Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
I posted Mr. SK's potato salad recipe here a year or so ago. Here it is again:
Japanese Potato Salad
Potatoes - about 4 (00-600 grams)
Carrot - 50 grams (Mr. SK said "as many as you want)
Cucumber - 1 if it's large-ish
Vinegar - 1.5 teaspoons
Salad (?) Oil 1 tablespoon (Mr. SK uses canola; what's "salad oil" in Japanese might just be vegetable oil)
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Pepper - as you like
Kewpie mayo (Mr. SK said the recipe calls for 4-5 tablespoons but he just does one squirt without measuring, maybe the size of a fist)
1) Prepping the potatoes
Boil the potatoes until they're soft
Peel while still hot
Smush the potatoes in a large bowl
Mix in salt, pepper, vinegar vinegar
2) Prepping the carrots
Cut the carrots (slice/chunk them)
Boil water, when it comes to a boil add salt (as you like)
Put the carrots into the water until they're soft
3) Prepping the cucumbers
Chop/slice similar to the carrots (Mr SK cuts first in fourths and then slices)
Put the cut cucumbers on top of paper towel and gently squeeze to get rid of some of the water
4) Putting it all together
Mix the carrots and cucumbers in with the potatoes
Add mayo and mix
Mr. SK said that's the recipe but he mostly does it to taste.
He also reminded me that he makes American style cole slaw but with Kewpie mayo instead of American mayo.
