Traditional Greek salad (authentic recipe by a Greek)
Learn all the secrets for how to make the best traditional Greek salad, also known as Horiatiki or village salad. Easy recipe by a Greek cook!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 235kcal
Ingredients
- 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 2 medium persian cucumbers, sliced (peeled or unpeeled)
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- ½ onion, sliced
- ⅓ cup olives, whole or pitted (preferably Kalamata olives)
- 1 cup feta cheese, cubed
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
- Salt to taste
Optional:
- 1 tablespoon capers
- A few whole wheat or barley rusks
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes, the cucumbers, the onion and the green pepper and transfer them to a large bowl with all of their juices. Add the olives and the feta cheese and toss.
- Drizzle with the olive oil and the red wine vinegar. Then sprinkle with the dried oregano and some salt.
- Taste and add more vinegar and salt if needed. Serve.
Notes
Cut the tomatoes in half from stem to bottom and remove the core with a sharp knife. Continue cutting those slices in half until you have 8 slices. If the tomatoes are very large, cut each slice in the middle.
Cucumbers should be sliced into approximately 0.25 inch thick slices. Peel them if the skin is too thick or bitter.
Onion should be sliced whole or cut in the middle (from top to bottom) and then sliced.
Peppers are either sliced or cut into pieces approximately the same size as cucumbers.
Feta cheese can be cut into cubes or crumbled. Alternatively, it can be placed on top of the salad and broken into pieces with a fork just before serving.
If you refrigerate the Greek salad, let it sit out of the fridge 30 minutes before serving because the tomatoes taste more intense and sweet when at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 235kcal
