Greek salad - tasty dish from many vegetables. Cooking a dish has its own characteristics, which are expressed in the use of ingredients in large pieces, not crushed. The salad is also called rustic, since all the ingredients are always on hand.
The recipe always includes lettuce, onions and Bell pepper. The obligatory key component is the Greek traditional feta cheese. Feta is made from goat or sheep milk.
The prepared dish is not always stirred before serving, but only before eating. Recipes for this salad are very popular for the holiday table. Don't forget to include them in
How to make Greek salad at home
The salad is very simple to make. as usual vegetable salad and only the filling is prepared separately.
Ingredients:
- small fresh cucumbers - 5 pcs.
- fresh tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- red onion - 1/2 pcs.
- pitted olives - 10-15 pcs.
- feta cheese (brynza) - 150 g
- garlic - 2 cloves
- salt - 1 tsp.
- lemon juice(wine vinegar) - 1 tbsp. l.
- olive oil- 4 tbsp. l.
- ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp.
- dried oregano - 1/2 tsp.
Cooking method:
1. Fresh cucumber cut into half circles.
2. Cut the tomatoes in half, cut out the stem. Cut each half into 5 more pieces.
3, To make the Greek salad brighter and more beautiful, take peppers of two colors: red and yellow. The pepper pieces should not be small.
4. Place all the vegetables in a bowl and stir. Then transfer the vegetables to the dish in which they will be served.
5. Cut half of the red onion into half rings and place on top of the vegetables.
6. Prepare the dressing. Squeeze the garlic cloves through a press into a separate bowl, add salt to taste, squeeze 1 tbsp from the lemon. l. juice, pour 4 tbsp. l. olive oil and add black ground pepper. Mix everything. The gas station is ready.
7. Pour the dressing over all the vegetables in the dish. No need to stir.
8. Cut feta cheese into 1-1.5 cm cubes. Place cheese cubes on top of the salad and sprinkle with oregano.
9. Decorate the dish with olives. Greek salad is ready!
Greek salad with cheese and unusual delicious dressing
A new dressing for such a common salad will be interesting for you. Honey and mustard are added to its composition, which give
Ingredients:
For the salad
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- bell pepper- 1 PC.
- green salad - 1 bunch
- blue onion - 1 pc.
- feta cheese (brynza) - 100 g
- olives - 80 g
For refueling
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.
- honey - 1 tbsp. l.
- dry mustard - 1/4 tsp.
- dried oregano 1/2 tsp.
- dried basil 1/2 tsp.
- salt and pepper - to taste
Delicious dressing:
1. Make the dressing in a separate bowl. Pour into a bowl: olive oil, lemon juice, honey, all dry spices, dry mustard, salt and ground black pepper.
2. Mix all ingredients of the dressing with a spoon. The result is a fragrant and spicy dressing.
Preparing the salad:
3. It is better to take bell peppers of different colors and cut them into small pieces.
4. Peel the cucumbers a little and cut into half circles.
5. Cut the blue onion into half rings.
6. Fresh tomatoes cut into small cubes. Place all prepared vegetables in large dish.
7. Pour the prepared dressing into the dish with the vegetables and mix everything.
8. Cut the cheese into cubes, add to the salad and mix again.
9. Decorate the serving plate with green salad leaves in a circle.
10. Place the salad itself in the middle of the plate (circle of leaves). Place olives on top. Greek salad is ready.
Many guests love to eat this salad at the holiday table. Attentive housewives prepare it for their family almost every day.
Video on how to make a classic Greek salad
See how easy it is to prepare real and beautiful salad in Greek.
The main thing is that you don’t need to cut vegetables. small cubes, otherwise everything will turn into mush.
Recipe for Greek salad with chicken and croutons
This recipe combines two salads: Greek and. It turns out very tasty and satisfying.
Required:
- sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- chicken fillet – 300 g
- feta cheese (brynza) - 250 g
- black olives - 1 jar
- 4 slices of bread or loaf
- oregano seasoning
- olive oil, salt - to taste
Preparation:
1. Cut the bread into cubes and fry in a frying pan in olive oil until golden brown crust. Sprinkle with oregano and keep in the pan for another 1 minute. The crackers are ready.
