Grilled Vegetables
Grilled Potato Salad Recipe
Potato salads vary a lot in flavor and texture but this potato salad recipe is especially good. Potatoes and thinly sliced red onion are combined with oil, garlic and seasonings to give a wonderful grilled potatoes recipe. You can serve this grilled potato salad as a side dish or take it to a pot luck dinner.
For a slight variation, you might like to add a handful of grated cheddar cheese to this recipe and stir in it while the potato salad is still hot so it melts. New potatoes are the best to use in this recipe but you can use another kind of potato if they are not available.
Grilled Potato Salad with Red Onion
Ingredients -
2 pounds New Potatoes (14 to 16)
1/2 medium Red Onion, very thinly sliced
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/3 cup chopped Fresh Parsley
1 tablespoon chopped Fresh Oregano Leaves
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
2 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
Preparation:
Heat 1 inch water (salted if desired) to boiling in 3-quart saucepan. Add potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cook 15 minutes; drain and cool. Cut potatoes in half. Spray with cooking spray. Alternatively can by spritzing with Extra Virgin Olive Oil as a non-stick coating for extra flavor.
Preheat grill to medium heat. Grill potatoes 5 to 10 minutes or until tender. Allow to cool. Cut potatoes into bite size pieces.
Gently mix potatoes and remaining ingredients by tossing in a large bowl. Serve in individual bowls with your favorite grilled or barbequed main dish. Maybe served hot or cold depending on personal preferences.
Serves 6
A Picture of a classic grilled potato salad recipe - Offer the family something completely different the next time you make potato salad try using the grill to see what a difference grilling makes with plain old potatoes.
Potato - poˇtaˇto
Pronounced: (pé tá tő), n., pl. -toes.
Sometimes called Irish potato, as in white potato. also comes in red, purple and sweet potato verities, It is the edible tuber of Solanum tuberosum plant of the nightshade family and is cultivated in many places around the world in various forms including the continents of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Also a designation of the plant itself.