Potato Salad Recipes

[SF_BHT]

Here is a Andean dish that I got from Bolivia. It can be found in Bolivia, Ecuador or Peru.

Tres Americanas en Ensalada “ Three Americans in a Salad”

Ingredientes:
½ lb Papa Seca (dried potatoes) cooked in vegetable stock.
6 Large beef Tomatoes
1 ounce Fresh Peas
1.7 ounces Fresh French Beans
1.7 ounces Fresh Broccoli
2 tsp Chopped Dill
Salt
Pepper

Dressing:
1 Ripe Avocado
1tbsp mustard
1 Lime
¼ cup Vegetable oil

Preparation:

Place the Papa Seca in a pot with water and let soak over night. Drain the water and add vegetable stock and cook until ready.

Cook the vegetables in plenty of water until they are just cooked (Al Dente). Rinse and drain the vegetables well and cut the broccoli into florets and the French beans into 3mm lengths. Cut off the tops of the tomatoes and scoop out the flesh. Keep the tops of the tomatoes for presentation. In a bowl place the peeled and diced avocado, Lime juice, salt and pepper and gradually add the oil as if making mayonnaise. Mix the warm potatoes with the dressing and all the vegetables. Stuff the Tomatoes, place three on a dish, garnish with a little sprig of Fresh Dill and a celery leaf. Insert the top of each tomato as if opening the lid and serve.

Note 1: You can order Papa Seca from this web site in the US if your local latian grocery does not have them.
http://www.perucooking.com/drygoodslist.htm

Note 2: You can also add finely chopped celery and finely chopped green onion tops.

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[Penn]

Is this the real title for this dish, And why a potato salad, its a minor ingredient of the over all recipe?

[SF_BHT]

Originally Posted by Penn

Is this the real title for this dish, And why a potato salad, its a minor ingredient of the over all recipe?

Yes that is the name of the dish. That is why I put the spanish and english.

Potato salad is what they call it. Potato is the larger component 1/2 lb of Papa Seca. Most people here when I have seen them eat it they eat the filling and not the tomato. I am one of those. Makes a nice Presentation.

[abc_123]

IIRC the potato salad that I had in those parts was very dry. What I was used to growing up was just the opposite and had more mustard.

Hey SF_BHT question for you... When in Ecuador there was a very common corn dish that was served.... not corn as in yellow corn, but it was white, like popcorn... but cooked. I thought it to be kinda bland.

Don't remember hearing it referred to as anythign but "chocolo". Was a real staple for the the soldados.

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sorry for the minor hijack, but it just popped into my head while typing about potato salad.

[SF_BHT]

Originally Posted by abc_123

IIRC the potato salad that I had in those parts was very dry. What I was used to growing up was just the opposite and had more mustard.

Hey SF_BHT question for you... When in Ecuador there was a very common corn dish that was served.... not corn as in yellow corn, but it was white, like popcorn... but cooked. I thought it to be kinda bland.

Don't remember hearing it referred to as anythign but "chocolo". Was a real staple for the the soldados.

???

sorry for the minor hijack, but it just popped into my head while typing about potato salad.

You are right. Down here they eat a white large kernel corn that is very bland. It does make great tamales. You can get some yellow sweet corn on the coast but it is not very plentiful. The white corn was the staple of the Incas and they are slow to change. Yuca, corn, rice and potato's are still the staples.

ABC 123 Where is your Potato Salad recipe?

[abc_123]

Originally Posted by SF_BHT

You are right. Down here they eat a white large kernel corn that is very bland. It does make great tamales. You can get some yellow sweet corn on the coast but it is not very plentiful. The white corn was the staple of the Incas and they are slow to change. Yuca, corn, rice and potato's are still the staples.

ABC 123 Where is your Potato Salad recipe?

That's it. I remember getting a big plate of that stuff (semi-cold) on a mountaintop in the middle of the DMZ between ecuador and peru.... during their big "we just got a resupply chopper" feast.

As far as that potato salad recipie goes, I'm going to have to ask my mom for permission to post it.

I'm sure you understand.