2. Cut fresh vegetables into pieces: sweet bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers.
3. Chicken fillet add salt, sprinkle with oregano and basil, wrap in foil and bake in the oven until cooked.
4. Cut the chicken into small cubes.
5. Take a serving plate and tear green salad leaves into it with your hands.
6. Place pieces of sweet pepper on lettuce leaves. followed by half a mug of cucumbers and tomato slices.
7. Then scatter the chicken cubes, cheese cubes and olives.
8. Sprinkle oregano on top of the dish and pour olive oil on top. Ready.
How to beautifully prepare a Greek salad - video recipe
You can decorate a vegetable salad using your imagination.
The recipes presented above taste great and are attractive. appearance. When preparing Greek salads, there are no specific rules, but only one thing: all ingredients must be of the highest quality.
Bon appetit!
Greek salad is what we call the world’s most famous salad, which is loved and often prepared in Greece. For the Greeks, the salad is of course not “Greek” but “country or rural”, as its name sounds in direct translation.
We have already prepared Mexican salad - , Russian - , Korean or rather Asian - , Now let's try Greek.
I had to eat Greek salad performed by an old Greek. You know, at first I was just a little disappointed when I saw what he put on the table. But after trying it, I realized that the most important thing is delicious fresh food, not cutting or serving.
In Greece this salad is usually cut big pieces. For example, a tomato will be cut into 4, maximum 8 parts, and the cheese can be served as a whole piece.
The Greeks put olives in the salad with pits, of course their own, Greek ones. They are larger than the Spanish ones and have a more buttery taste.
Most main ingredient in a Greek salad, it is still, in my understanding, feta cheese.
The main herb in the salad is oregano and a little basil.
The salad also uses shallots, cucumbers, and olive oil.
In general, Greek salad is the simple version village salad from the most basic ingredients that village Greek housewives have in every home.
Therefore, we will cook according to the same principle, and we will use what we have in the house from ingredients similar to those indicated in the recipes.
For example, instead of shallots, take sweet salad onions or any onion. Instead of olive oil, any vegetable oil.
Olives, olives (in general, these are the same thing) whatever you have, preferably pitted. Instead of feta cheese, if we can’t find it, Adyghe cheese, feta cheese or something similar.
Add lettuce leaves, other spices, other herbs. It may not be exactly a Greek salad, but it’s very tasty. summer salad and we will still call it Greek.
Menu:
1. Greek salad classic recipe
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Cucumbers - 4 pcs. (small)
- Onion - 1 medium head
- Garlic - 1 clove,
- Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- Feta cheese - 180 g.
- Olives - 100 g.
- Basil - 0.5 tsp.
- Oregano - 0.5 tsp.
- Lemon juice - 2 tsp.
- Olive oil - 50 ml.
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. First, let's prepare the dressing for our salad. Add lemon juice, oregano and basil, ground black pepper to the olive oil and squeeze in a clove of garlic. Mix everything well. The dressing is ready, set aside for now.
2. Cut the tomatoes into medium pieces.
3. We cut the cucumbers almost in Greek style. First, cut the cucumber lengthwise, and then, folding the two halves, cut crosswise into pieces approximately 8 mm thick. or even a little more.
4. Cut the sweet red bell pepper into medium pieces too.
5. Cut the onion into half rings and separate them, making strips.
6. Place all the vegetables in a deep cup, add pitted olives and season with our dressing. Mix everything carefully.
7. Cut the cheese into cubes, the size corresponding to the size of the vegetables.
8. Cover the dish with lettuce leaves and put our salad there.
9. In principle, the Greek salad is ready. But there is no main component here yet - cheese.
Place cheese cubes on top. Now the salad is completely ready. Fragrant, juicy.
Serve the salad and wine on the table. White wines go best with Greek salad: Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre, Vino Verde. Use a strong lamp instead of the sun. Well, here you are in Greece and eating Greek salad.
