As a rule, traditional Greek salad does not include croutons, however, if you decided to diversify the texture of the dish in this way, we prepared several delicious recipes for you.
Greek salad with croutons
Ingredients:
- Georgian lavash;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- Lettuce - 1 head;
- tomatoes - 1 piece;
- cucumber - 1 piece;
- cheese "Feta" - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- boiled chickpeas - 1/2 st .;
- olives.
Preparation
Georgian lavash is torn into small pieces and poured the pieces with olive oil. We spread the bread on the baking sheet covered with parchment and bake in the oven at 180 degrees to golden color.
While our croutons are baked, let's make a salad. Tomatoes and cucumber cut into cubes, similarly cut and "Fetu". Let's salad with hands and mix all the vegetable ingredients together and add chickpeas to them.
For filling, mix the butter with lemon juice, salt, pepper and chopped garlic. We fill the salad with the resulting mixture, mix and spread on top of the pieces of "Feta", olives and toast. Serve the classic Greek salad with crackers to the table immediately after the preparation.
How to make Greek salad with croutons?
Are accustomed to the fact that "Grecian" consists of only vegetables? Then try to reproduce our version of the famous salad from the recipe below.
Ingredients:
- Lettuce - 2 heads;
- salami - 12 slices;
- cherry tomatoes - 2/3;
- avocados - 1 piece;
- red salad bow - 1 piece;
- olives - half a century;
- cucumber -1 pc .;
- "Feta";
- cashew - 1/2 st .;
- toast;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- Balsamic vinegar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- basil - 1 bunch.
Preparation
Salami cut into strips and fry until the fat is not drowned, after which the pieces of sausage are removed, and on the remains of fat, fry until golden cashew.
Now we take up vegetables: we randomly cut lettuce, cut cucumber into thin rings, tomatoes - quarters, and avocados - cubes. Mix all the ingredients with salami, nuts and croutons.
We prepare a dressing from butter and balsamic vinegar, adding salt and pepper to it. Season the salad and gently mix it with your hands. A slice of "Feta" can be put on the plate as a whole, so that each of the eaters would take exactly as much cheese as they want, or you can crumble it on top of the finished salad. In addition to "Feta", the top of the salad is also adorned with olive and basil leaves, which have been cleared of stones. We serve the salad immediately after the preparation, so that the toasts keep their crunch.
Recipe for Greek salad with croutons and chicken
Ingredients:
- olive oil - 1 teaspoon;
- chicken fillet - 2 pieces;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- oregano - to taste;
- Dried garlic - to taste;
- lettuce - 1 head;
- Bulgarian pepper - 2 pieces;
- canned chili peppers - 2 pcs .;
- olives;
- cheese "Feta" - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- toast;
- cucumber - 1 piece;
- cherry tomatoes - 1 handful;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- juice of 1 lemon.
Preparation
Chicken fillet season with salt and pepper, as well as garlic and oregano to taste. Fry the chicken on both sides until golden brown, after which we additionally bake in the oven at 180 degrees to full. Before slicing, let the meat rest for 5 minutes, so as not to lose meat juices.
While the chicken is resting tomatoes cut into quarters, cucumbers - thin circles, and "Fetu" - cubes. Let's salad the salad with your hands. Bulgarian pepper cut with straws, chili peppers with thin rings. The present chicken cut straws. We mix all the ingredients together.
From butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper, we prepare salad dressing and water it with mixed ingredients. Ready Greek salad with chicken sprinkled with croutons and olives.