Moorish Chopped Salad
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Moorish Chopped Salad Recipe. A salad to be enjoyed on a warm day on the back porch with a nice glass of white wine. The beauty of this salad is that it is very light and comforting but for those who want a little spice they can kick it up with some red pepper flakes.
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Ingredients
lemon juice | 3 Tbsps | |
garlic clove | 1 | mashed to a paste |
olive oil | 1/4 cup | |
tomato | 2 | seeded and chopped |
cucumber | 1/2 | peeled, seeded, and chopped |
red onion | 1/4 | diced |
red bell pepper | 1/2 | seeded and diced |
bell pepper | 1/2 | seeded and diced |
cilantro | 2 Tbsps | diced |
Italian parsley | 2 Tbsps | minced |
salt | 1 Tbsp | to taste |
black pepper | 1 1/2 tsps | to taste |
yogurt | 1/4 cup | |
red pepper flakes | 1/4 tsp |
Directions
- In a salad bowl whisk together 2/3 of the lemon juice, mashed garlic, and olive oil.
- Add the tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, red bell pepper, bell pepper, cilantro, and Italian parsley.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss the salad.
- Take the remaining lemon juice and whisk into the yogurt. Drizzle the yogurt over the top.
- Garnish with red pepper flakes and serve.