So fresh and so colorful! Greek salads are nothing new. They’ve been done again and again, but not like this. This one here is a marinated feta greek salad. As if we take a hunk of feta, dice it up, and throw it into a jar with olive oil, red pepper flakes, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, herbs (basically anything you like) and let it hang around for a few days or up to two weeks and allow the flavors to really seep into the feta cheese. And once the feta soaks up all that goodness, we’ll drain it. And don’t you worry, we aren’t wasting a drop of that precious EVOO! We’ll save the oil for an amazing red wine vinaigrette that you can make with just four simple ingredients. I’m telling you, once you make a marinated feta Greek salad, you’re never making it the regular old way again. Fruity olive oil and summery herbs are where this salad all begins. Now, of course, you can make an even bigger batch of marinated feta and serve it as an appetizer or as part of a summer cheeseboard too. Marinating feta is a beautiful little way of making it taste even better, and there isn’t just one way of serving this. The best part is, the marinated feta demands that you make it in advance, making it ideal for prepping ahead of time for dinner parties and such. And trust me, a marinated feta Greek salad will definitely wow those dinner guests for sure. Marinated-anything just makes it sound super fancy!
What do you need to make marinated feta greek salad?
cherry tomatoescucumbers (Persian or hothouse)green bell pepperred onionskalamata olivesgarbanzo beansmarinated fetadressing
What do you need to marinate the feta cheese?
fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano, etc.)extra virgin olive oilgreek-style feta cheesecrushed red pepper flakes
What other ignredients would add flavor to marinate feta cheese?
whole cloves of garlic sun-dried tomatoespeppercornsbay leaveskalamata olives
What’s in the marinated feta greek salad dressing?
olive oil from the marinated fetadried oreganoDijon mustardsalt and pepperred wine vinegar
How to make the marinated feta for this greek salad:
Making the marinated feta for this Greek salad is really easy!
How do you store the feta cheese while it’s marinating?
I’ve read up on this quite a bit, and though lots of sources say that it will be fine to store at room temperature for 24 hours if all of the feta is completely submerged in the olive oil, I still recommend refrigerating as the feta marinates. For this reason, the flavors to take a little longer to develop because of the cooler temperatures. Marinated feta on day four will most definitely taste much better than marinated feta from day two. TIP: You’ll want to remove the marinated feta from the refrigerated about 30 minutes-2 hours before using it in a salad. You want the olive oil to come back to a liquid state. It solidifies when it sits in the refrigerator at such a cold temperature.
What do I do with the leftover olive oil?
Make tons of salad dressing! You can pretty much use it anywhere where you’d use extra virgin olive oil – make vinaigrettes, toss with pasta, or in a bean salad.
What can I serve with this marinated feta Greek salad?
Greek marinated chickenlemon rosemary chickengarlic butter skillet steak and shrimproasted herb butter spatchcock chickenrestaurant style beef shawarmagarlic lemon butter chickenbeef shawarma bowls with vermicelli ricegarlic butter chicken with mozzarellaPersian chicken kebabs
Other ways to use chickpeas:
instant pot hummusseven layer chickpea shawarma dipMoroccan chickpea power saladsmashed chickpea green goddess sandwicheschipotle chicken stew with chickpeas and kalehomemade falafel
