Greek salad with chicken

Greek salad with chicken

Ingredients

Baked chicken breast fillet – 150 g

Cherry tomatoes – 10-12 pcs.

Medium strong cucumber – 1 pc.

Reddish sweet pepper – 1 pc.

Purple onion – 1 pc.

Olives – 10-12 pcs.

Lettuce leaves – 0.5 bunch

Olive oil – 2-3 tbsp.

Lemon juice – 1 tsp.

Dried basil - a pinch

Dark ground pepper - a pinch

• 79 kcal
• 15 minutes.
• 15 minutes.

Photo of the finished dish

Step-by-step recipe with photos

Prepare the necessary ingredients for the Greek chicken salad. Wash vegetables and lettuce leaves and dry with a cardboard towel.

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.

Cut the pepper in half, remove the stalk, white partitions and seeds. Cut into large cubes.

Cut the onion into thin rings.

Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and place on a flat dish or in a salad bowl.

In a bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice, dried basil and ground dark pepper.

Cut the chicken fillet into thin slices and place on lettuce leaves. Add cherry tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and onion.

Cut the cheese into small cubes and add to the salad. Place olives on top. Pour dressing over salad.

Greek chicken salad is ready.

Serve immediately.

Bon appetit and a delicious feast for you!

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Greek salad - 5 very tasty traditional recipes

Greek salad is known all over the world; its unforgettable taste is incomparable to any other. In Greece it is called “choreatics”, which means “village”, and all because it consists of such goods that farmers have in abundance every day.

The most important ingredient in this dish is feta - a soft cheese made from sheep's milk, currently considered Greek. The cheese is rich in calcium and iron, which has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system. It is very popular in all Mediterranean countries and is an indispensable element.

Production features include coarsely chopped vegetables, feta cheese, olives and olive oil. That is why this dish is rich in various vitamins and microelements, not least a very tasty salad with crab sticks. Now it is an integral part of the festive table, it is loved and appreciated all over the world.

Greek salad - Traditional step-by-step recipe

The key to a successful salad is the freshest vegetables, high-quality pitted olives, and good olive oil. Due to its own unique taste properties, it has become very famous. It has a huge number of varieties and is prepared differently depending on the region. So, we start making!

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
• Cucumbers – 5 pcs (small size)
• Bell pepper – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Feta – 250 gr
• Olives - to taste
• Olive oil – 5 tablespoons
• Lemon juice 1 tbsp. spoon
• Salt, pepper and oregano - to taste.

Manufacturing method:

1. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients.

2. Wash the vegetables, then start cutting them: cut the cucumbers into large pieces, cut the tomatoes in half and cut each half into approximately 5 pieces.

3. Peel the bell pepper from the seeds and cut into large pieces. For the most colorful dish, we took peppers of two colors: yellowish and reddish.

4. Chop the onion into half rings and mix the chopped vegetables in a plate.

5. Mix salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.

6. Cut the cheese into cubes approximately 1-1.5 cm.

7. Place chopped cheese and olives on a plate with vegetables, season everything with olive oil and spices. Sprinkle dried or fresh oregano on top. Our hearty and at the same time light salad is ready. Bon appetit!

The usual recipe for Greek salad with feta cheese

Almost everyone asks the question: “Why specifically cheese cheese and not feta?” Feta and feta cheese are identical, but still differ in their own taste and mixture. Brynza is the densest, hardest cheese that does not crumble when cut. This cheese not only tastes good, but also has the least amount of calories. It has 1.5 times fewer calories than feta. That is why almost everyone tries to add it specifically to this dish.

Ingredients:

• Cheese cheese – 200 gr
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Lettuce leaves – 3 pcs.
• Bell pepper - 1 piece
• Olives – 50 gr
• Olive oil – 45 ml
• Oregano, lemon juice, pepper and salt to taste.

Manufacturing method:

1. First we will prepare all the ingredients and wash the vegetables.

2. Cut the tomatoes into small squares, as in the photo.

3. We also chop the bell pepper, having previously cleared it of seeds.

4. Cucumbers can be cut in half, and then into small halves.

5. Cut the cheese into cubes, approximately 1-1.5 cm.

6. Chop the onion into half rings and the olives into rings.

7. Cut the leaves into small pieces.

8. Place the chopped vegetables in a deep bowl and season them with lemon juice. Then add olives, onions and feta cheese. Add oregano and salt and olive oil to taste, mix gently.

