Recipe: Appetizing Potato salad (Japanese)

Potato salad (Japanese), The classic Japanese potato salad is made of mashed potato (leaving some chunks behind), sliced cucumbers and carrots, eggs and sometimes hams. The ingredients are not too different from the western version, but flavoring wise, the Japanese version is always seasoned with Japanese mayonnaise and sometimes rice vinegar. 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. Japanese potato salad is creamy and non-acidic, no vinegar and. Creamy and colorful, Japanese Potato Salad is a classic side in casual Japanese cooking used in bento boxes and garnishing dinner plates around the country. Recipe Pin It While Japan may be famous for sushi, home cooking draws from a broad palette of global flavors. The best recipe for Japanese potato salad comes from Shirley Karasawa of the now-defunct blog, Lovely Lanvin (lucky for us, she's still very active on Instagram). The fashion-loving Japanese-American home cook, who splits her time between Seattle and Tokyo, has incredible taste in all things, but especially in food. this is recipe you're looking for? To search another recipe Please look at the menu list to choose the recipe and beverage you want to try. if you can't find the recipe write keyword in search box. here is Potato salad (Japanese) you can enjoy.

Prepare: less then 8 Minute
Cook Time: 10 Minute

Ingredients that must be prepared for Potato salad (Japanese) :

1. set 6 of large potatoes -
2. It's 1 tsp of salt -
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of vinegar -
4. set 8-10 tbsp of mayonnaise -
5. Make ready 4 of eggs -
6. set 1/2 of onion -
7. You need 2 of cucumber -
8. Prepare 1 of carrot -
9. It's 1 tsp of salt -
10. It's 1 pkg of ham -
11. It's of Black pepper -
12. Make ready of Optional spices: mustard, mustard, lemon or garlic powder -

The best recipe for Japanese potato salad comes from Shirley Karasawa of the now-defunct blog, Lovely Lanvin (lucky for us, she's still very active on Instagram). The fashion-loving Japanese-American home cook, who splits her time between Seattle and Tokyo, has incredible taste in all things, but especially in food. Small pieces of carrots, cucumbers, onions, ham and eggs make it visually appealing. It is not too creamy, not too rich, but flavoursome.

Potato salad (Japanese) preparation of :

1. Boil eggs.
2. Peel and chop potatoes into evenly sized pieces.
3. Boil chopped potatoes with 1 tsp of salt.
4. Chop onion, cucumbers and carrot into fine slices..
5. Mix veggies in a bowl with 1 tsp of salt. Let it sit for 5 minutes for salt to draw the moist out..
6. Wash extra salt out of veggies and squeeze washing water out of veggies with your hands..
7. When you can stick a chopstick through a potato without pushing are they ready. Spill out the water and heat 1 minute without water to get moist out..
8. Mash potatoes so that they remain little bit clumpy. Add vinegar to hot potatoes..
9. When potatoes have cooled to skin temperature, mix in mayonnaise..
10. Chop ham into small pieces. Fried bacon or wiener sausage works too..
11. Peel and chop eggs into small pieces.
12. Mix everything together. Add all spices. This being black pepper. Optionally mustard, mustard, lemon or garlic powder.
13. When mixed, partition and serve or store for later in fridge..

Serves For 4 Person
Kcal: 57
Fat: 18g
Carbs: 12g
Protein: 37g
Sugar: 53g

What makes this potato salad stand out is the mushy texture and the famous Japanese mayonnaise, Kewpie. Japanese potato salad falls into the category of yōshoku: Japanized "Western" food. Just as we Americans "Americanize" Japanese food by adding such things as cream cheese and avocado to sushi, for example, Japanese chefs have taken certain European and American dishes and tweaked them to suit their own palates. Japanese Potato Salad is a staple in Japanese-household's home-cooking because it's so easy to make, and uses ingredients everyone usually has at home! It has vegetables, carbs, and protein so it could make a nice little meal on its own, but it is usually used as a side dish. The classic Japanese potato salad is made of mashed potato (leaving some chunks behind), sliced cucumbers and carrots, eggs and sometimes hams. The ingredients are not too different from the western version, but flavoring wise, the Japanese version is always seasoned with Japanese mayonnaise and sometimes rice vinegar. 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. Japanese potato salad is creamy and non-acidic, no vinegar and. Creamy and colorful, Japanese Potato Salad is a classic side in casual Japanese cooking used in bento boxes and garnishing dinner plates around the country. Recipe Pin It While Japan may be famous for sushi, home cooking draws from a broad palette of global flavors. The best recipe for Japanese potato salad comes from Shirley Karasawa of the now-defunct blog, Lovely Lanvin (lucky for us, she's still very active on Instagram). The fashion-loving Japanese-American home cook, who splits her time between Seattle and Tokyo, has incredible taste in all things, but especially in food. 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. Japanese potato salad falls into the category of yōshoku: Japanized "Western" food. Just as we Americans "Americanize" Japanese food by adding such things as cream cheese and avocado to sushi, for example, Japanese chefs have taken certain European and American dishes and tweaked them to suit their own palates. Japanese Potato Salad is a staple in Japanese-household's home-cooking because it's so easy to make, and uses ingredients everyone usually has at home! It has vegetables, carbs, and protein so it could make a nice little meal on its own, but it is usually used as a side dish. It also makes a great bento box filling! Japanese versions of Western dishes, known as yōshoku cuisine, may look like the originals that inspired them, but the flavor is unmistakably Japanese. Take this potato salad, which derives its unique flavor from Japanese mayo, rice vinegar, and hot mustard. Japanese potato salad has two significant differences from its Western cousins. The first is that it's seasoned with Japanese mayonnaise, which gives it a more tart and savory taste. The second difference is that in addition to potatoes, there are many other vegetables and proteins added, which make it more colorful and add a ton of different. What makes Japanese potato salad Japanese? … the secret is in mayonnaise. To make 'Japanese' Potato Salad, you have to use Japanese mayonnaise. Japanese mayonnaise tastes more tangy and salty, and is very different from American mayonnaise. Don't substitute starchy russet or waxy new potatoes. The smooth texture of partly mashed Yukon Golds gave us the creamy consistency we wanted. 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).