Recipe: Yummy Japanese Potato Salad

Japanese Potato Salad. 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. Japanese versions of Western dishes, known as yōshoku cuisine, may look like the originals that inspired them, but the flavor is unmistakably Japanese.

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. You can cook Japanese Potato Salad using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Japanese Potato Salad

1. Prepare 250 g of Potato.
2. Prepare 15 g of Onion.
3. It's 1/4 of Carrot, thinly sliced and boil.
4. You need 1/4 of Cucumber, thinly sliced.
5. It's 2 Slices of Ham, cut into small square pieces.
6. You need 50 g of Mayonnaise.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Sugar.
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Salt.
9. Prepare 2 Dashes of Black Pepper.

Getting potato salad right is no picnic. Too often it lacks the acidity or piquancy needed to cut through the richness of the mayonnaise. Our search for a better spud salad led us to Japan, where potato salads are partially mashed to create a creamier texture. 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.

Japanese Potato Salad instructions

1. Boil potatoes with skin until cooked.
2. Mix Mayo with sugar and black pepper and set aside.
3. Peel hot potato using towel,break with spatula and add salt and onions while hot, mix well and let it cool.
4. Then mix with cucumber, ham, carrot, mayo..
5. Chill in the fridge and enjoy :).

Recipe Pin It While Japan may be famous for sushi, home cooking draws from a broad palette of global flavors. Welcome to Chow with Me, where Chowhound's executive editor Hana Asbrink shares all of the irresistible things she's cooking, eating, reading, buying, and more. Today: The best Japanese potato salad for summer and beyond. I know the start of summer heralds hot dogs, watermelon, and potato salad; but in my mind, potato salad is something to be enjoyed year-round. Japanese potato salad falls into the category of yōshoku: Japanized "Western" food.