Greek Cucumber Salad

4.40 (9)
⏱ 20 mins 🍽 ['4', '4 servings'] 🌶 greek 🏷 Main course

This vibrant Greek salad comes together in just twenty minutes. It combines chopped cucumber, plum tomatoes, green pepper and onion, all tossed in a simple homemade dressing of malt vinegar, sugar, olive oil and seasonings. Kalamata olives are added before the salad is plated and finished with a generous topping of crumbled feta cheese for a classic Mediterranean flavour.

Greek Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

  • 4 small roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 cucumber, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 small yellow onion, chopped
  • 5 tablespoons malt vinegar
  • 1.5 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 (12 ounce) jar kalamata olives
  • 1 (4 ounce) container crumbled feta cheese

Method

  1. Combine the chopped tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper and yellow onion in a large mixing bowl.
  2. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the 5 tablespoons of malt vinegar, 1.5 tablespoons of white sugar, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt and 0.5 teaspoon of minced garlic. Pour this dressing over the vegetables. Add the jar of kalamata olives and toss everything to coat evenly. Portion the salad onto four plates and finish each with crumbled feta cheese.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories400 kcal
Fat32 g
Sugars10 g
Protein7 g
Sodium2294 mg

Recipe details

CategoryMain course
Cuisinegreek
Authorapak