Bon appetit!
2.
Greek recipe - Greek salad
Ingredients:
- Cucumbers - 3-4 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Sweet bell pepper - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 head
- Olives (olives) - 1 jar
- Sirtaki cheese (feta or feta cheese) – 200g
- Lettuce leaves
- Olive oil - 100ml (any vegetable oil is possible, but olive oil is better)
- Half a lemon
- Spices (we use basil, thyme, rosemary) - to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Garlic - 1 clove
Preparation:
1. Cut cucumbers, tomatoes and sweet bell peppers into large cubes. Place the vegetables in a deep salad bowl.
2. Cut the onion into half rings, lightly salt and press with your hands so that it gives juice and add it to the vegetables.
3. Add onions to cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers.
4. Prepare salad dressing. Grind the spices in a mortar or by hand. Squeeze a little garlic and pepper. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon and pour in olive oil. Mix everything well. The gas station is ready.
5. Add olives to the vegetables and mix everything thoroughly.
6. Cut the cheese into cubes. We will add it just before serving.
7. Serve the salad. Place lettuce leaves on a large plate.
8. Place chopped and mixed vegetables on the leaves and place pieces of cheese on top. You can add salt to the salad to taste, but keep in mind that the cheese is salty. I don't add salt. The salad is ready, all that remains is to season it.
Bon appetit!
3. Recipe for Greek salad with oregano, dill and mint
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 300 g.
- Cucumber - 2 pcs.
- Sweet yellow pepper - 1 pc.
- Black olives
- Mint leaves - a pinch
- Dill
- Wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.
- Oregano - 1 tsp.
- Salad onion - 1 head
- Lettuce leaves
- Feta - 200-300 g.
Preparation:
1. Slice the cucumbers. Don't make it small, cut it into medium pieces.
2. Since our tomatoes are small, cherry, we cut them into 4 parts.
3. Place cucumbers and tomatoes in a deep cup.
4. Cut the pepper into thin strips.
We took yellow pepper in order to create color contrast. red tomatoes, green cucumbers and yellow pepper.
If it were summer and there were a lot of different tomatoes, I would take three different varieties of tomatoes and definitely yellow. Then I would take red pepper. It is sweeter, and again for contrast.
5. We send peppers to cucumbers and tomatoes. Mix.
6. Cut the onion into thin half rings and separate into strips. We also send it to vegetables.
7. Chop mint leaves and dill finely. Those who don't like it can do without mint.
8. Add finely chopped mint and dill to the general pile of vegetables, in a cup. Salt the salad and mix.
9. Add olives. Mix everything.
Preparing salad dressing
10. Take 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil, or other vegetable oil, and pour a teaspoon here wine vinegar, if it seems that there is not enough acid, add more vinegar up to 1 tablespoon, you can replace it with apple cider vinegar. Stir and add half a teaspoon of oregano.
11. Mix everything well again. Season the salad with our dressing, leaving a little in the cup, about a teaspoon or a little more. Mix again.
12. Place lettuce leaves on a plate and place half of the mixed vegetables from the cup on them. Distribute evenly throughout the dish.
13. Cut the cheese into cubes the size of an olive. Place half the cheese in a cup with the remaining spoonful of dressing. Mix. The cheese looks very beautiful and the pieces do not stick together.
14. Place the cheese on a plate with half of the salad laid out.
15. Place the second half of the salad on top of the cheese. Carefully level it out.
16. Place the remaining cheese in the cup where the salad was, add a spoonful of oil, sprinkle with oregano and mix everything.
17. Place the cheese in the salad, distribute it over the surface and sprinkle a little oregano. In total, we used about a teaspoon of oregano for the whole salad.
Decorate the salad with a mint leaf. Our Greek salad is ready. We can’t wait anymore, let’s sit down at the table.
Bon appetit!
Write comments. Is it necessary to describe recipes in such detail? What else would you like me to change? Did you like the salads?
4. Video - Recipe for classic Greek salad
1.Rinse all vegetables thoroughly under running water. Then lay them out on a towel and let them dry. Take a bowl suitable for this dish (deep enough) and tear the lettuce leaves into it. Since all the ingredients in this salad should be coarsely chopped, do not chop them too much.
