Hungarian Cucumber Salad

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This is a hungarian dish from epicurious .com. Posted for ZWT4"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 cucumbers, medium
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 cup white vinegar
• 1 dash garlic powder
• 1⁄2 cup water
• sweet paprika
• black pepper

directions

1. Peel the cucumbers and slice them very thin.
2. Sprinkle the cucumbers with salt and let stand for 30-60 minutes with a plate and a 5 lb weight on top.
3. Squeeze out the water on a paper towel.
4. Combine the sugar, vinegar, garlic powder, and water.
5. Add the cucumbers and marinate for a few hours.
6. To serve, sprinkle paprika on half of the salad and black pepper on the other half.

Reviews

[jessymroberts]

REALLY LOVED THIS SALAD! We've been out of town for a week and I've been craving something healthy and this hit the spot! Made as directed, except my cucumbers are sliced a little thick (my 8-yr daughter helped me fix this and she sliced the cucumber) and I drained off the liquid before putting into a bowl and seasoning with the paprika and black pepper. I used an English cucumber, as that's what I had in the refrigerator.

 

[Dienia B.]

Refreshing nice side

 

[LucyS-D]

I would have never thought of adding garlic to cucumber, but it works well. A nice clean cucumber salad.

 

[Tisme]

This was a great way to serve cucumber.<br/>I id not let it marinade as long as required, as I had time constrants, I also drained off the vinegar mix as I needed to serve on a platter with salad, but it worked really well.<br/>I had no paprika (which I thought I had on hand) so I just sprinkled with chopped chives and pepper.<br/>The vinegar marinade gave such a wonderful sweet & sour taste to the cucumber. We liked this recipe very much here.<br/>Thanks Lavender Lynn.

 

[nemokitty]

This turned out delicious! I used 1 big Japanese cucumber and added a sweet onion. I also added more garlic powder than called for. Very tasty!!