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!
Prep Time: 20 minutesmins
Cook Time: 0 minutesmins
Total Time: 20 minutesmins
Yield: 16servings
Course: Appetizer, holiday appetizer
Cuisine: American
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.
Notes
*My lox was pretty salty, if yours is not you can add more capers. Makes 32 bites. Filling makes 2 cups.