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This quick and easy mint watermelon salad with cucumber is packed with refreshing and delicious flavor.

Take a break from cooking side dishes with this watermelon salad with cucumber. It comes together fast and it’s a summer favorite.

a bowl of watermelon cucumber salad witt mint

Mint Watermelon Salad with Cucumber

During the hot days of summer, this mint watermelon salad is a MUST in my house. Watermelon and cucumber are kid-friendly and great for hydration, so it’s a terrific side dish option to pair with summer family favorites, such as beef kabobs.

Ingredients

For the salad, you’ll need seedless watermelon, Persian cucumber, feta cheese, and fresh mint leaves. The dressing is made with orange juice, lemon, shallot, honey, kosher salt, and extra virgin olive oil.

How to Make Minty Cucumber Watermelon Salad

Here is how to make the most delicious watermelon salad:

Make the dressing.
You can make it in a blender, in a bullet blender, or by shaking all the ingredients in a jar. Once done, store it in the fridge.
Make the salad.
Cube the watermelon and the cucumber, chop the mint, and place the four salad ingredients in a large bowl. You can make it 2 days ahead and refrigerate it (without the dressing).
Drizzle with dressing and serve.
Since the dressing can damage the watermelon, I don’t drizzle it until I serve the salad.

Watermelon Salad Dressing

This recipe is a variation of my citrus dressing, which I love to drizzle over my salads. It takes 2 minutes to make in a blender or a jar, and it complements the watermelon salad to perfection.

This salad is a favorite to serve with grilled kabobs, grilled chicken, a pitcher of margaritas, and other summer favorite dinners.

Watermelon Salad with Cucumber and Mint

a bowl of watermelon cucumber salad with mint

Servings: 6

Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 10

This quick and easy mint watermelon salad with cucumber is packed with refreshing and delicious flavor.

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Ingredients

For the salad:

6 cups seedless watermelon, cubed
2 persian cucumbers, or 2 cups diced seedless cucumber
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
½ cup fresh mint leaves, chopped

Dressing:

2 tablespoons orange juice
1 lemon, juiced
1 small shallot, minced
2 teaspoons honey
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Make the dressing:

In a blender: add all the ingredients, except the olive oil, and blend until smooth. With the blender running, slowly pour the olive oil through the opening in the lid. This will yield a smooth dressing.
In a bullet blender: add all the ingredients, including the olive oil, and blend until smooth.
In a jar: shake all the ingredients vigorously to combine. Refrigerate the dressing until ready to serve.

Make the salad:

Inside the large bowl, add the cubed watermelon, diced seedless cucumbers, feta crumbles, and chopped mint leaves. I wait to mix the salad with the dressing so as not to damage the watermelon pieces. Refrigerate until ready to serve. The salad can be made 2 days ahead and stored in an airtight container in the fridge without the dressing.