Middle-Eastern Style Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2007

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: A Persian Feast

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (3)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(3)

Prep Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

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Ingredients

1 small head romaine lettuce, shredded or finely chopped
1 sweet yellow onion or 8 green onions, finely chopped
2 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeds removed, and cut into small dice
2 to 3 ripe tomatoes, finely diced
3 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
6 tablespoons lemon juice
1 small clove garlic, finely minced
6 to 12 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Combine the lettuce, onion, cucumber, tomatoes, parsley, mint and dill in a salad bowl and toss to thoroughly combine.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil, to taste. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and drizzle over the salad. Toss well to combine and serve immediately.

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recipe Middle-Eastern Style Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad
Hasmig Austint, TX 08-15-2009
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Family Favorite
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My family has been making this salad for years. It's not where it's from that matters, it's just a good recipe. Simple,... fresh, healthy, delicious.Read more
recipe Middle-Eastern Style Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad
Robert Prov, RI 05-16-2008
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Sour Grapes?
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Our Lebanese friend obviously took offense that this was identified as a Persian dish. Having lived in the mid east for a... couple years, most dishes cross national and often strictly ethnic boundaries, i.e. Arab, Persian, Jewish, Christian, etc. etc. Versions of this can probably be found in every middle eastern country/region, so he previous reviewer needs to "get over it" and stick to reviewing the quality of the recipe, which I thought was fine.Read more
recipe Middle-Eastern Style Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad
null null, null 04-02-2008
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persian salad
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

should be no ratng for this receipe that was a lebanese salad not a persian all the receipes in this episode were lebanese ,... not israeili or any other country. thanksRead more