Authentic & Classic Greek Salad with Extra Virgin Olive Oil | PJ Kabos Recipe
- Dec 22, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
Greek Classic — Salad or Side Dish
Serves 4 (as a side dish)
PJ Kabos High-Phenolic Olive Oil Used in This Recipe:
This authentic and classic Greek Salad brings together ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, peppers, red onion, olives, feta and oregano, finished simply with generous extra virgin olive oil. Choose the olive oil that suits your taste — Medium for a smoother, more balanced finish or Robust for a bolder, more peppery high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil presence.
PJ Kabos recipes are created to highlight the depth, balance, and character of high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil — bringing everyday dishes to life in a simple, natural way.
A Delicious Way to Enjoy Your Daily Phenolic Shot
Because this salad is finished generously with high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil, it can also be a delicious way to enjoy your daily intake of polyphenols as part of a meal. Instead of taking your olive oil separately as a shot, enjoy it as Mediterranean people have for generations — as part of the food itself, mingling with fresh vegetables, herbs and feta.
Which oil?
Choose PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic Medium when you want the olive oil to complement the fresh ingredients, or Robust when you want the olive oil itself to take a starring role — bold, distinctive and unmistakable in every bite. Either way, don't be shy with the olive oil. In a Greek salad, the oil isn't simply a dressing but rather, an essential ingredient.
No Vinegar Allowed
An authentic Greek salad needs only good extra virgin olive oil. It might surprise you, but vinegar has no place in a true Greek salad.
Don't Leave the Juice Behind
Something wonderful happens as a Greek salad sits for a few minutes. The salt begins to draw the natural juices from the ripe tomatoes, cucumber and peppers. Those fresh vegetable juices mingle with the extra virgin olive oil, oregano and the salty richness of the feta, creating an incredibly flavorful juice at the bottom of the bowl.
A slice of good village bread dipped in it may just be the best part of the entire salad!
Year Round Meal
An authentic Greek salad is cool, savory and wonderfully refreshing — certainly on a hot summer day, but also during the winter months when heated indoor air can leave us feeling dry and thirsty. With their naturally high water content, fresh vegetables mix perfectly with the oil to make this a wonderfully refreshing salad any time of the year.
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Recipe
Ingredients
2 tomatoes, chopped into bite-sized pieces
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
⅛ cup red onion, thinly sliced
⅓ cup Kalamata or green olives
5 ounces feta cheese, preferably a slab or crumbled
⅓ cup (or more) PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic Robust or Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Oregano, to taste
Salt, to taste
Preparation
In a deep bowl, add tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumber, red onion and olives.
Drizzle generously with EVOO of choice, add the oregano and salt, then gently toss to coat.
Place the feta on top and finish with a little more oregano and a final drizzle of EVOO.
Serve
Greek village bread for soaking up the delicious juices
Kali Orexi — Happy Eating!
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