This no-fuss potato salad mixes charred corn with potatoes in a creamy, slightly spicy dressing for a twist on the usual.
Serves: 2–4
Ingredients
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- 1kg potatoes, peeled and roughly diced (pink fir apple, kipfler or small nicola)
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- 2 corn cobs, husks removed
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- 125g mayonnaise
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- 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
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- 1 tablespoon pickled jalapeño chillies, chopped (optional)
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- 3 spring onions, chopped
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- 1 small handful coriander, leaves picked, washed and chopped
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- 1 lime, juiced
Read: Mexican Street Corn
Method
Place the potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Bring to the boil and cook for 5–7 minutes, or until tender. Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, preheat a chargrill or barbecue to high. Toast the corn cobs until nicely browned, about 15–20 minutes. Cool a little, then slice off the kernels.
In a mixing bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, chilli powder and jalapeño chilli.
Add the potato and corn, then the rest of the ingredients. Season and serve.
Read: Healthy Shepherd’s Pie
This is the perfect barbecue salad or lunch. A good sprinkling of fried bacon or chorizo doesn’t go astray, and adds a lovely texture.
Recipe taken from Mr Wilkinson’s Simply Dressed Salads by Matt Wilkinson
The humble salad: so often overlooked and unloved. Not so for Matt Wilkinson. For Matt, the salad is a culinary main event and a dish that’s as diverse in its versatility as it is in flavour. In Mr Wilkinson’s Simply Dressed Salads, Matt shares his favourite salad recipes – one for every week of the year, showcasing the very best seasonal ingredients, along with whimsical musings for quick salad ideas and tips for how to get the very best from in-season produce. Complete with delicious cordial recipes that make use of the seasons’ glut, and filled with beautiful photography and illustrations throughout, Mr Wilkinson’s Simply Dressed Salads shows us that salad is so much more than the sum of its parts.
You can buy Matt Wilkinson’s Simply Dressed Salads at cooked.com.
Published by Hardie Grant Books.
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