Greek salad with chicken classic

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic Greek salad with chicken? Very simple. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list. You can start cooking with refueling. Traditionally, olive oil is used for Greek salad, but you can take any vegetable oil.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice, ground black pepper and salt. Whisk everything with a fork until smooth.

3. Step 3:

   

   Now prepare all the other ingredients according to the list. Salad leaves can be replaced with a ready-made mixture of salad leaves.

4. Step 4:

   

   Season chicken fillet with salt and pepper. Wrap the fillets in foil and bake in the oven at 180 ° C for about 25 minutes until cooked.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cool the finished fillet and cut into thin slices. If desired, instead of baking, you can boil the fillets in salted water or fry in a frying pan.

6. Step 6:

   

   Wash cherry tomatoes, cut in half. You can replace the cherry with ordinary tomatoes, which need to be cut into slices. Tomatoes need juicy, but dense. Soft fruits do not keep their shape well, in the process of slicing and cooking they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

7. Step 7:

   

   Wash the cucumbers, dry them and cut them into semicircles. The skin, if it is not rough, not damaged and not bitter, does not need to be cut off.

9. Step 8:

   

   Wash the bell pepper, remove the seeds and stalk. Cut the pulp into small cubes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cut the cheese into small cubes. You can replace the cheese with feta or sirtaki. Or another soft cheese, for example, mozzarella, Adyghe, cottage cheese or melted cream; however, in this case, the salad will be based on the Greek.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cut the red onion into thin rings. If desired, you can marinate the onion in a mixture of vinegar and sugar for 20 minutes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Remove the olives from the brine and dry them.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the washed salad leaves on the dish. Place slices of chicken fillet, cucumber and bell pepper, tomatoes and red onion on top.

14. Step 13:

    

    Spread the cheese and olives on top. Pour the dressing over the salad. Garnish with fresh basil leaves and you can serve the salad to the table. Bon appetit!