The dish with cheese is ready. Bon appetit!

Traditional recipe for Greek salad with fetax like in a restaurant

With fetax it really is like in a restaurant. Fetax cheese is similar to feta cheese, but has the densest consistency, and its lightly salted taste has a huge number of different colors. Unique and very easy to make.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
• Cucumbers 2 pcs
• Fetax cheese – 200 gr
• Lettuce leaves – 3 pcs.
• Olives – 50 gr
• Olive oil – 4 tbsp
• Greens - to taste
• Salt - to taste.

Manufacturing:

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients. Wash the vegetables.

2. Cut tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese into small cubes.

3. Coarsely chop the lettuce leaves or tear them apart with your hands.

4. Mix cubes of cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers with leaves in a deep bowl.

5. Add olives and pour olive oil.

6. Add salt and herbs to taste.

7. Mix everything well.

Thanks to the riot of colors in this dish, it looks even more appetizing and will decorate any table.

Salad with chicken and tomatoes

There are a huge number of different recipes for making this delicious dish, and now we will prepare it with chicken and tomatoes. Thanks to chicken, it becomes even more satisfying and appetizing.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 300 g (pre-baked or boiled)
• Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• Feta cheese – 150 gr
• Cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Olives – 50 gr
• Garlic – 1 clove
• Lemon juice – 20 g
• Olive oil – 4 tbsp
• Salt - to taste.

Manufacturing method:

1. We tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces with our hands.

2. Cut the onions into half rings.

3. Chop the cucumbers into rings, then into quarters.

4. Cut the tomatoes into slices.

5. Mix the vegetables in a deep bowl, pour them with olive oil, lemon juice and a garlic clove passed through a press.

6. Cut the chicken breast prepared in advance into large pieces and place it on top of the vegetables.

7. Cut the cheese into cubes and add together with the olives.

8. Mix all ingredients.

9. Salt to taste.

10. Our hearty and very tasty snack is ready.

Greek salad with mozzarella

Mozzarella is a soft cheese from southern Italy, famous for its delicate soft mixture and pronounced flavor properties. Mozzarella perfectly complements a Greek salad.

Ingredients:

• Mozzarella – 150 gr
• Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• Cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Bell pepper – 1-2 pcs.
• Lettuce leaves - 2-3 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Pitted olives
• Lemon juice – 30 g
• Salt, herbs, spices - to taste.

Manufacturing:

1. Cut the mozzarella into thick slices.

2. Peel the tomatoes and cut into large slices.

3. Chop the cucumbers into small pieces.

4. Diced bell pepper mode.

5. Cut the onions into rings.

6. Tear the leaves with your hands or cut them into small pieces.

7. Mix vegetables and cheese in a deep bowl.

8. Pour our dish with olive oil mixed with lemon juice, herbs and spices.

9. Salt to taste.

Thanks to mozzarella, this dish takes on a new, extraordinary taste that you and your loved ones will enjoy. Bon appetit!

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1. Ingredients
2. Step-by-step production

The main highlight of the traditional Greek salad is that all the ingredients for this dish are chopped coarsely. During production, vegetables, cheese and olives in the salad are combined, but not mixed. This method is explained by the fact that the appetizer allows you to feel the taste of each ingredient, both as a whole and separately.

Due to the huge content of greens and vegetables, Greek salad is considered a dietary dish that can be a substitute for a real dinner. And in order to make the salad richer, but at the same time not load it with unnecessary calories, chicken meat is added to the dish.

Typically, in a Greek chicken salad recipe, the dressing is made from lemon juice, olive oil, and spices. Without losing the taste of the salad, balsamic vinegar is often used instead of lemon juice. For example, in Greece there is such a tradition - salad with the addition of balsamic vinegar is served only on festive occasions and only for noble guests.

• Chicken fillet – 600 g.
• Cucumbers – 3 pcs.
• Soft cheese (Brynza or Feta) – 80 g.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• Olives – 10 pcs.
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Olive oil – 4 tbsp. l.
• Fresh herbs for decoration
• Ground dark pepper, salt to taste.

Step-by-step production

If necessary, chicken fillet is defrosted in advance, the meat is washed with cool water, and excess veins and skin are cut off. Cut the fillet into large proportional cubes.

A marinade is prepared for raw meat with the consistency of olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice, crushed garlic and spices. For piquancy, add mustard, reddish ground pepper or curry to the sauce.

