Greek Farro Salad

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This farro salad with cucumber, red onion, tomato, and feta cheese is a totally delicious grain salad full of Greek flavors. Perfect for picnics!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups farro
4 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Greek seasoning
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup seeded, diced tomato
1 cup seeded, diced cucumber
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
3/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1 Rinse farro with water; drain. Place farro in a pot; pour in chicken broth to cover farro by at least one inch, adding water if needed. Stir in 1 teaspoon olive oil and sea salt.
2 Bring liquid to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, stirring frequently, until tender, about 35 minutes for whole grain farro or about 20 minutes for pearled farro.
3 Drain farro, rinse with cold water, and set aside to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4 Meanwhile, whisk 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, Greek seasoning, and garlic together in a large bowl. Stir in tomato, cucumber, red pepper, red onion, and feta cheese.
5 Stir cooled farro into tomato mixture until completely coated with dressing; season with salt and pepper.