Greek Salad with Lettuce

Greek Salad with Lettuce

Why You’ll Love This Greek Salad Recipe With Lettuce

  • Greek Salad: Now Featuring Lettuce! Traditional Greek salad consists of raw veggies like juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumber, bell pepper, and red onions tossed in an herby vinaigrette with feta cheese and olives. Lettuce is not an original part of the equation, but lettuce works very well with Greek salad. 
  • Make It a Side or a Meal. Proteins like chicken and chickpeas are popular additions if you want to make a meal out of your salad.
  • Authentic Flavor. Greek salad, or Horiatiki, is actually a common dish in Greek cuisine. The flavors here are true to the original.

Ingredients

For the Salad:

  • ½ cup thinly sliced and halved red onion

  • 1 head romaine lettuce tough ends trimmed and roughly chopped into 1-inch pieces

  • 1 English cucumber halved lengthwise, seeded, and sliced 1/4-inch thick

  • 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes halved

  • 1 green bell pepper cored and cut into 1-inch cubes

  • ⅔ cup Kalamata olives pitted (leave whole)

  • 1 tablespoon capers drained (optional)

  • 8 ounces feta cheese cut into 1/2-inch cubes (for best results, use feta in brine), divided

  • Fresh herbs (while not necessary, any extra dill or parsley you have on hand would taste great)

For the Dressing:

 

 

Instructions

 

  • Place the red onion in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let sit at least 5 minutes, then drain (this removes some of the harsh bite).

  • In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, stir together the dressing: olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, salt, oregano, and black pepper.

  • Place the romaine in a large bowl and drizzle lightly with the dressing. Toss to coat.

  • Add the cucumber, cherry tomatoes, bell pepper, black olives, capers, and drained red onion. Drizzle with a little more dressing then toss gently to combine.

  • Last, add 3/4 of the feta, and toss very gently. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle the remaining feta over the top. Divide between serving bowls and serve with additional dressing as desired.

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