Greek Salad (Horiatiki)
Updated: Jun 5, 2020
The Greek salad is one of the most popular and well-known Greek dishes outside and inside Greece. Greeks love the horiatiki, which means village in Greek.
Ingredients
8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
salt - pepper
2 tablespoons dry oregano
350 g tomatoes
½ cucumber
1/3 onion
1 green bell pepper
5-10 olives
150 g feta cheese
Method
Chop the tomatoes and cucumber into small bite-size pieces. Slice the onion (thinly) and the peppers (stripes). Add to a bowl and top with the extra virgin olive oil, the vinegar, salt, pepper to taste and the oregano. Mix well with your hands and let it rest for few minutes. Add the olives, feta and oregano when you're ready to serve.
There are many other ingredients you can add to your Greek salad, depending on your taste and preferences, i.e. capers or caper leaves, fresh onion, small pieces of dried bread (dakos)
Pre time: ~15-20 mins
Servings: 4
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