2.Now peel and cut the onion into thin half rings. Choose sweet varieties so that they are not too bitter in the salad. Add the half rings to the remaining ingredients.
3.The pepper for this dish should be fleshy and very juicy. This will make your salad much tastier. Remove the seeds from the pepper. Cut the clean, fleshy part into medium strips. Place the peppers in a bowl.
4. The cucumber needs to be cut large pieces, one and a half to two centimeters wide. To do this, cut the cucumber into two parts, and then each part into halves, which will need to be cut into cubes. Throw them into a bowl.
5.Tomatoes also do not need to be chopped too much. If you choose small tomatoes, then cut them into four parts, but if you have large ones, then cut them into eight parts. Also add them to the bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
6. Olives in a Greek salad should be pitted, so it’s advisable to buy just those. When you take them out of the jar, wait, let them dry a little, and only then throw them into a bowl.
7.Now the salad can be dressed. Pour a few tablespoons of olive oil into a bowl and mix all the ingredients.
8.The final touch to the preparation is the addition of feta cheese. If you have a whole piece, then remove it from the package in advance to allow some of the whey to drain. Then cut it into cubes and add to the salad. Instead of feta, you can use tofu (which is especially important on fasting days). Stir everything again, taste and, if necessary, add salt.
A very tasty and bright Greek salad is ready. If you prepared him for festive table, then transfer it to beautiful dish and serve. If not, then pour it into a plate and eat it right away. Bon appetit!
It's juicy, colorful and healthy snack, which everyone has probably heard of. It will come in handy in the diet, suitable for family dinner and even for welcoming guests. Let's see how to prepare a Greek salad, following traditions, and adding other ingredients.
Classic Greek salad with Fetaxa cheese
The classic recipe is the simplest. To implement it, you will only need the available components.
Required Products:
- one salad onion;
- tomatoes and cucumbers - two pieces each;
- two tablespoons of olive oil;
- any spices to your taste;
- 0.3 kg pitted olives;
- about 200 grams of Fetax cheese.
Cooking process:
- We wash the vegetables from the list, cut them into squares and put them in a salad bowl.
- Put it on top onion rings, olives and add Fetax in cubes.
- Sprinkle the ingredients with the selected spices and pour over the oil. Now you can serve the dish to waiting eaters without even stirring.
Pairs well with fresh vegetables Provencal herbs. But in the season when young greens are available, it is better to use them.
Recipe for cooking with cheese
Greek salad with feta cheese is an option for those cases when there is no cheese, which is used in the traditional recipe.
Prepare a set of products in advance:
- half a jar of olives;
- spices to your taste;
- two large spoons of olive oil;
- 0.1 kg cheese;
- one sweet pepper.
Cooking process:
- Cut the cucumbers and tomatoes into large pieces and place them in the selected container. Remove the cap and seeds from the pepper, chop it into small pieces and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
- Next, olives and salty cheese are sent to the salad bowl, which we also chop into neat small squares.
- Pour in the specified amount vegetable oil and season with any spices you wish.
With chicken and croutons
In this version of preparation, croutons are used, which give the dish a special piquancy and some resemblance to the popular Caesar.
You can make your own crackers in the oven, and if you don’t have time, then store-bought ones will do without compromising the taste of the dish.
Prepare the following food set in advance:
- 100 grams of olives;
- small sweet onion;
- herbs and spices to taste;
- two cucumbers and the same number of tomatoes;
- 0.3 kg chicken fillet;
- lettuce leaves;
- three tablespoons of olive oil;
- 0.1 kg Fetax;
- 50 grams of white crackers.
Cooking process:
- We wash the salad, tear it into any pieces and put it on a plate. Tomatoes and cucumbers, cut into medium-sized pieces, as well as onion in half rings, will go on top.
- The chicken must be boiled, chopped and added to the rest of the ingredients.
- All that remains is to cover the dish with olives, Fetax cubes and crackers, season with spices and pour in olive oil.
