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Potato Salad
Total time50 min
Prep10 min
Cook40 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Salads and appetizers

ChefUmm Taha al-Hamawi

Potato Salad

Potato salad is a delicious, easy-to-prepare salad... a tasty vegetarian dish that is light and perfect as an appetizer, on its own, or even as a light healthy dinner...

Potato salad is a delicious, easy-to-prepare salad... a light dish that works well as an appetizer, on its own, or as a light dinner...

Ingredients

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  • 3 boiled potatoes
  • 1 cup fresh green basil
  • 1 cup red pepper
  • 1/2 cup green onion
  • a small handful of chopped mint
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed hot pepper
  • 1 tablespoon mashed garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

Method

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  1. Wash the potatoes and boil them then let them cool, then cut them into small cubes
  2. Wash the basil and chop it finely... also wash the red pepper and cut it into small cubes
  3. Start by preparing the salad dressing: put the lemon juice, mashed garlic, olive oil, and hot pepper in a bowl, then mix well
  4. Add the black pepper and salt to the dressing mixture and stir well until combined
  5. In another bowl, place the chopped basil, boiled potato cubes, red pepper, green onion, and mint...
  6. Toss gently, being careful not to mash the potatoes
  7. Place the boiled potato and vegetable mixture in a serving dish.
  8. Pour the dressing over the potato mixture and toss, then serve this easy and delicious potato salad

Recipe tags

Salads and appetizersInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

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