Basil Cucumber Salad

Basil Cucumber Salad

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Yield: 1batch

    • About This Recipe

    “This is a nice Indonesian salad, quick and easy to prepare and goes well with everything.”

    Ingredients

  • 2lbscucumbers
  • 1/2 cupchopped fresh basil
  • 1 -2mediumred onion
  • to tastecurrants(optional)
  • to tastegarlic powder
  • to taste red pepper flakes orto tastewhite wine vinegar
  • to tastewater
  • 1cuptomato, chopped(optional)

    • Directions

  • Thin-slice the cucumbers and onions and put them in a container.
  • Rip or chop the basil and toss it in.
  • Pour in vinegar and water.
  • I use less vinegar than water, but you want the vinegar a little strong so it will get into the cucumber.
  • Sprinkle in some garlic, maybe 1/2 teaspoon? Let this marinate for at least 2 hours.
  • It keeps well in the refrigerator for days.
  • Add the tomatoes atthe last minute.

    • Reviews

  • “We found this to be very tasty. Omitted the currents and used 1/2 cup each red wine vinegar and water. Thank you for the recipe.”

  • “Wonderful fresh taste the whole family loved it so very much. I also had to use the red wine and water. The basil made very good taste. This is a keeper for us. Thank You!”

  • “We thought this was ok, but seemed to be lacking something.The flavor wasn’t bad, just there was no zing of taste to make it interesting.I used balsamic vinegar which was nice, but perhaps I need to use a different kind of vinegar?”

  • “Lovely flavorsome combination.I used chiliflakes and then mixed Balsamic vinegar with a tsp of honey mustard – great tasting.I used sweet walla walla onions from the garden – I didn’t have any red onesThanks Dancer for posting”

  • “Yummy salad! It reminds me of the salad that comes with Thai food, only a tad more complex.I used English cucumbers (seedless) and speckled opal basil, and real garlic (1/2 clove); for the tomatoes, I cut in half grape tomatoes because I like the look of whole tomatoes rather than bits. Followed the remaining recipe by adding the currants, red onions and red pepper flakes. This is so good with linguine with peanut sauce with cilantro!Thanks for a simple, inexpensive yet pretty (and tasty salad) !”

  • “nice lite recipe.only had white onion, used dry basil, sniped prune for currant, also added julienne of sweet red pepper to get the red onion “feel”, used apple cider vinegar and water.query: “red pepper flakes “or” white wine vinegar” I just omitted the red pepper flake”

  • “this was a good little salad–i wish i had some currants on hand, that might have added some interest.i had to guess how much vinegar and water to use.”

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