This Asian-inspired warm potato salad includes not only buttery, roasted yellow potatoes but also blanched pac choi. A smaller version of bok choy, its Chinese cabbage cousin, pac choi can be used in stir-fries just like bok choy, served raw in salads, or blanched like I did here so that it is slightly wilted but still retains a bit of crunch. Along with the cooked potatoes and greens, this salad is flavored with minced, fresh turmeric and garlic, toasted cashews, and a flavorful vinaigrette made from rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes.
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Asian Potato & Pac Choi Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 Yukon gold potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons peeled, minced fresh turmeric
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 head pac choi, stem end removed, remaining leaves and stalk chopped into bite-sized pieces; washed
- 1/2 cup roasted cashews
- For the vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar (unseasoned)
- pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
Directions:
- To make the vinaigrette, place all of its ingredients in a jar and close the lid. Shake until smooth and emulsified.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Arrange the diced potatoes in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons of olive oil, season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and a grinding of black pepper. Sprinkle the minced turmeric and garlic over the potatoes as well. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife.
- Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil; add in the prepped pac choi and cook for 2 minutes; drain.
- Toss the cooked potatoes, pac choi and cashews together in a mixing bowl. Shake the jar of vinaigrette again, drizzle over the salad. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Tagged: Asian Potato & Pac Choi salad, Asian-inspired, Chinese cabbage, garlic, gold potatoes, pac choi, potato salad, red pepper flakes, rice vinegar, roasted potatoes, Salad, sesame oil, soy sauce, turmeric, vegetarian, yukon gold potatoes
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