Potato Salad With Chipotle Peppers(A Man's Salad)

Rita~'s Note:

Warning WARNING !! This Tex Mex salad is Very SPICY !!! Use your best judgment in how much Chipotle peppers you use. Taste as you add just don't dump them all in. Each pepper has it's own heat level. Yes us Girls love it too! ;)

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
• 3 scallions, finely sliced
• celery, sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro or 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 -4 chipotle chiles in adobo, deseeded and diced finely (or more, use the seeds if you like the heat)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 8 slices bacon, cooked very crisp and crumbled reserve 1 tablespoon for garnish
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 6 hard-boiled eggs, diced
• 8 medium red potatoes, cooked, cooled and diced
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Mix first 7 ingredients together.
2. Toss in remaining ingredients except 1 tablespoon bacon and salt and pepper.
3. Mix well.
4. Taste to see if you need to add salt and pepper.
5. I myself like lots of pepper.
6. Top with bacon bits.
7. Chill& Serve.

Reviews

[highcotton]

A hose under the sink broke and started flooding the kitchen when I was in the middle of making this. :( That's my excuse for totally forgetting to add the black beans. Didn't seem to matter, though, since everybody agreed it was sensational. I used 3 chipotles, seeds and all, and the heat level was actually pretty mild. Thanks for a really top-notch recipe, Rita! Update: Six years and a whole lot of bowls of potato salad later, I don't think I've ever served this to anyone who didn't rave. So many people told me at a cookout last weekend that it was THE BEST they'd ever tasted that I just had to thank you again for sharing this wonderful dish.

[*pink*]

I can't believe I never rated this! I made this several years ago and thought it was delish! I did omit the black beans. But I need to make this again soon, and I will add them in this time. I love trying all different kinds of potato salads. This one is definitely unique! It is on the top of our favorite potato salads! Thanks for the great recipe!

[Chef GreanEyes]

ooooo! thanks for a new twist on tater salad! goes great with steaks and cant wait to try it with smoked meats too! eeeee!! omitted bell peppers, swapped 2T shallots for scallions, used 2 stalks celery, 1T dried cilantro, added a bit more mayo, 4 chipotle peppers with some of the sauce and onions in the can, omitted bacon, 1t celery salt, 1T regular mustard, and used russets instead of reds and kept every thing else the same. LOVED IT! thanks Rita! the boyfriend didn't even hafta add anything (with everything else he ALWAYS adds SOMETHING!) so i take that as a huge compliment! oh my mouth is watering!