Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cucumber pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
With minimum cooking, this is perfect for a summer night. This light and tangy cucumber pasta salad is fresh and bright. The orecchiette pasta holds the dressing for flavor in every bite, but you can use another small pasta shape if you like. This easy salad is perfect for a warm day or to serve as a lunch dish for company!
cucumber pasta salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. cucumber pasta salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cucumber pasta salad using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make cucumber pasta salad:
- Get 3 chicken breasts
- Make ready 1 small amount of olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 box fav kind of noodles (thicker keeps from getting soggy)
- Take 2 large cucumbers
- Get 1/2 small sweet onion
- Prepare 1 cracked pepper to taste
- Make ready 1 can whole olives
- Get 6 tbsp red wine vinger
- Take 1 cup sour cream
- Prepare 6 tsp sugar or so to taste
- Make ready 1 fresh dill to taste
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Place pasta in a large bowl; stir in the oil, cucumbers and onion. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat.
Instructions to make cucumber pasta salad:
- when cooking the noodles under cook by a min. to keep the noodles from getting to soggy over night in the fridge.
- peel, slice, and score(with a fork) your cucumbers
- heat oil in a skillet, to cook the chicken
- cut up the chicken
- let the noodles and chicken completely cool before mixing in your mixture.
- slice your onions in rings
- mix everything into a bowl
- then chill for atleast four hrs in the fridge. over night for the best results
- for substitutes purple(red) onions, ranch for the sour cream (or half of the sour cream)
In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Thinly slice onion and place in a bowl of cold water. (see note) Cook pasta al dente according to package directions. Run under cold water to stop cooking. Cut cucumber in half lengthwise and remove seeds using a spoon.
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