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.
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One bite and you will be hooked. Promise. This salad makes marvellous lunchbox food.
If you love onions, check out these tobacco onions!
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Caramelised Onion & Potato Salad
- Total Time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
A modern twist on an old favourite.
Ingredients
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- 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
Instructions
- 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.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 740.3g
- Calories: 1035
- Sugar: 13.9 g
- Sodium: 1148 mg
- Fat: 70.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 9.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 77.7 g
- Fiber: 8.3 g
- Protein: 22.8 g
- Cholesterol: 236 mg
Renil M. George
healthy salad , great presentation.
michelle
thank you. I love caramelised onions 🙂
Michelle
Thanks, MJ. Why not give it a whirl and let me know what you think. Nifty blog you've got there by the way!
mjskit
Just saw this over at Season with Spice. What a delicious looking salad! Love it!
Marisa
Nevermind the caramelised onions, it's those bacon strips I'm more interested in!
Michelle
It is??? How did it go? Good I hope!
Michelle
An ideal recipe to bookmark for the day you feel like treating yourself!
Michelle
I look forward to hearing your feedback. 🙂
Fernando Pineiro
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?
cindy
this is a seriouse drooling here.
Anne Kauffman
Looks good!
Groetjes uit Holland
Michelle
Thanks, Anne. The traditional Dutch cookbook you sent me is lovely!
Solange
I love potato salad, probably my fav. recipe, I am going to try this straight away
natalie holland
Delicious...unfortunately, I'm on a diet *sigh*
Helen
Sounds yummy - will definitely give this one a try
Michelle
I look forward to hearing your feedback. 🙂
Ellie
Looks delicious! *-*
I think I'll try it on the weekend 😀
Michelle
Let me know how it goes!
Ellie
It took me a while to actually try it, but I just finished my first serving and good gracious, it's delicious!
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!