Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spicy potato salad with bacon and cucumber. It turned out to be an excellent match, albeit veering into the fusion zone: potatoes with a Chinese salad? Serve a scoop of this hearty egg, cucumber, and bacon-filled potato salad alongside a burger or a sizzling steak.
Spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad:
- Take 1 lb. Jersey Royal or other baby new potatoes
- Get 150 g (6-8 rashers) thick cut smoked streaky bacon
- Take 1 tbsp. groundnut oil
- Prepare 6 long dried chilies
- Prepare 2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
- Take 1 whole star anise
- Prepare 1 red chili, de-seeded, finely chopped
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp. Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- Take 2 tbsp. rice vinegar or cider vinegar
- Take 2 tbsp. toasted sesame oil
- Get 200 g cucumber, halved lengthways, de-seeded and sliced into 1cm chunks on the diagonal
- Take 1 pinch sea salt
- Get 1 tbsp. lime juice
- Get 1 tbsp. chili oil, optional
- Prepare 1 small handful fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
It seems like salad but in Nepal we say Pickle. Be sure to peel the cucumbers, even if their skin is relatively thin. By exposing all of the cucumber's flesh to the dressing, it soaks up more flavor. Stir in potatoes and remaining ingredients.
Steps to make Spicy bacon, cucumber and potato salad:
- Scrub and wash the potatoes and boil them in plenty of salted water until tender - usually about 15 minutes. Drain and keep warm in the pan.
- Cut the bacon into 1 inch chunks. Heat the wok until almost smoking and add the oil, the dried chilies and the Sichuan peppercorns - make sure you have a window open or the extractor working full blast as these fumes will be deadly. Stir fry to release the flavours and then add the star anise.
- Add the bacon to the pan and cook stirring until it starts to brown around the edges. Stir in the chopped fresh chilli.
- Add the rice wine, the sesame oil and the vinegar, followed by the cucumber. Stir fry for a few seconds.
- Take the wok off the heat and stir in the potatoes. Season with salt, drizzle with lime juice and chili oil, if more heat is desired.
- Divide between bowls or plates and top with chopped coriander.
The cucumber gives the potato salad a deliciously fresh taste that is especially nice when enjoyed in summer. Peel the cooked potatoes and cut into pieces. Mix the rapeseed oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper and salt well in a salad bowl. Add the onions and chives, potatoes and cucumbers. In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, mayonnaise, mustard, scallions, red onion, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste.
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