Hoppin' John Idaho® Potato Salad

Hoppin' John Idaho® Potato Salad

Source:
Dorothy Reinhold
Food Blogger
Shockingly Delicious

Yield: 4-5 servings

Ingredients:

Dressing

Directions:

Potatoes:
  1. Place potatoes in a covered, microwave-safe container, sprinkle very lightly with seasoned salt, and microcook on high for 4 ½ minutes (at 1100 watts). Test them with a fork (they should be tender but not mushy), remove from microwave and set aside, uncovered, to cool.
Salad:
  1. While potatoes are cooking, to a large bowl add celery, bell pepper, capers, green onions, dates, kale, dill and the zest of the lemon. (Use a microplane zester for best results in removing zest without the white pith.) Toss ingredients well to combine. Add black-eyed peas and potatoes to the bowl.
Dressing:
  1. In a tall-sided bowl or large glass measuring cup, add olive oil, vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, crushed garlic and pepper. Whirl with an immersion blender for a few seconds until well combined. (If you don’t have an immersion blender, put dressing ingredients in a regular blender and whirl.)
  2. Pour two-thirds of the dressing over the salad in the bowl, and stir gently to combine (gently because you don’t want to break up the peas or the potatoes). Taste and add more dressing, if needed, and adjust seasoning to your liking (adding a pinch of salt, a splash more vinegar, lemon juice or oil, to your taste). Give it one more gentle stir.
  3. Transfer salad to a serving bowl.