Prepare the Greek salad. Recipes and Recommendations

The favorite of many is a Greek salad, really from Greece. True, in Hellas itself it is called in another way - village or rural. Nothing bad people in this name do not invest, it just starts from the main ingredients of the dish - fresh vegetables and olives, which, of course, are not grown in the city.

As a rule, the components of the salad remain unchanged, and in good restaurants they sometimes experiment with the composition, although in the classical form it has an excellent taste and utility.

How to prepare a Greek salad?

A feature of the dish, regardless of the components of the dressing, are always large-sliced ​​vegetables, Feta cheese, olives and olive oil. Add chicken, shrimp or the same garlic - it's yours. The taste of this will not spoil, even on the contrary, but it is not a classic recipe for Greek salad. But let's start all the same from the classics.

Ingredients:

• Fresh tomatoes - 3 pieces;
• Red onions - 1 piece;
• Cucumber - 3 pieces;
• Large olives with a stone - 1 pot;
• Olive oil - 50 milliliters;
• Spices "oregano" - half a teaspoon;
• Cheese "Feta" - 200 grams;
• Pepper, salt - to taste.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the vegetables well;
2. Cut the cucumber and tomato into large pieces and immediately put them into the dishes;
3. Peel the red onion and try to chop it with thin rings. After you do, send to cucumbers and tomatoes;
4. On top of the onion you need to put olives. It is not necessary to pull out bones or cut them in half;
5. Next, cut the cheese into medium sized cubes and add to the container to the rest of the finished products;
6. Sprinkle with spices "Oregano", pepper and salt at your discretion. Top with olive oil. Stir.

In general, the dish is traditionally served without mixing, so there is a certain sequence of slicing foods for salad. However, it is recommended to do the opposite, so that the spices and salt are evenly distributed.

Recipe for Greek salad with chicken

This recipe is not very different from the classic. Slightly more components and taste are slightly more tender due to the chicken breast. And, of course, it can not be called easy, since the chicken adds satiety to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Fresh tomatoes - 2 pieces;
• Red onion - half of a bulb;
• Cucumber - 2 pieces;
• Large olives with a stone - 1 pot;
• Chicken breast in any form (boiled, smoked, fried) - 1 piece;
• Olive oil - 50 milliliters;
• Spices "oregano" - a couple of pinch;
• Cheese "Feta" - 100 grams;
• Lemon juice - two tablespoons;
• Fresh basil - 2-3 branches;
• Pepper, salt - to taste.

Cooking does not differ from the classic recipe:

1. The order is still the same - we cut vegetables in large quantities, then add onions, olives, cheese;
2. In the salad evenly add lemon juice and olive oil, mix;
3. The chicken should be cut into oblong pieces, not too large, but you do not have to worry about trifling. Add it to the salad bowl by spreading the dishes in a circle;
4. At the very end of the salt and put spices: basil, pepper, oregano.

If you want to make it more beautiful, put the fetu in the center. It will be a kind of salad flower - slices of chicken breast form a circle, and squares of cheese - the center of the dish.

It's easy to notice - the Greek salad does not differ in the complicated cooking procedure. In just a few minutes you can enjoy a meal. In another way it is called a salad for lazy people. Despite the conservatism of the Greeks - we are not them, so an infinite number of varieties of delicacies were invented. Choose what you like and start eating.