumber Salad is a necessary recipe to make at the end of summer or early fall because gardens and farmers markets always have a few end of season cucumbers that shouldn’t go to waste. The trick to a great cucumber salad is not masking the cucumber flavor with splashing too much vinegar over them. That’s why this recipe for cucumber salad with dill dressing and grilled chicken is a great alternative to just splashing some vinegar over cucumbers and red onion.
What is cucumber salad?
Cucumber Salad traditionally has sliced or chopped cucumbers that are usually mixed with dill. It usually has either a vinegar or cream based dressing. For this recipe chicken tenders are also added to make a main course meal and not a side salad.
Keep cucumber salad simple.
This recipe only has a few ingredients. First, chop a whole cucumber into small 1/2 inch pieces. Next grab a few cherry tomatoes to compliment the cucumber. Last take some Peppadew peppers in vinegar and slice them up. The peppers are pickled and sweet so they don’t overwhelm the cucumbers. They also give off the tiniest bit of heat which goes well with the creamy dressing.
What dressing goes best with cucumber salad?
Make a creamy dill yogurt dressing that is very light and not too thick. It’s super simple to make. Take 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and two table spoons of yogurt and mix them. Add some chopped fresh dill, a pinch of salt, pinch of pepper, and a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar or German vinegar. You want a vinegar that is not too strong. Mix these ingredients in a bowl and add the chopped cucumber.
Dill Yogurt Dressing
What should you top the cucumber salad with?
Fire up your grill and put a few chicken tenderloins on the grill. Bring your grill up to 400 degrees F and place 5 tenderloins on the grill grates over direct heat and lower the cover. Grill for 5 minutes and then flip. Grill for another 5 minutes until they reach a temp of 165 degrees F.
Grilled Chicken Tenders from Sear Marks
Take the chicken off the grill and chop into small bite size pieces.
Mix all the other ingredients and your done! Very simple and very fresh end of summer cucumber salad with creamy dill dressing and grilled chicken. Enjoy!
Cucumber Tomato Pepper on cutting board
Plated Cucumber Salad with grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes and Peppadew Peppers in a creamy dill sauce.
Is Cucumber Salad Healthy?
Absolutely cucumber salad is healthy. Because cucumbers are low calorie and consist of a lot of water they are great for folks looking to lose weight. So go grab the remaining cucumbers out of the garden and make this recipe for cucumber salad with dill dressing and grilled chicken. It’s simple delicious and healthy.
Cucumber Salad
If you like this salad recipes. Try these Sear Marks other salad recipes. Click the links below!
Steak Summer Kale Salad with Plum Vinaigrette
Southwestern Grilled Chicken Salad
Cucumber Salad with Grilled Chicken
Chopped Cucumbers, Fresh Cherry Tomatoes, Peppadew Peppers and Grilled Chicken mixed with tangy dill dressing to make for a refreshing healthy salad.
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Size Cucumber chopped
- 5 small Peppadew peppers chopped
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 5 chicken tenders
- For dressing
- 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- small handful chopped fresh dill
- pinch of salt
- pinch of pepper
- tablespoon of rice wine vinegar
Instructions
Chop cucumber into small 1/2 inch pieces and combine with dressing
Heat gas grill to 450 degrees
Place salted chicken tenders on grill.
Flip after 5 minutes and continue to grill until tenders reach temp of 170 degrees.
Place cucumber salad mixture on plate and then add peppers and tomatoes.
Chop tenders and place on top of cucumber salad.
Notes
Look for medium sized cucumbers for this recipe.
No Comments