Greek cucumber salad thats easy to make and super refreshing. Greek style flavors with a tangy dressing topped over classic ingredients.

Ingredients needed

Cucumber
Red onion
Olives
Feta cheese
Tomato
Olive oil
Basil
Dried oregano
Lemon
Red wine vinegar
Salt & black pepper

Helpful tips

Prep the cucumbers, the recipe can be made in under 30 minutes but you have to do this step first. A bonus, you can do this the night before. Slice the cucumbers then salt them heavy. Cover then leave in the refrigerator for an hour or overnight. This drains all the excess water that destroys peoples cucumber salads.
Soak the red onion, doing this takes that raw bite from the onions some people don’t enjoy.

How to store

In my opinion, any salad with watery vegetables like cucumbers need to be served the same day. The recipe can keep about 2 days in the refrigerator if covered but the texture of the cucumbers starts to get off after the first day. Greek cucumber salad is not a recipe to be frozen. If after 2 days there are leftovers it’s best to toss the remaining salad out.

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Greek Cucumber Salad

Greek cucumber salad thats easy to make and super refreshing. Greek style flavors with a tangy dressing topped over classic ingredients.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: Greek Cucumber Salad

Prep Time: 30

Prep Cucumbers: 1

Total Time: 1 30

Servings: serving

Calories: 348kcal

Ingredients

2 cucumber sliced
1/2 medium red onion sliced
1 cup kalamata olives halved
1 pint cherry tomato halved
1 cup feta cheese crumbled

Dressing

1/2 cup olive oil
1 lemon, squeezed
2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/2 cup basil, chopped
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

First, prep the cucumbers. Salt them heavy, cover then place in the refrigerator for one hour. After, rinse them and drain the excess water from them. This step can be skipped but your cucumber salad will get very watery.
Now, while the cucumbers are draining prep the other ingredients. Chop the onion and add the slices to water if you want to take away the bite. Slice olives and halve tomatoes. If your feta cheese is not crumbled, do that now.
In a small bowl, add olive oil, chopped basil, oregano, juice a lemon pour in red wine vinegar and season with salt and black pepper. Give the dressing a mix then sat aside.
When the cucumbers are ready toss all the chopped ingredients in a bowl together.Then, pour over dressing and mix well. Taste for salt and serve.
Note, if you prepped the cucumbers the recipe will be fine to serve later. But if you didn't serve immediately because you won't have long before the water starts to leak from the cucumbers.