Tomato, cucumber and onion salad

Here is a salad I make that goes with such things as BBQ’d or grilled mackerels/sardines, salmon, tandoori chicken, kebabs, steaks, pork ribs and chops, 5 spice roast duck, big lumps of meat and so on.

• tomatoes - cut into bite size irregular chunks

  • use any ones you want - red, yellow, green, purple, large, small (cut in half, nto chunks) or even a mixed selection of them all

• cucumber - cut into bite size irregular chunks

• red onions - sliced thinly anyway you want, I like topped and tailed, skinned, cut in half top to bottom then each half sliced from top to bottom but it’s up to you, you could even leave them in bite size pieces

• white onions - sliced thinly

• large spring onions - whites sliced thinly, green bits can cut into short length

  • for the white bit I cut the onion about 1” above where the bulb turns into the thinner bit and cut them lengthwise into thin slices

• garlic - thinly sliced

• green chillies - thinly sliced

• sea salt

• ground black pepper

• red wine vinegar

• lemon juice

• cider vinegar or rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar if you have nothing else

• fresh or dried mint - optional

  • Mrs Awkward says “no green shit” so I leave it out

1. Mix everything together in a non-metallic bowl (never use metallic bowls with an acid such as vinegar)

2. Leave for 10-15 mins stirring every few minutes.

3. Serve.