How to make Greek bean salad
This is not the most common option for preparing the dish under discussion, but be sure to try it. Perhaps you will love it even more than the classic salad.
Required Products:
- a bunch of lettuce leaves;
- 40 milliliters of olive oil;
- two cucumbers and two firm tomatoes;
- a glass of beans;
- 100 grams of olives;
- one blue onion;
- 0.15 kg Fetax.
Cooking process:
- Before you start cooking, you need to soak the beans, and then boil them until ready.
- Place shredded lettuce leaves on a plate and place diced vegetables on top. Next comes the turn of onion half rings, and then the beans.
- Mix olive oil with various spices, e.g. Provencal herbs– an interesting filling will come out. Pour it over the dish.
- All that remains is to add olives and cheese, chopped into small cubes.
With Feta cheese
Light, bright salad is ideal for any side dish and meat dish. It can also be prepared using not only the cheeses already discussed, but also Feta cheese, which is made from goat milk.
Required Products:
- any mix of fresh herbs;
- two tablespoons of olive oil;
- 0.2 kg of cucumbers;
- up to 200 grams of Feta;
- half a jar of olives;
- fresh salad - a bunch;
- a small head of salad onion;
- sweet pepper pod.
Cooking process:
- Prepare a large dish on which you will place all the ingredients.
- Wash the lettuce leaves, tear them with your hands and place on a plate.
- Next, chop the cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers, which must first be cleared of seeds. We place all vegetable slicing on top of the leaves.
- Add onion, chopped into half rings, diced cheese, and olives. We season all this with selected spices based on our taste. Pour olive oil over the appetizer and then it can be served.
With Chinese cabbage
Prepare all the necessary products in advance:
- goat cheese 200 grams;
- the same amount of Beijing;
- a pod of non-hot pepper;
- a couple of tomatoes and the same number of cucumbers;
- olive oil - three tablespoons;
- seasonings to taste;
- 0.1 kg olives.
Cooking process:
- We wash all the vegetables listed in the list well and chop them: cabbage into strips, cucumbers and tomatoes into small pieces. We first remove the seeds from the pepper and also turn it into cubes or short strips.
- Place all the crushed components in the selected container and add to them goat cheese and olives.
- All that remains is to pour the dish with olive oil and add spices.
Don't add salt to the salad until you try it. The cheese is already quite salty, you can go wrong and overdo it with the usual proportion.
Greek salad in pita bread
This dish more like a snack than salad. If you use small pita bread or pita bread, it can be served in portions.
Required Products:
- 0.2 kg of any goat cheese;
- a couple of fleshy tomatoes;
- one salad onion;
- two cucumbers;
- spices to your taste;
- two pita breads;
- 30 milliliters of olive oil;
- 100 grams of olives.
Cooking process:
- This salad is no more difficult to prepare than a regular one. Prepare all the ingredients indicated in the list: wash the vegetables, de-seed the peppers and cut everything into small pieces into squares or strips. You can chop the onion into half rings - this will make the dish even more beautiful. Place everything in a bowl first.
- Add the selected chopped cheese and olives, pour in olive oil, sprinkle with spices. You can also mix the oil with herbs in advance and let it sit for a while - this will give you a more flavorful sauce.
- Mix the resulting mass, place it on the unfolded pita bread and roll it tightly into a roll.
Sauce options
It is not at all necessary to season this dish with only olive oil and spices, because you can always prepare a sauce for Greek salad.
Classic dressing
My dear lovers of delicious, simple and unusual things, today I will tell you which salad is the easiest and fastest to prepare, and besides, you will need a minimum of cheap ingredients. We will talk about what is already popular among Russians at the holiday and at New Year dish - Greek salad according to the classic usual recipe.
Greek salad - classic recipe
This healthy and light (low-calorie) dish is prepared quickly. And many already know the real classic recipe for Greek salad - it is simple and, on the other hand, piquant because of the Feta cheese (Fetaxa, Brynza) present in its composition.
And now you will see a completely different, unusual “Greek” and its 5 step-by-step recipes.
