Cucumber Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 large cucumbers, peeled and sliced very thin. (preferably european cucumbers because they have less seeds than many that can be found in north amer)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons vinegar or 3 tablespoons cider vinegar or 3 tablespoons japanese apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• paprika, as much as you wish for flavor and color
• 4 tablespoons green onions, minced (optional)

Recipe

• 1 the salad: place sliced cucumbers in a shallow dish.
• 2 with your hands, mix the salt into the cucumbers.
• 3 cover and let stand for at least thirty minutes.
• 4 the dressing: while the cucumber are marinating, prepare the dressing which consists of water, vinegar, sugar and paprika.
• 5 squeeze out all the juice from the cucumbers and rinse well to remove excess salt.
• 6 mix the dressing into the cucumbers.
• 7 to serve, it's nice to sprinkle the green onions over the cucumbers, if you like.
• 8 this will keep for several days in the fridge.