Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, greek salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Greek Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Greek Salad is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Greek salad or horiatiki salad (Greek: χωριάτικη σαλάτα or θερινή σαλάτα) is a popular salad in Greek cuisine generally made with pieces of tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, feta cheese (usually served as a slice on top of the other ingredients), and olives (typically Kalamata olives) and dressed with salt. Ina Garten makes her Greek Salad recipe. She begins by making homemade vinaigrette, which includes half a cup of olive oil, a quarter.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek salad using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Salad:
- Take 6-8 Roma tomatoes
- Take 1 red onion
- Get 1 green bell pepper, cored
- Take 1-2 cucumbers
- Prepare Greek pitted Kalamata olives
- Get 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- Make ready Greek feta cheese (crumble)
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
- Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
- Get Serve with crusty bread!
Greek salad, also known as village salad or horiatiki is the national dish of Greece, consisting of quartered tomatoes, sliced red onions, and chunky slices of cucumber. Learn how to make a classic Greek salad using fresh summer produce and real Greek feta cheese. Greek salad is a dish favoured by many. But how many actually get it right?
Steps to make Greek Salad:
- Cut the tomatoes into wedges or large chunks
- Cut the partially peeled cucumber in half length-wise, then slice into thick halves (at least 1/2″ in thickness)
- Thinly slice the bell pepper into rings.
- Cut the red onion in half and thinly slice into half moons.
- Place everything in a large salad dish. Add a good handful of the pitted kalamata olives.
- Season very lightly with salt (just a pinch). Pour the olive oil and red wine vinegar.
- Give everything a very gentle toss to mix; do NOT over mix, this salad is not meant to be handled too much.
- Now add the the feta on top. Sprinkle the dried oregano on top.
- Serve with crusty bread!
- I like to refrigerate mine to 1 or 2 hours before serving but you don’t have too.
- Notes- you can use any Tomatoes that you like as many or as little, that goes for everything in this recipe. You can use different colors bell peppers or sweet peppers… I think the more Olive oil you use the better and a slash of vinegar… I know I use way more olive oil than the recipe calls for.. I make everything to taste with this recipe… if you don’t like an ingredient use less of it or not at all. The best part about this salad is you can make a lot of it or just one severing…
I'll show you how easy it. Fresh Greek Salad is a must try! So healthy with cucumber, tomato, avocado, olives and feta. Fresh Greek Salad is a must-try and one of the healthiest salad recipes! The Greek salad horiatiki is a salad as refreshing and generous as the summer sun.
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