Turkish Cucumber Salad

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This delicious and easy Turkish cucumber salad is made with a few simple ingredients and is so tasty!

This recipe is similar to the Turkish dish cacik and can be served as a side or topping - similar to tzatziki.

Why You'll Love This Easy Salad

A refreshing and simple side salad can really complete a meal. This one is perfect to serve alongside chicken kebabs, grilled steak, or even pasta.

What I think you'll love about this salad is how few ingredients you need to make a really great little dish!

Ingredients You'll Need

Greek Yogurt - You'll use 1 ½ cups of greek yogurt as the base of this recipe.

Cucumbers - You'll use 4 small, Persian cumbers for this recipe. You can slice them into coins if you'd like this to be more of a salad, or you can dice them if you want this to be more of a sauce (ie. you're going to use it as a topping or dip).

Herbs - You'll need both fresh mint and dill for this recipe. I think the fresh herbs are essential because they impart so much flavor!

Garlic - You'll need 1 garlic clove that you either finely mince or (preferably) grate. You want it to be almost a paste so that it gives each bite a subtle garlic flavor.

Salt - You'll use a teaspoon of sea salt to finish this dish.

More Turkish Recipes to Try

If you love Mediterranean flavors and fresh ingredients, check out some of our other favorite Turkish-inspired recipes.

• Menemen (Turkish Eggs Recipe) - a delicious breakfast recipe combining eggs, tomato, and green pepper.
• Turkish Lentil Soup (Mercimek Corbasi) - a warming bowl of creamy lentil soup.
• Shepherds Salad (Turkish Chopped Salad) - an easy salad recipe with loads of fresh ingredients.

Tips for Making this Recipe

Storing Tips - You can save this dish for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Let it come closer to room temperature before serving though.

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