Greek salad with fried feta cheese Recipe

Greek salad with fried feta cheese Recipe

  • 1 roasted red pepper from a jar, sliced
  • Âź cucumber, sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
  • handful chickpeas from a can, rinsed and drained
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • handful olives, pitted
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 25g/1oz flour
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 110g/4oz feta cheese, sliced into 2 pieces
  • 4 tbsp olive oil, to fry
  • squeeze of lemon juice
  1. To make the salad, mix together all of the ingredients, season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and set aside.
  2. For the fried feta mix together the flour, sesame seeds and egg in a bowl. Dip the feta pieces into the mixture to coat.
  3. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and add the feta. Fry for two to three minutes, turning once, until golden on both sides. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.
  4. Place the fried feta on top of the salad with a squeeze of lemon juice and serve.
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