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Salt & Vinegar Potato and Onion Salad

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Salt & Vinegar Potato and Onion Salad

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Potato Salad
  • A&M's Testing Notes: This salad has everything I love about salt and vinegar chips. Boiling the chips in vinegar packs in the tartness, while broiling gives them wonderful crispy edges -- definitely worth the...

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    melissav's Notes: This is a riff on salt and vinegar potato chips. I'm not a fan of mayo so I'm always experimenting with vinegar based potato salad. This is my favorite version so far. One note of caution...

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Serves 6-8 as a side

  1. Slice the potatoes 1/4 inch thick. This is easiest on a mandoline. If your potatoes are large, you may want to slice each sliced round in half.

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  2. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and add the white vinegar, just enough to cover, and 2 large pinches of kosher salt. Bring to boil and boil for 5 minutes. Watch the pot carefully; it tends to boil over. As soon as you think you are in the clear and turn your back, it will boil over.

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  3. After five minutes, turn off the heat and set the pot aside for 20 minutes.

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  4. Meanwhile preheat the broiler and place the sliced onions in a small bowl.

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  5. After 20 minutes, drain the vinegar into the bowl with the onions. Return the completely drained potatoes to the pot and toss with 2 TB olive oil.

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  6. Spread the potatoes out on a baking sheet; you may have to do this in 2 batches. Broil until golden and fork tender. Place in a large bowl.

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  7. Mix 1/4 olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon, capers, chives, and ground black pepper in a small bowl and pour into the bowl of potatoes.

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  8. Drain the onions and add to the potatoes. Add a generous pinch of seal salt and toss. Taste and add more sea salt to taste.

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  9. Let sit for at least 15 minutes so the potatoes soak up the dressing and the vinegar mellows a bit. Serve or set aside to serve later.

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3 Comments on Salt & Vinegar Potato and Onion Salad

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I made this recipe on Sunday and I was terribly disappointed. I chose it because I enjoy salt and vinegar potato chips and I don't eat mayonnaise. It might be alright as a very small side, but if you take more than a few bites, the vinegar is overpowering--or at least, that was my experience.

Lnd_jen Reply

You had me at "salt and vinegar potato chips" - yum!

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

I LOVE salt & vinegar potato chips (7 don't really like mayonnaise). I bet this is really good!

Can this be served cold?

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