Greek salad - a classic step-by-step recipe (with photos) from a real chef in Greece. Cooking secrets
Many people, when traveling, love not only to study exotic flora and fauna, get acquainted with the history of the country, but also to learn its culinary secrets.
And now you can travel not only physically, by getting on a train, car or plane, but also virtually. And thanks to the emergence of many world-cuisine restaurants in many cities, you can enjoy overseas dishes without even leaving your home, simply by placing an order by phone.
All this is great, but sometimes you want to master the preparation of your favorite dishes so that you can enjoy them at any time. Along with the traditional Russian "", "" and "", with the French "" and with Italian pizza, Japanese sushi, French sauces our people really liked some dishes Greek cuisine, the most popular representative of which is Greek salad.
This dish is probably familiar to many: it is prepared not only in restaurants and cafes, but is also served in many homes. Another thing is that it does not always have the same appearance and taste.
As for “appearance”, it is really possible here different variants serving and decoration, but the taste of this salad is a matter of principle. In order for it to correspond to what real Greeks enjoy, you need to be aware of all the secrets of its preparation and use only those ingredients that are in original recipe, without any initiative in the form boiled potatoes or eggs.
Yes, with them the dish will turn out to be more satisfying, but it will no longer be a Greek salad.
Traditional Greek Salad Recipe
Making Greek salad is very simple. If you are already familiar with it, then you probably noticed that all its ingredients are cut quite coarsely, which simplifies the task even more.
As a rule, these are large cubes, but if you want the salad to be not only tasty, but also beautiful, you can experiment with shapes.
Ingredients
You will need for 8 servings:
- leaf salad,
- cucumbers – 3,
- tomatoes – 6,
- onion – 1,
- sweet pepper – 1,
- greens (preferably basil),
- olives (a 200 gram jar is enough),
- lemon juice
- and, most importantly, good olive oil,
- and Feta cheese (200-250 grams).
“Feta” - This is sheep or goat cheese, somewhat reminiscent of the familiar feta cheese. In addition, when preparing Greek salad, it is a good idea to use dried oregano, which will give it spicy taste. You can add a little chopped garlic to the dressing.
Preparation
First, the dressing is prepared.
It consists of a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice (or balsamic vinegar), which can be lightly salted, peppered, garlic and oregano added.
Chopped vegetables are placed in a salad bowl on top of whole leaves lettuce, decorated with olives and coarsely chopped herbs and poured with dressing.
Then, on top of all this colorful splendor, Feta cheese cut into large cubes is placed.
That’s it, you don’t need to put anything else in the Greek salad. Believe me, any other products will simply be superfluous here.
For those who like to see everything with their own eyes (I mean cooking), here is a video recipe.
Bon appetit!
And don’t stop at traditions - experiment and look further - how you can complement the usual classics various additives. And it turns out to be nothing at all!
Greek salad recipe with Chinese cabbage
A variation of our dish today with Chinese cabbage. What are we doing? Instead of lettuce, we will take cabbage, and specifically Chinese cabbage, since it is juicy and strong, with its own “refined crunch.”
That's all girls and boys, everything else regarding the availability of products and the cooking process is given above. I think there is no point in repeating it (just go up to the classic recipe).
And if you really can’t bear it, here’s a short summary:
Prepare the dressing: mix oil, lemon juice, chopped garlic, herbs, salt and pepper in a separate bowl.
The cabbage needs to be cut into strips, but not very finely.
Cut “Feta” cheese (if you don’t have it and can’t find it, “brynza” or “Fetaxa” will do) cut into large cubes. You can add it to the dressing so that it becomes “speckled” (more interesting after all) or put it on top of all the ingredients later.
Take washed vegetables, cucumbers and tomatoes. We shred them the same way as cheese.
Then cut the onion and sweet pepper into half rings.
We combine all this “richness of taste” into a common deep plate (don’t forget about the olives) and mix (just stir slightly).
Friends, our “Greek” salad with Chinese cabbage is ready! Go for the “biggest spoon”!
