Cucumber Radish Salad
This crisp Cucumber Radish Salad is light, refreshing, and easy to make. A perfect radish salad recipe for warm days or a cucumber appetizer!
My Asian Cucumber Salad and Chicken Cucumber Salad are some of my other favorite ways to get more cucumbers on the table.
Why This Recipe Works
- Easy to make: This quick salad recipe only takes about 10 minutes of prep time, so you can get it on the table fast!
- No lettuce salad: A vibrant change from leafy greens, this no-lettuce salad still delivers serious texture and visual appeal.
- Versatile: Naturally low in calories and carbs, it pairs perfectly with grilled meats, sandwiches, or your favorite protein bowl.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Cucumbers – Persian cucumbers are thin-skinned and narrow, much like radishes. These small cucumbers have little seeds and are a lot crispier and less watery than English cucumbers. They provide a mild, sweet flavor that will complement the radishes.
- Radishes – you’ll need one or two bunches of radishes.
- Scallions – adding scallions (or green onions) to this salad gives it a different type of crunch with a sharp and slightly peppery flavor.
- Fresh dill – fresh dill is one of my favorite herbs. It’s bright and slightly sweet flavor is a nice complement to this salad.
- Dressing – the combination of minced garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper complements each other to create this glorious salad dressing. The minced garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper create a bitter, yet spicy element to the sauce, while the lemon juice adds acidity, and the honey sweetens it just ever so slightly.
*For a detailed list of instructions, ingredients and measurements, please reference the recipe card down below.
Substitutions/Additions
- Creamy cucumber salad: you can make a creamy cucumber and radish salad by swapping out the dressing with a mixture of sour cream, salt, pepper, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
- Greek-inspired radish cucumber salad: add some thinly sliced red onion and crumbled feta cheese for a Greek-inspired twist.
If you love light salads with fresh ingredients, you’ll need to try this delicious Avocado Corn Salad, this Strawberry Spinach Salad, or this Apple Salad Recipe next!
More Refreshing Salad Recipes
- Summer Corn Salad
- Strawberry Caprese Chicken Salad
- Chopped Vegetable Salad
- Zucchini Salad
- Strawberry Spinach Salad
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Cucumber Radish Salad
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Persian cucumbers
- 1 or 2 bunches of radishes
- 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 lemon, juice
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Using a sharp knife or a mandolin, carefully slice the cucumbers and radishes to about 1/4 of an inch. Place them in a medium sized mixing bowl with the dill and sliced scallions.3 Persian cucumbers, 1 or 2 bunches of radishes, 1/4 cup fresh dill,, 3 scallions,
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the minced garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper. Mix well until fully combined.1 garlic clove,, 1/2 lemon,, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon honey, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Allow the salad to marinate for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Transfer to a serving bowl and serve within 3-4 hours.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe FAQs
If you don’t love radish but want a similar ingredients, turnips, cabbage, and parsnip are also great additions to this salad!
I enjoy this salad most when it’s fresh, however, if you have leftovers you can keep them in the fridge for 3-4 days in an airtight container. If liquid collects in the bottom of the container, just drain it before serving.
I like to serve this salad with one of my favorite Air Fryer Chicken Recipes or one of my Best Shrimp Recipes to keep everything light and fresh.
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The salad sounds great, except for the dill part. I don’t like dill. Is there anything else I could use instead?
Of course! You could use parsley or basil instead 🙂
Loved this recipe! So tasty and light but also with some depth. I added more salt and pepper after putting on the dressing. One quibble: It takes quite a bit more than 10 minutes to prepare this salad — unless you’re not counting cleaning and chopping the vegetables and making the dressing. For the ordinary home cook, I’d say more like 20-30 minutes. But it’s worth it!
Thank you for letting me know! I guess I am a fast chopper LOL
I love making salads like this so that I have something healthy to snack on during the week. This recipe is delicious. Thank you!
This was such a light and refreshing salad; easily, a new favorite recipe! Was the perfect meal for a light lunch!
I usually either make radish salad or cucumber salad and never thinking of combining the two, turns out they are great in a pair. This will be my new go-to salad for hot summer days.
This was such a good combo of fresh flavors! Thank you for another fabulous recipe!
I absolutely love this. It’s so crisp and refreshing! The perfect side, but I even love it piled onto a sandwich!
Loved the addition of radishes to this Cucumber Salad. Took it for a picnic, made it ahead of time, and everyone loved it. No leftovers to take home. So that’s awesome.