With the advent of summer come the salad bags from the fruit and vegetable co-op.   As much as I love a traditional mayonnaise potato salad, they can get a little boring and they need a makeover to keep my interest.  One variation was to add cucumber, mint and yogurt but delicious as it is, it is still fairly similar to the mayonnaise based salad.
Several months ago I held a miso tasting, where a gaggle of food bloggers gathered in my flat and we tasted our way though Clearspring’s miso range, it was a fantastic and hilarious evening, as a result I am long on miso, with enough to keep me going for at least the next 12 months. Whisking up some miso with other Japanese ingredients made a deliciously different dressing for my potatoes, salty, tangy and packing a massive umami punch, a dish that certainly will be repeated the next time the sun comes out.
- 600 g Salad Potatoes cooked and sliced
- 300 g French Beans optional
- 1 tsp Brown miso I used barley
- 1 tsp Tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Mirim
- 1 tsp Tahini – optional to thicken
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Whisk the dressing ingredients together. I know tahini is not Japanese, but it thickens the dressing nicely.
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Steam the beans for 2 minutes and then plunge into cold water
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Pour the dressing over the potatoes and beans and mix well
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I topped with some furikake (a mix of sesame seeds and ground seaweed – it can contain fish – so read the label if you are vegetarian)
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Keeps in the fridge for a few days and is delicious for a packed lunch.
- If making this gluten free then use tamari rather than soy sauce and check the type of miso, brown rice miso wil be gluten free. Hatcho miso contains barley. Other brown misos are made with gluten containing grains.
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Kip
I love the Cleaspring barley miso so can imagine this would be tasty. I really want to try a potato salad with natto too…
Helen
I have never had natto – I shoud seek some out!
Simply.food
Really nice salad very innovative.
Vanessa Kimbell
I love Miso .. but con;t get on with soya products .
:-(
Tori (@eat-tori)
Have recently become even more addicted to shiro miso- this looks like an excellent way to play. Last time I basted lamb in it, with a touch of horseradish, marmalade and some hazlenuts. Sounds a little mad, but somehow it was very, very good.
Jacqueline
It sounds and look delicious Helen. Thanks for adding it :)
Simona
This salad looks lovely. I must try miso over potatoes soon. And also furikake. Thanks for giving me so many ideas.