Description
Awesome summer appetizer with great flavor and visual appeal!
Ingredients
Scale
For the Dip:
- 3/4 cup crumbled Feta cheese (plain)
- 2 large cloves of garlic; pressed
- 2 T olive oil and 1-2 tsp for drizzling on top
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
- 1/3 cup of chopped basil
- 1/2 of a 8.5 oz jar of julienned sun-dried tomatoes in oil; drained and chopped
- juice of 1/2 of a lemon
For the Pita Chips:
- 4 pita bread rounds
- 2 T olive oil (may add more as these are cooking)
- 1 1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning or oregano
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- red pepper flakes to taste (optional)
Instructions
Making the Dip:
- First, you will want to scoop out about 1/2 of an 8.5 oz jar of julienned sun-dried tomatoes. Place them on a paper towel lined bowl or plate to drain off excess oil.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the feta, garlic, olive oil, and ground pepper by pressing the mixture into the side of the bowl with a fork or spoon to smash larger chunks of cheese. You can put this mixture into a shallow serving bowl.
- Next, you will rinse and pat your basil leaves dry. Chop the basil into small pieces and then add to the top of the cheese mixture.
- After your sun-dried tomatoes have drained, chop them into smaller pieces.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes to the top of the basil.
- Lastly, drizzle the top of the dip with olive oil and the juice of a half of a lemon.
Making the pita chips – these can be made in an air fryer, in a pan, or in the oven. The directions below are for pan frying:
- Cut up the pita breads into 8 triangles
- Coat bottom of a pan with olive oil at medium heat
- Toss in half of the pita bread triangles and make it sizzle
- Season with half of the garlic salt, half of the Italian seasoning, an dash of red pepper flakes (this part if you like a little spice)
- Turn and continue to lightly brown them until they are slightly crunchy
- Cool on a paper towel lined bowl or plate
- Add more olive oil to the pan and repeat the process with the next batch of triangles.
- Fry until crispy & serve with dip!
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10