Cucumber Ranch Salad
This Cucumber Ranch Salad with Bacon is a refreshing and easy-to-make side dish perfect for parties, get-togethers, and just because! 🥒🥓
This creamy chilled cucumber-based salad may just become one of your favorite easy side dishes. Even better, you can make it into a complete meal by added cubed cooked chicken!
Why You Will Love This Cucumber Ranch Salad
Ingredients Needed for Cucumber Salad with Ranch Dressing
Ingredient quantities for this easy homemade side dish are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Ranch dressing
- Cucumbers
- Bacon
- Salt and pepper
- Dried dill or fresh dill (optional)
How To Make Cucumber and Ranch Salad (Quick Overview)
The steps below are just a quick overview of how to make the salad side dish recipe. The full process in detail is located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
Let’s get started!
Photo 1: Gather your ingredients. (Ignore my fancy bacon display above; your bacon should be crumbled.)
Photo 2: Add sliced cucumbers to a bowl and lightly salt both sides. Chill cucumbers in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Don’t skip this step – the salt will help extract some of the cucumber’s excess water, giving you a better final texture for the dish.
Fun Fact 🥒
Cucumbers have the highest water content of any food, coming in at a whopping 96%!
Photo 3: Pull your cucumbers out of the fridge and rinse them with cool water. Place them between two paper towels and gently pat them dry.
Photo 4: Time to assemble your cucumber salad! Follow the recipe card at the end of the post for instructions.
To Serve 🥓
To serve this dish, you can either:
- Portion into servings and top each serving with crumbled bacon; or
- Crumble all the bacon and mix it into the entire recipe
More Salad Recipes
- Make this classic antipasto salad for any event and the compliments will be endless!
Make This Side Dish a Meal 🥒
As noted above, you can make this side dish into a meal by adding cubed cooked chicken breast. (I personally love to add rotisserie chicken, or canned chicken if I’m in a hurry!)
When you add bulk to the dish by adding chicken, make sure to add more ranch dressing, salt, and pepper to taste.
When your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors ask you for this delicious recipe, feel free to send them my way! 😀
What Pairs Well With Bacon Cucumber Salad
- Try chicken wings in an air fryer with our simple recipe that you will make over and over again!
- Likewise, our air fryer chicken thighs recipe is super crispy and will be a huge hit with family members.
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Cucumber Ranch Salad with Bacon
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup ranch dressing
- 4 cups thinly sliced cucumbers (about 2 1/2 large cucumbers; peel the cucumbers if desired)
- 8 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp dried dill or 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill (optional)
Instructions
- Put the sliced cucumbers in a bowl, lightly season both sides with salt, and cover. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, take out the cucumbers, rinse with cool water, and pat dry gently with a paper towel.
- Mix in ranch dressing and dill to coat all cucumber slices. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- For serving, you can either: 1) portion into servings and top each serving with crumbled bacon; or 2) crumble all the bacon and mix it into the entire recipe.
Notes
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition Estimates are per serving and included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed.
