Greek Shrimp Salad Recipe

Series Summary

The classic Greek salad, sometimes called a “village salad”, in its traditional form consists of chopped tomato, cucumbers, bell pepper and red onion, and sometimes baby spinach, and seasoned with salt, pepper, oregano and olive oil. Some recipes also call for feta, capers and kalamata olives. In the United States and UK a Greek salad is a lettuce based salad with classic Greek ingredients like feta cheese, olives and tomatoes and topped with oil and vinegar. Some recipes also use cucumbers, bell peppers, onions, radishes, pepperoni and sometimes beets.

In this series of free cooking videos you'll learn how to make a Greek Shrimp & Mediterranean salad. Expert Laura Banford demonstrates the process step by step, showing you what ingredients you'll need, how to wash and dry the greens, how to put together the ingredients, and how to de-vein and cook the shrimp. Let the experts at ExpertVillage help you get started expanding your cultural palette.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Laura Banford. I'm going to show you how to make Greek shrimp with Mediterranean salad. Today we're going to make Greek shrimp with a Mediterranean salad. This is a great dinner or lunch that will make you think that you are sitting in front of a beautiful porch in Greece with the ocean at your feet. It really is a abasing delicious dish that includes big juicy jumbo shrimp and traditional Greek company mints, some diced tomatoes, spinach, feta and a really delicious Mediterranean salad that hits all the right notes. So join me as we make Greek shrimp with Mediterranean salad."