Place the fillet pieces into a separate bowl, pour over the prepared dressing moderately and mix the chopped chicken meat with your hands a couple of times so that the marinade is better absorbed into it.

Cover the container with the fillet with plastic wrap and place the dish in the refrigerator for five to six hours. Turn the meat pieces over in the marinade a couple of times. There will be enough time for the fillet to mix with the smells of spices.

In a Greek salad with chicken, the meat will really turn out tasty and tender if you leave it to marinate in a cold place all night (that is, in the dark) . To do this, the finished pieces of fillet are washed with water, dried and fried in a frying pan or in a slow cooker until cooked. Transfer the meat to a plate and leave until completely cool.

The cheese is cut into medium-sized cubes. If to prepare a dish they use feta cheese - a cheese that in itself is salty, then the salad is not added at all. And in this case, if the cheese turns out to be very salty, it is soaked in milk or mineral water for 10 minutes. At the end of time, the cheese for the Greek salad with chicken, as in the photo, is cut into cubes and added to the salad.

Cucumbers and tomatoes are peeled from stems and stalks, the tomatoes are coarsely cut into slices, and the cucumbers into half rings.

Each olive is cut in half or chopped into rings.

The bottom of a deep or flat dish is decorated with lettuce leaves, and then alternately lay out chicken meat, vegetables and cheese, olives, sprinkle the salad with chopped herbs (parsley, dill) and season the dish with olive oil.

Alternatively, for a traditional Greek chicken salad, a sauce is made from ground egg yolks, chopped garlic, mustard, lemon juice and olive oil. Stir the mixture with a whisk until smooth and immediately season the salad.

For a crunchy, unusual taste, croutons are added to Greek salad. Thin slices of snow-white bread are cut into cubes, sprinkled with olive oil and fried in a pan or baked in the oven until golden brown. During production, so that the crackers are moderately fried or baked, they are turned over a couple of times with a wooden spatula.

Ready-made croutons will retain their own pleasant crunch if you add them to the salad before serving.

If desired, decorate the dish with chopped pine nuts. To update the taste of Greek salad, add avocado to it. One fruit is cut in half, pitted and peeled, the pulp is cut into large cubes and added to the salad. Avocado does not lose its own taste and is especially harmonious in all snacks with chicken and vegetables.

Greek Caesar salad with chicken goes perfectly with meat or fish dishes and can be complemented with a glass of snow-white wine.

Greek salad recipe with chicken

Greek salad with chicken can be completely consumed as a self-sufficient second course. After all, despite the ingredients that indicate its low calorie content, it is quite filling. The catchy juicy color of vegetables harmoniously mixes with the delicious temptation of chicken meat, marinated and baked in the oven. A recipe for Greek salad with chicken will take a little more time to prepare than a traditional Greek salad with croutons and feta cheese, but the end result is worth it. You can exchange homemade chicken for a ready-made grill, in which case it will take less time to cook.

• 2 pcs. skinless and boneless chicken breasts

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 50 gr. olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced ahead of time
• ¼ teaspoon pepper, dark ground
• 3 medium cucumbers (cut into large cubes in advance)

• 2 medium tomatoes, also coarsely chopped

• 1 reddish onion, finely chopped into rings
• Greens (lettuce, oregano)
• 150 gr. balsamic vinegar
• 100 gr. feta cheese or low-fat cottage cheese
• 100 gr. pitted olives
• Salt, pepper to taste

1. Place the cooked brisket pieces into a baking bag. Create the marinade as follows: In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, oil, vinegar, oregano, garlic and pepper. Throw a small portion, about two tablespoons, as salad dressing. Pour the marinade into the bag with the chicken. Seal the bag and turn it over a couple of times so that the marinade covers the chicken one hundred percent. Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 to 24 hours, turning the bag in different directions from time to time.
2. Meanwhile, in a deep bowl, mix cucumbers, tomatoes and reddish onions.

3. Drain the marinade from the bag with the chicken, then place it in the center on the bottom grid in the oven so that the swollen top of the baking bag does not touch its hot parts. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the finished chicken and leave to cool.

4. On a cutting board, cut the chicken breasts into small pieces. Pour into a bowl with the remaining ingredients. If desired, decorate with greenery. Pour the sauce over the salad, sprinkle with feta cheese and olives. Salad ready.