A classic tomato salad with sweet onion and cucumber and a nicely balanced vinegar based dressing.
Cucumber Tomato and Onion Salad
I love cucumber, tomato and onion salad combinations and I eat them constantly over these hot summers, so I am always playing around with them.
It's pretty amazing how subtle changes in the same basic ingredients can completely alter the texture and taste in them and the dressing on this one is a great balance between tart and sweet to me.
I never quite understood the addition of water to this kind of salad because in my experience, I felt it just gave a watered down result when combined with the accumulated juices from the cucumbers and tomatoes, but I thought I'd give it another try.
Well, turns out that sometimes a little water is needed to provide some additional liquid without overpowering the mix with too much vinegar or oil!
I also thought that rather than a very typical white vinegar that is often used in this classic blend, or even a cider vinegar, I've grown fond of using a white wine vinegar instead, for an additional boost of flavor!
Just a quick reminder.... as always, full recipe text with measurements and instructions, as well as a printable document, are a little bit further down the page. Just swipe or scroll past the step-by-step pictures below.Here's how to make this Cucumber Tomato and Onion Salad.
Gather up your dressing ingredients. I'm using:
1/2 cup room temperature water
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Add to a lidded storage bowl.
Add cucumbers and onions to the dressing.
Add tomatoes, with their juices.
Toss. Cover and set aside on the counter until needed, giving it a toss occasionally.
You may also refrigerate for a few hours to let flavors meld, but allow enough time before serving to let the salad come to room temperature if refrigerated.
For more of my favorite cucumber and tomato salads, check out this collection on my Pinterest page!
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Note: As an Amazon.com Services LLC Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases linked in my posts and marked as #ad or #affiliate links.Use a whisk to emulsify. I have many whisks but I am super fond of this one. It's a push style (#ad) so it requires no hand action, just push to whisk. A little easier on the hands!
Add tomatoes, with their juices.
Toss. Cover and set aside on the counter until needed, giving it a toss occasionally.
You may also refrigerate for a few hours to let flavors meld, but allow enough time before serving to let the salad come to room temperature if refrigerated.
For more of my favorite cucumber and tomato salads, check out this collection on my Pinterest page!
If you are unable to view the above printable above on your device, tap/click here for a Google backup.
Thank you for supporting my work! Please note that Images and Full Post Content including photographs and recipe ©Deep South Dish. Recipes are offered for your own personal use only and while pinning and sharing links is welcomed and encouraged, do not copy and paste post or recipe text to repost or republish to any social media (such as other Facebook pages, etc.), blogs, websites, forums, or any print medium, without explicit prior permission. Unauthorized use of content from ©Deep South Dish is a violation of both the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and copyright law. All rights reserved.
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