Caribbean Sweet Potato Salad

Description

This is a 90’s potato salad – a new and improved, redone, much better potato salad. Not only does it have a sweet potato, in addition to a Russet potato, but it also contains corn, cucumber, and peanuts! Corn oil will do if you don’t have canola.

Ingredients

  • 1 large russet potato, peeled and quartered
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled and quartered
  • 1 cup corn
  • 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon-style mustard
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cucumber, halved lengthwise and chopped
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup finely chopped peanuts

Instructions

  1. Place the Russet potato pieces into a large saucepan
  2. and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil
  3. turn the heat down
  4. and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the sweet potato
  5. and cook about 15 minutes more. Remove a piece of each potato
  6. and cut it in half to see if it is cooked enough. Once the potatoes are tender
  7. add corn kernels; cook another 30 seconds. Drain through a colander. Fill the saucepan with cold water
  8. and drop vegetables into water. Cool for 5 minutes
  9. and drain.
  10. In a large bowl
  11. whisk together mustard
  12. lime juice
  13. cilantro
  14. and garlic. Slowly whisk in oil. Mix in salt and black pepper.
  15. Cut cooled potatoes into 1 inch cubes
  16. and add to dressing along with cucumber
  17. and red onion. Toss well. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Toss the peanuts in just before serving.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 5

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