Salad with pearl barley

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a salad with pearl barley? Very simple. To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. You can add or replace the vegetable part and spices to your taste. You can replace wine vinegar with apple cider vinegar. Any vegetable oil will do, preferably fragrant, unrefined. I have olive.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the pearl barley and soak for several hours in cold water. Then drain the water and cook the cereal in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the package. Place the finished cereal on a sieve and dry. Read about the selection and preparation of pearl barley in the article on this topic. Find the link at the end of this recipe.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the red onion and cut into thin rings or half rings. Place the onion in a bowl. Pour in wine vinegar. Leave to marinate for 10 minutes. Then drain the marinade.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the bell pepper from seeds and stems and cut into thin rings.

5. STEP 5

   

   Wash the tomatoes, dry and cut into slices. If you want the salad to be less watery, you can remove the core and seeds. If you have cherry tomatoes, cut them into halves. Tomatoes need to be juicy but firm. Soft fruits do not hold their shape well; during cutting and cooking, they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

6. STEP 6

   

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

7. STEP 7

   

   Cut the feta into small cubes. You can replace feta with sirtaki, fetaksa or other soft cheese, for example, feta cheese, mozzarella, Adyghe. Read about different types of cheeses in the article at the end of this recipe under the steps.

8. STEP 8

   

   In a salad bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, olives, red onions, pearl barley and feta. Drizzle the salad with olive oil and lemon juice, sprinkle with oregano, salt and pepper and toss gently.

9. STEP 9

   

   Serve the salad with pearl barley and vegetables, garnished with fresh herbs. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Maystin

09.11.2023

4.8

The pearl barley salad attracted me with its unusual ingredient, namely pearl barley. And it became very interesting how it would sound in a salad. I marinated the onions in apple cider vinegar, and didn’t add olives and oregano to the salad. It turned out very interesting! The pearl barley fit perfectly into the salad and gave it richness, and in the foreground, of course, the taste of vegetables. It was a very tasty and successful experiment, I think I’ll repeat it