Description
A refreshing Cucumber Tzatziki Salad made with crisp cucumbers, tangy Greek yogurt, fresh herbs, and lemon. This easy salad is perfect for a healthy snack or as a side for summer cookouts.
Ingredients
Scale
1 English cucumber – (or medium-large regular cucumbers, see notes below)
¼ – ½ small red onion – to taste
1 tablespoon lemon juice – (from ½ small lemon)
½ cup plain whole fat Greek yogurt – (or reduced fat, see notes below)
2–3 tablespoons fresh dill – finely minced
10–20 fresh mint leaves – finely minced
¾ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ – ½ teaspoon salt – (I used a rounded ¼ teaspoon)
¼ – ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Optional: Peel the cucumber (I recommend this if it has tough skin), or peel it halfway (alternating green strips with white peeled strips). Also optional: scoop out the seeds after slicing the cucumber in half lengthwise. I used an English cucumber and left it unpeeled and with seeds intact.
- Slice the cucumber very thinly, and if you want smaller pieces, chop the circles into quarters. You should have about 2 cups of chopped cucumber.
- You can do this two ways: (1) by slicing the cucumber into quarters long-wise and then thinly slicing each cucumber strip, or (2) using a mandoline slicer to slice the cucumber into circles, then stack the circles into 2-3 inch stacks and chop into quarters.
- Thinly slice the red onion, then chop the red onion slices into roughly the same size as your cucumber pieces. Combine the sliced red onion with the lemon juice and salt in a small non-reactive bowl (use a glass bowl, stainless steel bowl, or ceramic bowl), stir, and let sit while you gather the rest of the ingredients.
- In a large bowl, combine the chopped cucumber along with the rest of your ingredients and the red onion and lemon juice. Mix well. Adjust the flavor if needed with more salt and/or lemon juice.
- Enjoy immediately or refrigerate and enjoy within 1-2 days.
Notes
- You can leave the cucumber unpeeled if you’re using English cucumbers.
- Feel free to adjust the amount of lemon juice and salt to your taste.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: Greek
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
Keywords: Cucumber Tzatziki Salad, healthy salad, Greek yogurt salad, summer recipe, refreshing salad, cucumber salad