Cooking time

Under an hour Salads

Olena Vasylchuk Updated 04.11.2026

Recipes that take under an hour: 171 dishes with prep, cooking and resting honestly counted in.

Sunomono Cucumber Salad

Sunomono: a Japanese salad of paper-thin cucumber and wakame in a gentle rice-vinegar dressing. Light, crisp and cooling next to fish, rice or ramen.

Hands-on time: 15 min plus waiting time: +20 min Difficulty: Easy

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Quinoa and Chickpea Salad
Hands-on time: 35 min plus waiting time: +15 min Difficulty: Easy
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Chicken Caesar Salad
Hands-on time: 45 min Difficulty: Medium
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Crab Stick Salad
Hands-on time: 30 min plus waiting time: +20 min Difficulty: Easy
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Salade Niçoise
Hands-on time: 45 min Difficulty: Medium
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Tabbouleh
Hands-on time: 30 min plus waiting time: +20 min Difficulty: Easy
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Coleslaw
Hands-on time: 20 min plus waiting time: +30 min Difficulty: Easy