Greek Bread Salad (Dakos)
Recipe: #2056
November 05, 2011
Categories: Salads, Side Dishes, Cheese, Cucumber, Onions Greek, Brunch, Vegetarian, more
"Plan ahead the veggie mixture must sit for about 40 minutes or a little longer at room temperature before servings so grill the bread while the veggie mixture is sitting, and the bread must sit until fairly hard after grilling, after you top the bread with the veggie mixture it must be served immediately"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (250.4 g)
- Calories 533
- Total Fat - 56 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.1 g
- Cholesterol - 5.7 mg
- Sodium - 219.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 4.9 g
- Protein - 2.6 g
- Calcium - 46.4 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat the grill.
Step 2
Brush the bread with olive oil on both sides, then season with salt pepper and garlic powder.
Step 3
Grill bread on both sides until lightly golden brown.
Step 4
Remove the bread to a platter and let sit at room temperature to get slightly hard.
Step 5
Meanwhile in a large; bowl whisk together 1 cup olive oil with fresh lemon juice, dill, and garlic, then season lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 6
Mix in the cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, and feta into the oil mixture and let stand at room temperature for about 40 minutes.
Step 7
Spoon the mixture over the grilled bread slices.
Step 8
Drizzle with more olive oil if desired, sprinkle with olives then serve immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.