383 cucumber recipes

A no-cook marinated string bean salad with mushrooms, cucumber, cauliflower, and pimentos in a tangy champagne vinegar dressing. Make ahead, fat-free, perfect for picnics and potlucks.

Old-world fermented garlic pickles with cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, and celery in a salt brine with mustard seed, peppercorns, and bay. Crunchy lacto-fermented crock pickles in 10 days.

Laksa lemak with thick rice noodles, shrimp, bean sprouts, and cucumber in a rich coconut curry broth. A classic Malaysian noodle soup where the shrimp poaching liquid becomes the base of the laksa gravy.

Quick-pickled raw vegetables in a dill seed, apple cider vinegar, and hot sauce brine. Ready after 24 hours in the fridge, no canning required.

Fungus among us salad tosses crisp iceberg, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and red onion with chilled creamed spinach as a green, gloopy 'fungus' dressing. A Halloween party gross-out salad kids love.

Marinated vegetable toss with tomatoes, radishes, red onion, celery, and cucumber in Italian dressing, chilled overnight. A crunchy, make-ahead side salad with no cooking required.

Orange onion shrimp salad with avocado, cucumber, and a bold chili dressing. A fresh, no-cook meal with sweet citrus, creamy avocado, and spicy heat in every forkful.

Bright red cinnamon-spiked Christmas pickles made from cucumber rings soaked in lime water, boiled with red hots candy, and canned in a sweet syrup. A multi-day Southern canning tradition.

Greek-style burger sauce with yogurt, cucumber, mint, oregano, cumin, and a splash of red wine. A homemade tzatziki-inspired topping for grilled burgers.

Traditional Vietnamese herb and vegetable platter with fresh mint, cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, cucumber, and tropical fruits. The essential accompaniment for pho, banh mi, and spring rolls.

To bring out the natural sweetness of ham and to keep it juicy during grilling, we glazed ham steaks with orange juice and tequila.

Pickled baby corn on the cob in a sweet-sour brine with turmeric, celery seed, and garlic. Refrigerator pickle that turns sunshine yellow and lasts a week.

Pickled bell pepper strips preserved in a sweet vinegar brine with garlic and pickling salt. Home canning recipe for crunchy, sweet-tart pepper pickles. Perfect for sandwiches, charcuterie, or condiments.

Chunky game day salsa with pureed chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumber, celery, green chiles, cilantro, and lime. A thick, scoopable, protein-packed dip that makes 16 servings with zero cooking.

Indonesian rujak fruit salad tosses cucumber, jicama, mango, papaya, pineapple, and Granny Smith apple in a chunky peanut, chile, palm sugar, and tamarind sauce. Sweet, sour, salty, fiery in one bite.

Oshkinigikwe is a Native American tomato stew with shallots, cucumber, and corn flour. A simple, plant-based dish thickened naturally with just seven ingredients.