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Korean Potato Salad with egg, raisin, ham, cucumber

Korean Potato Salad

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Korean potato salad is unusual salad, but very common in Korea. You can serve as a side dish or make a sandwich with bread.
Cuisine Korean
Keyword gamja salad, Korean potato salad, korean side dish, potato salad
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 small servings
Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

  • 1 lb 450g potatoes (yukon or russet)
  • 1/2 cucumber sliced in half lengthwise and seeded
  • 1/3 cup red pepper minced
  • 1/3 cup ham chopped
  • 1/4 cup raisins optional
  • 3 hard boiled eggs
  • 3 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 4 tablespoon plain yogurt Greek style preferred
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • dashes white pepper optional

Instructions

  • Cook potatoes in boiling water until fork tender and let them cool and peel off the skim, set aside.
  • Cut the cucumber to 2-3 sections and slice each log into thin strips, sprinkle a few pinches of salt over and toss together. Set a side for 15 minutes to withdraw moisture. Rinse once and squeeze out the water. Chop them finely into small chunks. Set aside.
  • Chop egg whites into small pieces. Reserve yolks.
  • In a small mixing bowl, combine mayonnaise, yogurt, honey and salt & pepper, mix well.
  • In a large mixing bowl mash the potatoes briefly, add the cucumber pieces, ham, red pepper, egg white pieces, and the raisins. Pour the dressing over and mix well with a spatula. Chill your salad.
  • In a coarse mesh strainer, place the reserved egg yolks and press them down with a spoon. You will get the yellow egg yolk crumbs.
  • Place the salad in the serving platter and spoon over the yolk crumbs all over.
  • Serve cold or at room temperature.