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Basic Japanese Potato Salad - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Basic Japanese Potato Salad.
This is a standard Japanese potato salad. We made it simple without any arrangement. The rich taste of Japanese mayonnaise goes well with the fluffy potatoes, the crispy cucumber, and the carrot. If you add extra black pepper, it becomes a dish with an accent. Please try it out and we hope you like it!
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Cook time

40 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Potato
    2
  • Water
    800 ml
  • Carrot
    1/3
  • Cucumber
    1/2
  • Ham
    2 sheets
  • Vinegar
    1 tbsp
  • Salt
    1/2 tsp
  • (A)Japanese Mayonnaise
    3 tbsp
  • (A)Salt
    a pinch
  • (A)Black pepper
    a pinch

How to make

  1. Prepare. Wash the potatoes, the carrot, and the cucumber well. Remove the potato eyes if there are any.
  2. 1. Put the potatoes in a pot with the skin on, add some water, and heat it. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and boil them for about 20 minutes. If the bamboo skewer sticks through them, drain them in a strainer and remove the skin while they are still hot.
  3. 2. Put Step 1 in a bowl, mash it coarsely, add the vinegar while it is still hot, and mix it well so that it is fully blended.
  4. 3. Thinly slice the cucumber, peel the carrot, and cut it into 0.2-inch width quarters.
  5. 4. Place Step 3 in a bowl, sprinkle them with salt, rub lightly with your hands, and leave them for about 5 minutes.
  6. 5. Cut the ham in half and make a 0.4-inch wide cut into strips.
  7. 6. Put Step 4 and 5, which have been squeezed well with your hands, into Step 2, mix in ingredient (A), and when everything is well blended, transfer to a plate and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the boiling time depending on the potato's size. By adding the vinegar to the potatoes just after heating them, seasonings such as Japanese mayonnaise will blend easily. After rubbing the cucumber and the carrot with salt, moisture will come out, so please drain them well.

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