And for viewing:
Greek salad with croutons and chicken (classic recipe)
Crackers and chicken – doesn’t remind you of anything? "Caesar"? Yes, something similar. This time we will add just a couple of things to our culinary creation: crackers and chicken meat. This salad is no longer quite dietary and light - it is already gaining weight.
At this method cooking, as with any other, you can not mix all the products, but give the guests the opportunity to do this. By the way, see the composition and its quantity above (scroll up the page or click:).
You either buy crackers at the store or make them yourself. Take a regular one White bread- a couple of slices from the loaf. Remove the crusts and cut into cubes. Fry in a frying pan with butter until lightly browned.
Boil the chicken (chicken fillet), cool and cut into cubes.
The turn of our vegetables has come - we do with them, as in previous recipes - we prepare squares, strips and halves.
Place the leaves on the dish, top with tomatoes and cucumbers, onions, peppers, olives and cheese, and lastly, scatter the fried croutons. Salt, spices and herbs to taste.
Greek salad with feta cheese or feta cheese instead of feta cheese, as in a restaurant
It’s okay if “Feta” is replaced with “Brynza” - both have their own specific salty taste, which gives the dish a pronounced piquancy. Such a light dish is simply a treasure for those who take care of their figure and care about their health!
As you have already noticed, if you read the article from the very beginning, the classic recipe for Greek salad and its base remains unchanged. Only some ingredients are changed and added. At first, instead of lettuce leaves, we used Chinese cabbage, then updated it with chicken and croutons. And now it’s time to diversify the main product of the dish - cheese.
Otherwise, the composition and method of preparation will be the same. Almost…
- fresh tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are also suitable) - 4-5 pieces,
- cucumbers (it’s better if they come from the garden, if not, then cut off the bitter skin) – 2-3 pcs.,
- olives (pitted, olives are also suitable) - 1 jar,
- green salad leaves(or Chinese cabbage),
- bell pepper (you can have two different colors: orange and red),
- feta cheese (fetax) – 100-150 grams,
- onion (preferably red, if regular onion, then pour boiling water over it before adding) - one onion is enough.
For dressing (sauce):
- lemon (its juice),
- olive oil (I repeat, the best),
- garlic clove,
- mixture herbs(there is a ready-made set called “Greek” or oregano),
- salt, pepper and a little sugar.
Let's start cooking:
As always, the first thing we start with is the sauce - we combine all the herbs and spices with oil in a separate small container. Let it brew and set it aside.
Wash the vegetables and cut into medium pieces. Onions and bell peppers - strips. If you use cabbage, also in strips.
Be careful with feta cheese, it may be too soft and tender; divide into equal squares.
Now we put everything together (special attention: do not mix!). Make separate portions and pour over the infused sauce. If desired, decorate with herbs (mint has a special flavor). We invite guests!
The best dressing (sauce) for Greek salad
Have you ever seen any salad without sauce? There must be a gas station! A dry dish is not the best option!
The classic recipe for dressing for Greek salad consists of using products common to the Greeks (required):
- pure olive oil – 100 ml.,
- lemon juice - tablespoon,
- dry crushed fragrant herbs oregano,
- ground pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation:
Take a medium-sized bowl (a wide glass will do). Add oil and lemon juice. Add herbs and spices. Mix thoroughly until the salt is completely dissolved. Let it sit for 10-20 minutes. In general, while you are preparing the base.
Secrets of the best sauce:
- To get a sweetish taste, instead of lemon you should use Apple vinegar mixed with sugar (cane sugar is fine).
- If you add finely chopped garlic, the dish will acquire an islandy taste and a spicy aroma.
- Add melted honey and soy sauce– Greek salad becomes sweet-salty and unique.
As you can see, my dear gourmets, lovers of tasty, new and unusual things, there is nothing difficult or impossible in cooking. This science requires one thing - vivid imagination and correct alternation.
And today’s masterpiece: Classic “Greek” salad plus 5 excellent step-by-step recipes, proved our precise and correct direction - “Cooking tasty and even tastier”! Until next time.
