Here are 3 great potato side dish recipes, ready to compliment any meal! I hope you enjoy them as much as my family did!
Make them all at once or try a new one each week, or even just choose your favourite.
Potato Salad
Ingredients
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- 1kg large potatoes – peeled
- 1 long cucumber – roughly sliced
- 2 long sticks celery – roughly sliced
- ½ bunch dill – shredded
- ½ bunch chives – roughly chopped
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- good pinch salt
Method
- Boil potatoes until just tender. Drain and set aside to cool.
- Once potatoes are cool, cut them into quarters and add them to a large bowl.
- Add all the other prepared ingredients to the potatoes and mix gently but thoroughly.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Serves 6-8 as a side dish
Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1kg chat potatoes
- 1 tbsp oil of choice
- 8 rashers bacon – roughly diced
- 200g mushrooms – roughly sliced
- 1 leek – roughly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic – crushed
- optional: a few dollops of sour cream or mayonnaise and chopped chives to serve
Method
- Boil chat potatoes until just tender then drain. Place chats into a serving dish over a single layer. Use a ‘potato masher’ or large fork to slightly smash each potato.
- In a medium fry pan place the oil, bacon, mushrooms, leek and garlic and fry for 5-10 minutes until the bacon is cooked and it is smelling delicious!
- Spoon the bacon mixture over the top of the smashed potatoes. Finish by adding a dollop of sour cream or mayonnaise and chives.
Serves 6-8 as a side - Potato Bake
Ingredients
- 1kg chat potatoes – thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp oil of choice
- 270ml coconut cream
- 4 cloves garlic – crushed
- 3 spring onions – cut into 1cm pieces
- 1 heaped tbsp nutritional yeast
- good pinch salt and pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 200c. Place the oil at the bottom of a baking dish, then put all the potatoes in the dish (I stand them all upright – see photo)
- Pour the coconut cream over the potatoes then sprinkle evenly with the remaining ingredients.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Stir very gently and bake for another 10-15 minutes until crispy and cooked.
- Serves 6 as a side dish
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