Traditional Greek Salad Recipe (Horiatiki Salad)
A simple, easy, and traditional Greek salad recipe (also referred to as a Horiatiki salad) that came straight from Greece itself! This salad is a perfect, fresh, crisp side for any meal, or perfect on it's own.
Ingredients
- 1 large tomato
- 1 large green pepper
- .5 red onion
- 5-15 olives
- 1/4 cup feta cheese
- 1/2 cucumber
- olive oil, salt, pepper to taste
Instructions
- Very roughly chop the tomato (cut in half, then cut into 6th's like a pizza)
- Take the top and bottom off of the bell pepper and remove the seeds/veins. Then cut the pepper into strips (thick julienne cuts).
- Cut the half of a red onion into strips to mimic the julienne strips of the green pepper
- Cut about half a cucumber in half lengthwise, then again into 1/4in slices
- Add the tomatoes, peppers and onions into a bowl and top with your desired amount of olives
- Coat the salad in olive oil, salt and pepper to taste and toss
- Divide the salad into your portions and top with crumbled (or just a solid brick) of the feta cheese and serve!