Simple Sweet Potato Salad

Submitted by Chef Kate

"As the name says, a straightforward salad with a light citrus dressing. A nice accompaniment to grilled entrees."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 medium sweet potatoes
• 4 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 celery ribs, halved lengthwise and sliced on the diagonal (about 2/3 cup)
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
• 3 tablespoons orange juice, fresh
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce (reduced sodium is fine)
• 1 garlic clove, mashed (or pressed, (or more, to taste)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• cilantro (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Rinse and dry the sweet potatoes. Wrap each with foil and bake until tender when pierced with a knife, about 40 to 60 minutes. Set aside to cool.
3. When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes and cut them into bite-size pieces and transfer to a large bowl. Add green onions and celery. Set aside.
4. Combine the remaining ingredients in a large measuring cup. Whisk well.
5. Pour over the potato mixture and stir gently to coat, but avoid breaking up the potatoes.
6. If you like cilantro (I love it), add in a generous amount of leaves for color, aroma and flavor.
7. Serve at once, or refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.

Reviews

[Crunchy Numbers]

Loved it! I peeled and cubed the raw sweet potatoes, tossed with 2 tablespoons olive oil and some salt, pepper and chili powder. Roasted at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes, cooled to room temperature and then added to the dressing mixture. I will be making this frequently...thanks for posting!

 

[Maito]

This was out of this world! I doubled the lemon and roasted cubes of sweet potato with half the oil (saved the other half for the dressing). There is such a perfect balance of flavors here, including salty, sweet and tart. The soy sauce and sweet potatoes are a match made in heaven. This served 4 as a side dish for us.

 

[COOKGIRl]

Quite outstanding, Kate! My husband bought white flesh sweet potatoes but I am assuming<br/>for this recipe you meant the orange flesh ones, right? Regardless, it was good and easy to make. The sweet potatoes were served over a bed of arugula and baby spinach. The dressing is wonderful! Reviewed for Best of 2011.

 

[Enjolinfam]

This was a really nice potato salad. Sometimes it's nice to have something a little different and this was great for something other than the usual. My oldest DD especially LOVED these. Thanks! :)