Greek Feta Potato Salad combines tender baby potatoes with feta cheese and a garlicy lemon salad dressing (and no mayonnaise)! A quick side dish for any day of the week. If you love Greek food as much as I do then you are in for a real treat with this potato salad.
Wash and drain the potatoes, slice in half. Add the potatoes to a large pot and cover with water. Add the salt and stir.
Cover and bring to a boil on medium high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for about 8-10 minutes or until the potatoes are just fork tender.
While the potatoes cook, in a large bowl add the minced garlic, chopped parsley, lemon juice, dried oregano and olive oil. Mix until evenly combined.
When the potatoes are cooked, drain well and add to the bowl with the dressing. Gently toss to combine, being careful not to break the potatoes.
Transfer the potato mixture to the fridge and allow to cool for 5 minutes (this step cools down the potatoes so that the feta cheese will not melt when added to the salad).
Remove from the fridge and pour the crumbled feta over the potatoes. Toss until evenly combined.
Optional: garnish with lemon zest, additional crumbled feta and additional fresh chopped parsley.
Serve chilled or at room temperature and enjoy!
Notes
Potatoes I recommend using baby potatoes but you can use any variety of potato for this recipe. If using Yukon gold, yellow potatoes or red skin potatoes, be sure to wash them well and then cube into bite sized pieces. Adjust the cooking time accordingly and then follow the recipe.Storage Store the cooled salad in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days (note: be sure to check the best before date on your feta cheese).Make Ahead This salad is even better the next day when the flavors have had even more time to develop. The potatoes and feta cheese marinate in the dressing and soak up all the flavor. Make ahead up to 1 day in advance. Before serving give the salad a good toss and spoon over 1 tablespoon of olive oil as the potatoes will soak up a lot of the dressing in the fridge.