Succotash
Farideh Sadeghin
76 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
76
35 minutes
Cucumber-Avocado Salad
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
Yield:4 servings
- 2scallions, trimmed then sliced crosswise ¼-inch-thick
- Ice
- 1pound cucumbers (such as 6 Persian or mini seedless, or 1 English)
- Kosher salt
- 2very ripe avocados
- 2tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice, or unseasoned rice vinegar, plus more as needed
- Red-pepper flakes or hot sauce, for serving
Preparation
- Step 1
Transfer the scallions to a small bowl of ice water to crisp.
- Step 2
Peel the cucumbers in alternating strips and trim ends. If desired, halve lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Cut cucumbers into bite-size pieces (thin slices, ½-inch cubes, or smashed into irregular shapes), then transfer to a colander set in the sink. Toss with 1 teaspoon salt and set aside to drain, at least 5 minutes or up to 15.
- Step 3
When you’re ready to eat, halve the avocados and remove the pits. Using a spoon, remove the flesh from the skins, then cut the flesh into ½-inch cubes. Transfer to a large bowl, add the lemon juice and season with salt. Stir to combine.
- Step 4
Shake the cucumbers in the colander to get rid of any excess moisture, then transfer to the bowl with the avocado. Drain and shake the scallions in the colander. Add the scallions to the bowl.
- Step 5
Stir the salad ingredients vigorously just until the avocado breaks down a bit. The cucumbers should be glossed with avocado but the majority of the avocado pieces should still remain cubed. Season to taste with salt, lemon and red-pepper flakes or hot sauce.
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kate
What does alternating strips mean?
Joan
Alternating stripes means you take your peeler, start at the head or the foot of the cucumber, peel from top to bottom in one straight line, then go back to the top, and instead of peeling a new peel right next to the old one you move a bit away, and again peel from top to bottom in one straight line Repeat until you've gone all around the cucumber once. Your final product will have alternating peeled and unpeeled stripes, a bit like a cucumber version of seersucker, but with thicker stripes.
jim in japan
I added a handful of mint, which I would do again. Delicious and perfect for a hot summer night!
Peter
A trick for cubing avocado. Cut in half, remove pit. With the rind still in place, slice the fruit in each half the long way into 6 strips (not cutting the rind), then cross-wise 5 times or so. Use a tablespoon to carve the fruit from the rind. Presto! Cubed avocado with much less mess.
petals356
What on earth is it about completely changing a perfectly good recipe? I thought this was a great combo and will make tonight,mid winter here in NZ and serve with a couple of decent steaks as we are trying to clear the freezers post apocalypse/prior to moving! We will enjoy. As for those clever folk who change everything..a column of your own would be cool!
Ted H
Do you rinse the salted cucumbers before using them? If not it’s an awful lot of salt, isn’t it?
FryFryAgain
Lovely, easy change for a side dish. I used one large avocado instead of two, with just shy of a pound of cucumbers. Seeded the cukes, which kept the salad crunchy. Added fresh dill. Served three.
Susan
My mother used to draw the times of the fork down the cucumber, which left alternating ridges of rind and exposed cucumber flesh. That would work here, I think.
shortrowT
I added chopped romaine and tomatoes. It was deliciously easy.
SwimForYourLife
I make a version of this in the summer, but add fresh cilantro and garlic rather than scallions.
Karen
I added home-grown cherry tomatoes and chopped parsley, basil and chives. I did not mash up the avocado, preferring it to stay cubed and distinct from the cukes and toms. Delicious! Pretty!
Corlan Johnson
It’s easy to cube a halved avocado IN the skin, then carefully scoop out.
ERIC & GAIL
Adding za’atar to the finished salad really gave it an extra boost of flavor.
Brett
We dry roasted some sunflower seeds, which added some crunch.
BK
Make long stripes when you peel the cucumber, leaving stripes of peel on in between.
texas redhead
Simple and a hit every time I make it.
Lorraine
Excellent, quick salad. Can be halved for just two people. Pat the cukes dry after rinsing, using a clean cloth or paper towel. You can use regular cukes. Remove the seeds if they are very big.
Cheryl
This is an amazingly delicious salad and all the more impressive because of the few ingredients and ease of prep. I made it per the recipe, minus the scallions because I didn't have any on hand, and it was perfect IMO. So light and refreshing! Just make sure your avo is really ripe tho, the creaminess it adds is SO important.
Christie
I loved it but the family didn't. My husband thought it was one-dimensional and my kid did not appreciate the way the avocado broke down.
Pond and Woods
I made it once last week with a perfectly ripe avocado and then, again, last night with a less perfect one. Both were delicious. The best thing about this easy, tasty salad is that my sweetheart hates avocado, so I get to enjoy it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kim
How could something so simple be so delightfully delicious!? I agree with others who said this salad is a great canvas. I used Persian cucumbers, half rice vinegar and half lime juice. I also added fresh corn and black beans. I put it on a bed of romaine and topped it with leftover chicken. Healthy and light. Perfect for summer!
352nightowl
So good. Always a winner - even with people who don’t eat cukes!
M. Leonard
Although it tasted very good, it took too much time for the end product. Cooking for 2 people. Followed the recipe and added grape tomatoes and sesame seeds but since it's a side dish you use time salting, slicing and dicing and stirring, it leaves very little room for making a meal to go with it. I will make some shrimp scampi tomorrow to put on top for the next two portions since this part is already made.
SuzVT
Outstanding. Can’t wait to make again. So fresh.
Stan V.
I mixed in two tsp of apple cider vinegar and 1 tsp of lemon juice to the avocados for flavor and to prevent avocados turning brown instead of using rice vinegar. Yum.
LBrennan
Definitely a keeper. I made this with the rice vinegar this time but look forward to seeing what it's like with lemon or lime juice. This was so easy to put together and a perfect side for flank steak. If there were any left overs, I would have added some lemon juice and looked forward to it tomorrow. It disappeared fast!
Chuck
We use Persian cucumbers all the time to make a variety of Mediterranean salads and do not seed them or salt them, since the skins and texture is quite different than regular cucmubers.
Ed
I made this yesterday for a potluck. I thought it was good but sort of unexciting until I remembered I had some pico de gallo in the refrigerator. After adding a cup, it turned this into an extraordinarily good summer salad.
YY
Added summer tomatoes and chickpeas. It’s glorious!
Janel
I made this with Eric Kim’s tuna mayo rice bowl. Great dinner, and great lunch the next day!
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