A delicious light, fresh and tasty fish salad that is full of Mediterranean flavour with olives, basil, tomatoes and a simple lemon dressing.
This Greek fish salad is an easy-to-make fresh and healthy meal that is full of crisp and crunchy vegetables along with a good serving of protein - which means you won't go hungry!
This simple recipe can make an easy healthy weeknight meal but also tastes good enough to serve to guests for lunch or dinner. After our recent bouts of hot and humid weather anything that does not require standing over the stove for hours sounds good to me!
I love simple, healthy meals that you can throw together quickly! This fish salad can be on the table in less than 20 minutes! Olives, basil, tomatoes and red onion give this salad lots of Mediterranean flavour, the capsicums (bell peppers) and cucumber give the salad a nice bit of texture and added crunch.
We have recently been away up north in the Bay of Islands where my husband was fortunate enough to have a very successful fishing trip. He returned very happily with an abundance of kingfish - lucky us!
From fresh sashimi to a variety of different fish salads we were very spoilt - and still had enough fish left to drop off portions to family and friends.
The best fish to use:
Kingfish has a lovely white meaty texture making it one of my favourite fish to enjoy. This Greek-style salad would work well with any fish, but the thicker meaty varieties work best such as kingfish, tuna, or mahi mahi. If none of these are available then salmon could be a nice alternative.
For other seafood recipes, you may like to try:
- Hot Smoked Salmon Salad with Egg & Mustard Potatoes
- Vietnamese Summer Roll Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing
For other healthy salad recipes, you might like:
- Chicken, Asparagus & Avocado Salad with Lemon Cashew Dressing
- Gado Gado Indonesian Salad
- Loaded Lentil Salad
I hope you enjoy this Greek-style fish salad! Please leave a star rating and let me know how you got on in the comments below, I love hearing from you!
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Have a lovely week!
Hope
Fish Salad (Greek Style)
Ingredients
- 300 gm /10.5 oz fish See notes below on cooking times
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon oregano dried
- ½ cup basil
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes
- ½ cup black olives pitted
- ½ cup cucumber chopped
- ½ cup red pepper thinly sliced
- ½ cup red onion thinly sliced
- wedge of lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Dressing
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the fish - rub each side of your fillet or with a drizzle of olive oil, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with oregano.
- Melt 1 tablespoon olive oil in a cast iron grill pan on a high heat. Once the pan is very hot turn the pan down to a medium heat. Cook the fish for about 3-4 minutes on each side*. You want the fish to be slightly golden on the outside and should pull apart easily and be flaky once cooked.
- Place all of the ingredients for the salad in a bowl and toss with the lemon dressing.
- Separate the salad on to 2 plates and place the fish over the top. Serve with a lemon wedge and drizzle with extra olive oil if desired.
Notes
- Cooking times will vary depending on the type of fish you use.
- For meaty varieties of fish cook for 3-4 minutes on each side.
- For less meaty varieties such as snapper, cod or terakhi cook for about 2 minutes on each side.
- Salmon may need 4-5 minutes on each side.
Nutrition
Nutrtition Information
This nutritional information is an estimate only and is provided as a courtesy to readers. It was auto-generated based on serving size, number of servings, and typical information for the ingredients listed in the recipe card. Please feel free to use your preferred nutrition calculator. Please consult your doctor about any specific dietary requirements.
