Japanese-Style Potato Salad

Name: Japanese-Style Potato Salad (ポテトサラダ)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ¼ large cucumber; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) fluffy potatoes (non-waxy potato, such as King Edward); 50 g (1¾ oz) ham, thinly sliced; ½ tablespoon rice vinegar; ¼ onion, thinly sliced; ⅓ cup (85 g) mayonnaise (ideally Kewpie mayonnaise); 2 eggs; a pinch of sea salt and ground black pepper

ポテトサラダ

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Japanese Food Made Easy

By Aya Nishimura

Published 2020

About

You might find it odd to have a potato salad recipe in a Japanese cookbook, but this is a popular dish, and if you go to Japan, you will encounter potato salad as a side dish on many occasions.

Ingredients

Fresh

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) fluffy potatoes (non-waxy potato, such as

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

Place the whole potatoes in a steamer basket set over a saucepan of boiling water. Steam for 20–30 minutes, depending on the size of the potatoes. Check the water from time to time to make sure it doesn’t dry out during cooking. Set the potatoes aside to cool a little, then peel them when they are cool enough to handle.

Coarsely mash the potatoes while they are still warm. Pour in the r