Step-by-Step Guide to Make Speedy Japanese potato salad

Japanese potato salad. I had Japanese potato salad for the first time a few weeks back at a Zaar luncheon held at a Japanese Tea Garden. I liked it so much that I had to come home and look it up online. I learned that although potatoes weren't a part of traditional Japanese cuisine, potato salad has since become a daily fixture in Japanese lunch boxes.

Small pieces of carrots, cucumbers, onions, ham and eggs make it visually appealing. It is not too creamy, not too rich, but flavoursome. What makes this potato salad stand out is the mushy texture and the famous Japanese mayonnaise, Kewpie.

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, japanese potato salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Japanese potato salad is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Japanese potato salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

I had Japanese potato salad for the first time a few weeks back at a Zaar luncheon held at a Japanese Tea Garden. I liked it so much that I had to come home and look it up online. I learned that although potatoes weren't a part of traditional Japanese cuisine, potato salad has since become a daily fixture in Japanese lunch boxes.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook japanese potato salad using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Japanese potato salad:

1. {Get of potatoes.
2. {Prepare of kosher salt.
3. {Get of green apple thinly sliced and washed with lemon juice and water to prevent browning.
4. {Make ready of English cucumber.
5. {Get of carrot.
6. {Make ready of double smoked ham.
7. {Get of For Seasoning:.
8. {Get of sherry vinegar.
9. {Prepare of Japanese mayonnaise.
10. {Prepare of Freshly ground black pepper.
11. {Get of Optional… Strawberries quartered.
12. {Get of thinly sliced red onion.

What is a Japanese Potato Salad? Try out this Japanese potato salad, and we promise that you will not be disappointed. Unlike the potato salads we know and love in the UK, Japanese potato salad contains other exciting vegetables and proteins (ham, egg, cucumber, carrot), as well as an umami-rich dressing full of Japanese seasonings (the most prominent of which being kewpie mayonnaise). This is a Japanese style potato salad where potatoes are mashed and tossed with Japanese mayonnaise, cucumber, hard boiled eggs and onions.

Instructions to make Japanese potato salad:

1. Put whole potatoes with skin on in medium pot and add cold water 1 inch above the potatoes. Add 2 tsp salt and start cooking over medium high heat. Cover the lid, leaving it slightly ajar to avoid a boil over. Once boiling, open the lid and reduce heat to medium. Cook on a gentle boil until a skewer goes through a potato smoothly about 20 minutes depending on the potato size..
2. Wait for the potatoes to cool to body temperature then peel the skins off with a paper towel… be careful not to burn yourself..
3. Break up and stir the potatoes lightly, leaving some small chunks for texture. Transfer to a large bowl..
4. While the potato is hot add sherry vinegar and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside to cool..
5. Whilst the potato is simmering peel the cucumber (leave some skin on to create a striped pattern) and thinly slice. If you are using a large cucumber, you may need to cut in half or quarters in lengthwise before slicing. Remove the seeds. Sprinkle 1 tsp salt over the cucumber slices, knead them with your hands and let stand until moisture comes out about 30 minutes. You will see small beads of water form on the cucumber’s surface. Rinse off salt and dry after 30 minutes..
6. Cut the carrot in half or quarters lengthwise and then cut them into thin slices. Boil in salted water for one minute and cool rapidly under running water to stop cooking. You are looking for firm and not soggy carrots. Dry and set aside..
7. Cut the ham into 2.5 cm thin strips and set aside..
8. To assemble: Add all the ingredients into the bowl of potatoes and mix all together. Try not to mash the potatoes but leave chunks. Add 4 tbsp mayonnaise first to combine well. Taste and see if you need to add more mayo. I added 2 more tbsp of Japanese mayo. Refrigerate to the potato salad for 30-60 minutes before serving. Can be eaten at room temperature too..

Put the potatoes in a saucepan of cold, salted water so the water is just covering the top of the potatoes. Cook the potatoes until a paring knife or. These potatoes combine the best of a classic mash and a potato salad, with a little secret dash of vinegar. It's creamy, tangy, and very forgiving. It can be served warm or cold, and take well to whatever you throw.

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