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The Barefoot Contessa Makes Her Greek Salad Recipe 02:31

Ina Garten makes her Greek Salad recipe. She begins by making homemade vinaigrette, which includes half a cup of olive oil, a quarter cup of red wine vinegar, half a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, one teaspoon of crushed-up dried oregano, a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper and two cloves of minced garlic. She whisks the vinaigrette dressing and sets it aside. For the salad, she adds to a bowl slices of hothouse cucumber, large-diced red and yellow bell peppers, halved grape tomatoes, red onion slices and half a cup of kalamata olives. She pours vinaigrette dressing over the salad and tosses the salad to mix it in.

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Greek Salad

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Show: Barefoot Contessa: Cook Like a Pro

Episode: Go Greek

Greek Salad

Name: Greek Salad
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H50M0.000S
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: european
Ingredients: 1 hothouse cucumber, unpeeled, seeded, and sliced 1/4-inch thick; 1 red bell pepper, large-diced; 1 yellow bell pepper, large-diced; 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; 1/2 red onion, sliced in half-rounds; 1/2 pound feta cheese, 1/2-inch diced (not crumbled); 1/2 cup calamata olives, pitted; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1/4 cup good red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup good olive oil

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Level: Easy
Total: 50 min

Prep: 20 min
Inactive: 30 min

Yield: 6 servings

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