Japanese Potato Salad

Here’s the ingredients & directions. I gathered some ideas off the web and incorporated them into this:

• 4 Potatoes
• 2 Boiled Eggs
• 2 Slices of Cooked Ham (I used turkey, I diced them up grilled them on the skillet)
• 1/4 Cucumber
• 1/2 Carrot
• 1/2 Onion
• 1/2 Cup of Sweet Corn (I used the fresh corn and just cut them off the cob)

Mayonnaise Dressing
• 3 tsp Rice Vinegar or Sushi Vinegar
• 1 tsp Dashi
• 6 tbsp Mayonnaise QP (Kewpie-Japanese Mayonnaise)
• 1 tsp White Sesame Seeds (Optional) I didn’t use any and it still tasted great

Step 1: Cook 2 eggs hard boiled-Put eggs in water, put some salt in, put water up to level of eggs, put lid on top, let cook for 15 minutes, after it’s cooked, drain with cold water to keep from further cooking.

Step 2: Cut up potatoes into quarters so it will be easier to mash them up later. Boil the water and put the potatoes in with some salt to give it a bit of flavor and then let it cook for 8-10 minutes. Check on the potatoes to see if they are cooked to your liking.

Step 3: Cut the Carrot & Onion and cook them together. When they are done, use a strainer to take out the excess water.

Step 4: Rinse out the water from the potatoes, then add the dashi & sushi vinegar, put the heat onto low heat to help incorporate the flavors, get a potato masher and start mashing the ingredients together.

Step 5: Put the potatoes in the fridge and start cutting the cucumber & Ham or Turkey (your choice). Set aside the cucumber. Using a cooking spray, spray the oil onto the skillet to grill the Ham or Turkey.

Step 6: If you are using Sweet Corn in a can, you can open the can now or using fresh corn cut the kernels off the cob.

Step 7: Now that you have all the ingredients ready, you can take the potatoes out of the fridge and put all the ingredients together and mix with QP mayonnaise and add the white sesame seeds.

Step 8: Chow down!  Mmm…yummy. Even my mom who doesn’t usually like Potato Salad because she said the Western potato salad seemed too watery and runny, said this was a great alternative for her. These can be packed in a tupperware so you can eat it throughout the week for your bento box. Share, Enjoy & Give it a try!