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Standard Japanese Potato Salad - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Standard Japanese Potato Salad.
Here is an easy recipe to make the classic Japanese potato salad just in the microwave. With the addition of quail eggs, which can be used without boiling, this is a classic Japanese potato salad that will be great at any table, morning, noon, or night. Both children and adults will love this dish. Please try it out and we hope you like it.
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Cook time

20 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Potato
    2
  • Cucumber
    1/2
  • Salt
    a pinch
  • Onion
    1/4
  • Water
    as needed
  • Carrot
    1/3
  • Quail eggs
    6
  • Loin ham
    5 sheets
  • (A)Japanese Mayonnaise
    3 tbsp
  • (A)Vinegar
    1 tsp
  • (A)Salt
    1/4 tsp
  • Coarsely ground black pepper
    as needed

How to make

  1. Prepare. Peel potatoes and remove the potato eyes. Peel carrot.
  2. 1. Cut potatoes into bite-sized pieces. Place it in a heat-resistant bowl, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and microwave for 5 minutes at 600W.
  3. 2. When potatoes are cooked through, mash them roughly with a masher while they are still hot.
  4. 3. Cut the cucumber into 0.2-inch wide round slices. Add it to a bowl, sprinkle salt on it, rub it well with your hands, and let it sit for 5 minutes.
  5. 4. Slice onion thinly. Pour water into a bowl and soak for 5 minutes.
  6. 5. Cut carrot into thin quarters. Add it in a heat-resistant bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave at 600W for 1 minute and 30 seconds until soft.
  7. 6. Cut quail eggs in half. Cut hams into 0.8-inch cubes.
  8. 7. Mix Step 2, drained 3 and 4, and cooled 5, 6, and ingredient (A) in a bowl and mix.
  9. 8. Serve in a bowl, sprinkle coarsely ground black pepper, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount of salt and mayonnaise to your liking. If you mash the potatoes while they are still hot, they will turn into fluffy. Soaking the onions in water will make them less spicy.

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