“Japanese Potato Salad” is a mix of mashed potato, mayonnaise and fresh vegetables. To make the vegetables tender and easy to eat, I knead well with salt or soak in water. This allows us to keep more nutrition in the vegetables than if we boiled them.
In Japan, potato salad is a very common homemade dish and very popular. There are many recipes which vary slightly depending on family traditions. We eat potato salad as a salad and also sometimes in sandwiches.
You can mash the potatoes however you like. If you like chunky potato, please don’t mash too much. And also you can add more potato, or reduce the mayonnaise, to taste. Enjoy!
{Ingredients (servings 3)}
2 large Potatoes
1 Carrot
1 small Cucumber
1 small Onion
6-7 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. Salt
½ tsp. Black Pepper
Water for boiling potatoes
Here is my recipe in PDF (4 MB): Potato Salad
October 19, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Very pretty potato salad!
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October 19, 2015 at 2:55 pm
Thank you !! 🙂
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October 21, 2015 at 2:31 pm
This sounds so delicious! My daughters have been wanting to learn about Japan, so we will definitely have to make this recipe! 🙂
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October 21, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Great to hear about your daughters!! I hope you will like this salad 🙂
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February 17, 2017 at 6:48 am
Thank you for the recipe and the tip about soaking or kneading the vegetables. I always hate boiling them since they lose so much of the nutritional value.
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February 21, 2017 at 3:01 am
I agree. I don’t like to hear vegetables too long… In this recipe, when onion has strong pungent taste, I sometimes sauté onion quickly or I use red onion.
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February 21, 2017 at 12:23 pm
I really like red onion. It’s sweeter and more “interesting” than yellow onions.
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February 23, 2017 at 5:31 am
Yes! Interesting!!! That’s the word!!
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February 23, 2017 at 12:17 pm
Potato salad always makes me feel summery!
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