Buy Now → Simple Grilled Halloumi Salad
With fewer than 10 ingredients this grilled halloumi salad combines warm, salty, melty halloumi cheese with fresh greens, chickpeas, tomatoes, and Kalamata olives drizzled with a creamy homemade balsamic dressing. It’s packed with fresh Mediterranean flavors and you can have it on the table in less than 10 minutes!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 8.8 oz. block halloumi, sliced 1/3″-1/2″ thick
- olive oil
- 5 oz. spring greens
- 1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas, drained
- 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
- 1 cup sliced mini cucumbers
- 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- Homemade Creamy Balsamic Dressing
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Heat a large saute pan, cast iron griddle, or grill over medium-high heat.
- Slice halloumi cheese into 1/3″-1/2″ slices using a sharp knife. Brush both sides of the cheese with olive oil.
- Place sliced halloumi cut side down on the hot pan and cook for 2-3 minutes or until a dark golden-brown crust forms.
- Gently flip the cheese over and cook the other side for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
- While the cheese is cooking, assemble the salad on a serving platter adding spring greens in an even layer. Top with chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and red onion.
- Top salad with grilled halloumi slices and drizzle with Homemade Creamy Balsamic Dressing.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Halloumi cheese often comes in a rectangle but it can also come in other shapes. I prefer the rectangle(ish) halloumi for this recipe. You may notice that as you slice the halloumi there is a seam down the middle of the slices, like a larger block of cheese was folded in half. This is totally okay and completely normal! If your slices end up in 2 strips instead of 1 solid piece that’s totally fine too. If you look at my grilled slices of halloumi above, you can see the seam that I’m talking about.
- Cutting the halloumi into thick slices will help ensure that they stay together. Thinner slices are more likely to fall apart, so stick with 1/3-1/2″ thick slices! You can also cut them into smaller pieces or even cubes to create a grilled halloumi “crouton”!
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 2.6 g
- Sodium: 1361.6 mg
- Fat: 22.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 12.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.7 g
- Fiber: 3.9 g
- Protein: 17.8 g
- Cholesterol: 49.8 mg
