Cucumber recipe collection

Classic cold sesame noodles with peanut butter, tahini, Hunan pepper sauce, and crunchy cucumber. Nutty, spicy, and slurp-worthy Chinese noodles ready in about an hour.

Stunning Chinese shredded vegetable and chicken platter with wood ear fungus, egg strips, and a ginger-mustard sesame dressing. A composed cold salad that looks as spectacular as it tastes.

Cold stuffed tomatoes filled with crunchy diced cucumber, cabbage, peppers, and celery, topped with curry-spiked mayo. A retro summer salad-stuffed appetizer that pre-makes for parties.

A cool, creamy cottage cheese and sour cream dip loaded with crunchy cucumber, radishes, and green onion. No cooking required. Just mix, chill, and scoop with pita or fresh veggies.

A delicious accompaniment for any dish. Vary the number of chili peppers in the sauce according to personal taste.

Pennsylvania Dutch-style cucumber salad with paper-thin slices salt-wilted and dressed in tangy sour cream, vinegar, and paprika. Cool, crisp, and old-fashioned.

A cool, no-cook cucumber sauce with mayo, fresh lemon zest, lemon juice, and dill. Spoon it over broiled, poached, or fried fish for an instant flavor upgrade. Five ingredients, five minutes.

Classic bread and butter pickles with thin-sliced cucumbers and onions in sweet-tangy brine. Canning recipe makes 8 pints for year-round crunch.

Shrimp, chicken, water chestnuts, and Chinese ham wrapped in pork caul fat, deep-fried into crispy golden rolls, and served with hoisin dipping sauce. An impressive Chinese banquet appetizer with showstopping presentation.

Old-fashioned crystal pickles brined for 8 days then boiled in a sweet spiced vinegar syrup until translucent. A heritage canning recipe with cinnamon, allspice, and cloves.

Crock-made crystal sweet pickles brined for 2 weeks, then dressed in a cinnamon and clove vinegar syrup over 5 days. A labor of love from grandma's kitchen that yields jars of glass-clear, spiced pickles.

Old-fashioned cucumber and onion salad: paper-thin cucumber and onion slices marinated overnight in a sweet-tart vinegar brine. The crisp Midwestern picnic side that gets better as it sits.

Creamy German-style cucumber and potato soup with dill, white pepper, and grated onion. A comforting hot soup that turns humble ingredients into something silky and elegant.

Chunky cold gazpacho with black beans, ham, fresh tomatoes, cucumber, and spicy vegetable juice. Hearty chilled Mexican soup perfect for summer meals and meal prep.

Fresh cucumber dill relish with grated cucumber, white vinegar, and chopped onion. No cooking required, keeps in the fridge for a week, and goes with everything grilled.

No-cook cucumber oil pickles with sliced onions in a vinegar, salad oil, celery salt, and mustard seed brine. A big-batch heritage recipe using 60 small cucumbers.