Is It Too Spicy?!
Written by Rachel, Posted in Thoughts
I had one goal on Friday: Make our friend cry on his birthday.
Wait! It’s a good thing.
He loves spicy food. We were invited to a birthday dinner and I offered to bring something. I thought that it could be fun to come up with a Spicy Roasted Potato Salad that would make even his eyes water.
And then I realized that the rest of us, with little to moderate tolerance for spice, might not appreciate the gesture.
I only added one jalapeño. That was plenty.
Happy Eating!
Spicy Roasted Potato Salad
Last modified on 2013-06-10 23:14:39 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Spicy Roasted Potato Salad
Recipe Type: Side, Salad, Potato, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Serves: 8-12
Take your average potato salad and spice it up!
Ingredients
- 6-10 large potatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 t salt
- 3 C green beans, cut into 1-2″ pieces
- 2 T olive oil
- 1 jalape̱o, halved (seeds and ribs removed if desired Рuse gloves or scrape out with a knife)
- Dressing: 1 T fresh chives, chopped
- pinch cayenne
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/2 smoked paprika
- 1/2 t sweet paprika
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 T dijon mustard
- 1/4 C mayo
- 3/4 C Greek yogurt
- 2 T olive oil
- 6 cloves roasted garlic, mashed
Instructions
- Cut the top off a head of garlic. Drizzle with olive oil and wrap with tinfoil. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Let cool. Squeeze pulp from skin. Mash.
- Toss potatoes with 3/4 t salt and 1 1/2 T olive oil. On two baking sheets, roast at 350F for 45-60 minutes, or until potatoes are crispy outside and tender inside (different types of potatoes may vary the amount of cooking time needed). Rotate the baking sheets halfway through to ensure that both pans are ready around the same time.
- Place jalapeño cut side down on a baking sheet. Toss beans with remaining olive oil and 1/4 t salt and sprinkle around jalapeño. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Let beans, potatoes, and jalapeños cool completely in the fridge. Chop jalapeño into small pieces.
- Whisk dressing ingredients together.
- Toss potatoes, beans, jalapeño, and dressing together.
