Asian Potato Salad: 3 Ingredient Recipe #5

3 Ingredient Recipe: Scallion and Ginger Potato Salad

I love potato salad.  It's something I've made many times to bring to potlucks and I always found myself making the recipe more and more elaborate: ham and capers and artichokes.  Yes, they were tasty but at some point you can barely see the potatoes at all drowning under layers of smoked gouda and bacon.  

Here's a simple version of potato salad that uses both sauteed scallions and raw, bright citrusy ginger and nutty sesame oil.  I used a blend of Szechuan and black pepper corns, but just black pepper works nicely.

For a refresher on the rules of my 10 day, 3 ingredient challenge, check out the first post.



3 Ingredients....

• 3 cups quartered red potatoes (or other waxy potato)
  
• 1 bunch of scallions
  
• 1 nob of ginger

What to do with it...

1. Bring potatoes to a gentle boil and cook for approx. 20 mins, or until they can be pierced with a knife, but before skins start to loosen
   
2. Drain and place into large bowl to cool
   
3. While the potatoes cook, chop white & green portion of scallions finely, keeping separate
   
4. Heat a small saute pan with enough sesame oil to coat generously and add white portion scallions
   
5. Saute on medium-low until golden, about 11 mins
   
6. Add sauteed scallions and raw green scallions to potatoes
   
7. Grate in about a tablespoon of fresh ginger (a microplane grater works well for this)
   
8. Add salt and pepper to taste and more sesame oil if desired
   

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