Description
These Smoked Salmon Cucumber Bites make the perfect low-carb holiday appetizer. Each cucumber cup is scooped out and filled with smoked salmon, whipped cream cheese, red onion, and capers—essentially everything I love on a bagel, minus the carbs!
Yield: 16servings | Serving Size: 2pieces
Ingredients
1/4cupchopped red onions, or scallions or chives
3/4cupwhipped cream cheese
2teaspoonsdrained capers, chopped*
1tablespoonfresh dill, chopped, plus more for garnish
12ouncesnova lox or smoked salmon, chopped
3English cucumbers, ends trimmed
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine red onion, cream cheese, capers, dill and lox.
- Peel cucumbers leaving strips of skin, then slice into 1/2 inch thick slices. With a melon baller scoop out a shallow pocket in the middle of the cucumber slices—do not cut all the way through the slice.
Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the salmon mixture into each cup and transfer to a platter, garnish with more dill.
Cucumber cups can be assembled up to 24 hours ahead of serving. Just keep them chilled in an airtight container until ready to serve.
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Notes
*My lox was pretty salty, if yours is not you can add more capers.
Makes 32 bites. Filling makes 2 cups.
Nutrition
Serving: 2pieces, Calories: 53kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 4.5g, Fat: 2.5g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 10.5mg, Sodium: 467mg, Fiber: 0.5g, Sugar: 1.5g
