Sweet Potato Salad With Pickled Onions & Coriander

Easy and scrumptious roasted candy potato salad with pickled crimson onions and coriander (cilantro). This layered salad is tremendous wholesome and is paleo, Whole30, vegan and gluten-free pleasant. Serve it as a aspect dish to your favorite protein.

This candy potato recipe is sort of like a salad in a layered type and is ideal as a aspect dish along with your favorite protein major and even by itself. It’s also possible to carry it to a barbecue or a picnic and it’s unbelievable any time of the yr.

Candy potatoes are seasoned with just a few easy spices and will be roasted or pan-fried, which provides you simply sufficient time to quick-pickle thinly sliced crimson onions. Their tang and sharpness pairs fantastically with the sweetness and softness of the potatoes. I like somewhat recent coriander on prime however you may as well use basil or one other fragrant herb.  It’s somewhat Ottolenghi-inspired and is a giant favorite in our home.

MAKING ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

There are just a few other ways to arrange candy potatoes for this dish. You possibly can lower them into thick circles, cubes or into bigger wedges. Then drizzle with somewhat olive oil and season with salt, pepper and some different spices. I like paprika, cumin and onion powder. Then both roast them or pan-fry (works finest for circles or cubes however not the wedges as they might take too lengthy). 

The important thing to good roasted potatoes is to make use of a flat tray relatively than a deep dish and to ensure you house the items out somewhat bit in order that the recent air can flow into throughout them. I do mine at 200-220 C / about 400 F for about 25 minutes relying on the form/measurement. 

PICKLED RED ONIONS

I like to recommend utilizing small to medium crimson onions in order that the circles aren’t too huge when they’re sliced. You might additionally chop them finely, during which case it is going to be extra like a crimson onion salsa or crimson onion vinegarette. To be sincere, you should utilize any vinegar you want and the sort will provide you with a special flavour profile: extra grapey from crimson or white vinegar or extra apple-y from apple cider vinegar, or one thing a bit extra Italian from Balsamic.

The longer you marinate the onions, the softer they may get and the extra intense the tanginess. For this dish, I pickle them for 20 minutes or so whereas the potatoes are cooking, however you can also make them forward of time and retailer within the fridge. If you wish to make a much bigger batch of pickled onions, I’ve a separate recipe right here. They go together with so many issues! 

ASSEMBLING THE SALAD

Okay, so the crimson onions with the marinade act as a dressing over the candy potatoes. You possibly can serve them layered on a big platter like I did right here or you possibly can toss all of it collectively in a bowl. Do that final minute in order that the potatoes don’t get too soggy. 

And now, right here is the total recipe for this scrumptious roasted candy potato salad with pickled crimson onions and coriander.

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