A modern twist on an old favourite.
Sometimes finely chopped raw onion can be enjoyed in small quantities but for a lot of people the taste is somewhat overwhelming. In contrast, caramelised onions lose their sharp bite and turn into irresistible, melt-in-the-mouth sweetness. One bite and you will be hooked. Promise.
P.S. This salad makes marvellous lunchbox food.
A special thanks to British Onions for providing me with a tonne of onions to play with!
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Caramelised Onion & Potato Salad
Recipe by:
Published: 5 April 2011
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 4 minutes
Total Cooking Time: 1 hour
Weight Watchers Recipe: 44 ProPoints, Per Serving: 22 ProPoints
Serving size: 740.3g, Calories per serving: 1035, Fat per serving: 70.9g
Serves 2
Ingredients
15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
3 red onions, thinly sliced
500g (1 lb) new potatoes
2 rashers streaky bacon
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and roughly chopped
½ bunch of chives, snipped
125g (½ oz / ½ cup) mayonnaise
10ml (2 tsp) Dijon mustard
½ lemon, juiced
Method
- Heat the oil in a large heavy-based frying pan. Add the onion and cook, stirring, over low heat for 40 minutes, or until soft and caramelized.
- Cut any large potatoes into large chunks (leave the small ones whole). Cook in salted, boiling water for 10 minutes, or until just tender, then drain. Place in a large bowl with the onion, eggs and most of the chives and mix well.
- Meanwhile, grill the bacon rashers until crisp. Drain on crumpled paper towels and allow to cool slightly, then chop coarsely.
- Whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard and lemon juice. Pour over the salad and toss to coat. Divide between two lunchboxes and sprinkle with the bacon and reserved chives.
Looks delicious! *-*
I think I’ll try it on the weekend
Let me know how it goes!
It took me a while to actually try it, but I just finished my first serving and good gracious, it’s delicious!
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We doubled the recipe (so we have something for lunch tomorrow) and I used 100 grams of bacon and Dijon mustard that’s already sweetened with honey. (My dad just said that it’s “really, really, really delicious”.
So thank you for that awesome recipe!
Sounds yummy – will definitely give this one a try
I look forward to hearing your feedback.
Delicious…unfortunately, I’m on a diet *sigh*
An ideal recipe to bookmark for the day you feel like treating yourself!
I love potato salad, probably my fav. recipe, I am going to try this straight away
It is??? How did it go? Good I hope!
Looks good!
Groetjes uit Holland
Thanks, Anne. The traditional Dutch cookbook you sent me is lovely!
this is a seriouse drooling here.
Interesting recipe but I am a bit confused about the serving size, ain’t it too much for a salad dish? Or it is like a full meal?
Nevermind the caramelised onions, it’s those bacon strips I’m more interested in!
Just saw this over at Season with Spice. What a delicious looking salad! Love it!
Thanks, MJ. Why not give it a whirl and let me know what you think. Nifty blog you’ve got there by the way!