Easy gado gado salad

Easy gado gado salad
  • Serves: 4
  • Prep: 0 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins

Recipe from Take a Box of Eggs, www.dairydiary.co.uk.

Ingredients

  • For the dressing:
  • 50g (2oz) salted peanuts
  • ½ red chilli, halved and deseeded
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 small onion (the size of a shallot), peeled and quartered
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 3 - 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • For the salad:
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 onions peeled and thinly sliced
  • 450g (1lb) potatoes (about 2), scrubbed and cut into chunks, then boiled and cooled
  • 4 British Lion eggs, hard-boiled, shelled and quartered
  • 110g (4oz) beansprouts blanched and drained
  • 10g (4oz), fine green beans, trimmed, blanched and drained
  • 75g (3oz), baby spinach washed and drained
  • 10cm (4in) piece cucumber, cut into strips

Method

 

Tip: To blanch the beansprouts, plunge into boiling water for just one minute; the green beans will need three minutes in boiling water.

    1. To make the dressing, put everything except the sunflower oil together with 5 tbsp of water in a mini blender and purée until smooth. Tip the sauce into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Lower the heat, cover and simmer very gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then remove from the heat and leave to cool.
    2. Gradually whisk in the oil to make a thick dressing.
    3. For the salad, heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook slowly for about 10 minutes until they start to turn a deep golden colour. Remove from the heat and drain off any excess oil.
    4. Cut the cooked potatoes into bite-sized pieces. Arrange the potatoes, eggs, beansprouts, beans, spinach and cucumber in layers in a large salad bowl. Scatter with the crispy onions, pour over the dressing and toss together gently. Serve at once.

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