Moroccan Cucumber Tomato Salad
This Moroccan style Cucumber Tomato Salad is the best refreshing bite to serve alongside lamb or chicken. It’s made with a super simple olive oil dressing, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, and fresh herbs. One of the most popular salads, for good reason!
The key to making a simple salad like this one pop? High quality ingredients like fresh cucumbers and tomatoes and extra attention to knife skills!
Like this Moroccan Tomato Salad and Eggplant Salad, I grew up enjoying this salad with family in Morocco. Salads are a special part of our culture, as they’re usually enjoyed together. At any given meal, it’s common to see 3-4 different salads served surrounding the main course.
Because of this, our salads are quite simple, focusing on fresh ingredients and precise knife cuts.
How to Make the Salad
What to Eat with It
My grandma typically serves this salad as a side with some kind of tagine. That said, it goes great with a variety of dishes, like these Moroccan meatballs and some crusty bread.
More ideas:
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Moroccan Cucumber Tomato Salad
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Salad, Side Dish, Snack
- Method: Raw
- Cuisine: Moroccan, American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This Moroccan style Cucumber Tomato Salad is the best refreshing bite to serve alongside lamb or chicken. It’s made with a super simple olive oil dressing, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, and fresh herbs. One of the most popular salads, for good reason!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice or white vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 4 Roma* tomatoes, cubed and seeded
- 4 Persian cucumbers, cubed
- 1/4 red onion, diced
- 2 tbsp parsley, minced
Instructions
- Make the dressing: In a salad bowl whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Chop and toss the veggies: To the bowl add cubed tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and parsley. Toss to coat with the dressing and serve.
Notes
*Feel free to use whatever kind of tomatoes you like. You should have about 2 cups of cubed tomatoes in total.