Potato Salad With Blue Cheese Bacon and Red Onions
From chefmeow 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This recipes comes from the Waggoner Estate that I purchased in Quinlan, Texas in 1988.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar shopping list
- 2-1/4 teaspoons lemon juice shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons coarse grain mustard shopping list
- 1 clove garlic minced shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil shopping list
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise shopping list
- 2 tablespoons sour cream shopping list
- 3 pounds red skinned potatoes shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 8 ounces lean bacon cut into 1/2" pieces shopping list
- 1 cup chopped red onion shopping list
- 6 ounce piece blue cheese rind removed and cheese crumbled shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley shopping list
How to make it
- Place vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper in a non-reactive bowl.
- Whisk to combine then whisk in oil then whisk in mayonnaise and sour cream then set aside.
- Bring large a pot of water to boil then scrub potatoes but do not peel.
- Add to boiling water and salt water generously then cook potatoes 25 minutes.
- Remove from water and cool 10 minutes.
- Sauté bacon in large heavy skillet over medium heat until crisp about 4 minutes.
- Remove and drain on paper towels then pour off and discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings.
- Place pan over medium heat and add red onions then stir to coat with drippings.
- Season onions with a little of the bacon drippings them remove onions to non-reactive bowl.
- While potatoes are still warm slip off skins and cut potatoes into cubes.
- Add to bowl containing onions then add cooked bacon and blue cheese.
- Toss to mix then pour in dressing and mix well.
- Let salad stand at room temperature 15 minutes so flavors meld.
- When ready to serve sprinkle salad with parsley and mix well then place in serving bowl.
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Sounds fantastic, can't wait to make your salad. Well done and Thank you....
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oh! ahhhh! what a great recipe! thank you for sharing - i found it just in time - having a brunch on coming sunday and i wanted 'another' potato salad. hmmmm. scrumptious!
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