Traditional Greek Salad. A truly traditional Greek Salad with ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, onions, and creamy feta cheese; plus tips and a step-by-step video. I'm sharing everything I learned from my visit to Greece! It must be seasoned with dried oregano and salt and dressed with good quality extra virgin olive oil and a splash of red wine vinegar.
Known as horiatiki, this traditional Greek salad is made with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, kalamata olives, thinly sliced red onion, and feta. The easy dressing is a mixture of red wine vinegar. The Greek salad is one of the most popular and well-known Greek dishes outside and inside Greece. You can cook Traditional Greek Salad using 10 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Traditional Greek Salad
- It's 1/2 of cucumber, cubed (peeled and seeded).
- You need 1 of med/lg tomato, cubed.
- It's 1/4 of red onion, roughly chopped.
- Prepare 2 oz of Greek olives, sliced.
- Prepare 1/8 cup of feta cheese, cubed (or crumbled).
- It's 1/8 cup of olive oil.
- You need 1 tbs of dried oregano.
- You need 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper.
- It's 1/2 tsp of granulated garlic (or minced).
- It's to taste of Salt & Pepper,.
Greeks love the horiatiki , which means village in Greek. In the summer months it is present on most Greek tables at home and at the tavernes. This Greek salad is a favorite of my father's to make during the summer. We usually have plenty of tomatoes and cucumbers growing in the garden, and all you have to do is toss in some red onions, olives, bell pepper, feta cheese, a few herbs, and some olive oil and vinegar and you have beautiful, cooling, fresh, Greek salad.
Traditional Greek Salad instructions
- Combine all ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate for 30-45 mins before serving. ENJOY!.
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