The Ultimate Greek Salad

evelyn/athens's Note:

This is the most delicious salad - fresh and wonderful-tasting. FYI, lettuce can very much be a part of any greek salad - if you want it to. We like lettuce in my family and I often add it. It would not be 'authentic' in a Horiatiki (village) salad, but who cares?

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Dressing

• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano (Mediterranean is best)

Salad

• 1 head lettuce , torn into bite-size pieces ((I use Romaine)
• 3 large plum tomatoes , seeded and coarsely chopped
• 1 English cucumber , peeled and coarsely chopped (the long, thin, almost seedless ones)
• 1 medium red onion , cut into thin rings and soaked for 10 minutes in a small bowl of ice water to make it less sharp
• 1 small green pepper , cut into thin rings
• ¾ cup kalamata olive
• ¾ cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions:

1. Whisk dressing ingredients together until blended.
2. Season to taste.
3. Drain onion from ice water and pat dry with paper towels.
4. Combine all salad ingredients, except cheese, in large bowl.
5. Toss with dressing.
6. Sprinkle cheese over and serve.

Reviews

[Garlic Chick]

Excellent! Superb! I love this dressing and salad. I made as stated but increased the red wine vinegar to three tablespoons and added 1/2 teaspoon of sugar per other recipes I saw. Not too harsh and perfect for the salad. I used light feta in my version. If you are making a good sized salad it's a good idea to double the recipe so you have enough dressing. I'll use this recipe a lot, thanks for posting evelyn/athens!

[Chef #963853]

I could literally drink this salad dressing, it is so good. I did add about 1/2 teaspoon salt to it, and in the salad I used half baby spinach, and I substituted fresh mozzarella for the feta. I love feta, but had just run out.

[Kristy D.]

This was just what I was looking for. The only change I may make next time is to cut down on the garlic next time, as it was a little strong for my tastes. I will for sure be making this again and again!