Chive Cucumber Salad Recipes

CUCUMBER SALAD WITH SOUR CREAM AND CHIVES (GERMAN GURKENSALAT)

Steps:

• Peel cucumbers and slice them paper thin (or as thinly as possible), and drain if watery.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the sour cream and chives. Add cucumber slices and stir gently to coat.
• Season to taste with salt (go easy on the salt) and pepper.
• Serve immediately, or cover and chill for up to one day.

CHIVE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine cucumbers and sour cream. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Stir in remaining ingredients just before serving.

MY MOTHER'S EASY CUCUMBER SALAD WITH TOMATOES AND CHIVES

Steps:

• Peel the cucumber. Sometimes we just dragged a fork down the unpeeled cucumber over and over to create a striped design. Chop the cucumber into quarter-inch pieces. We always included the seeds in the regular cucumbers, but nowadays, chefs would probably leave them out.
• Combine the cucumber, vinegar and chives in a medium bowl. My mother used plain white vinegar, but you may wish to experiment with one of the many vinegar varieties.
• Chop the tomato into roughly the same size pieces as the cucumber pieces. Add to the bowl and salt to taste.
• Refrigerate about 4 hours until nicely chilled and serve with a slotted spoon.