Cucumber and red onion salad with sour cream

Despite the minimum number of ingredients and ease of preparation, a cucumber and red onion salad turns out to be very unusual. Red onion has a milder taste compared to regular onions, and besides, it is marinated. Therefore, do not be afraid of a large amount of onions, the salad will turn out to taste not aggressive, but slightly spicy. Sour cream is used as a dressing, which perfectly combines the components of the salad and brings the appropriate creamy sourness.

Ingredients

• Cucumbers - 280 g
• Red onion - 120 g
• Sour cream with a fat content of 20% - 60 g
• Fresh dill - 5 g
• Table vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp. spoon incomplete
• Sugar - 1 teaspoon without a slide
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - 2 pinches

Directions

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.
2. For this salad, you need to choose medium-sized cucumbers, as they need to be cut into circles.
3. Peel the red onion and cut into thin half rings.
4. Transfer the onion to a bowl, sprinkle with salt, sugar, black pepper and pour in the vinegar.
5. Remember the onion with your hand so that it becomes softer and leave to marinate.
6. While the onions are marinating, wash the cucumbers, trim the edges. If the peel of cucumbers is rough, cut it off too. Leave a thin peel - so the salad will look more beautiful.
7. Cut cucumbers into thin circles.
8. Wash the dill, dry and chop.
9. Squeeze the pickled onion from the liquid and add cucumbers and dill to it.
10. Dress the salad with sour cream and mix. This cucumber and onion salad is perfect for barbecue.
11. Salad of cucumbers and onions with sour cream is ready. Serve it immediately after preparation.
12. Bon appetit!