Baby potato & bacon salad
Is it truly a salad if it’s more potato and bacon than greenery? I don’t know. I also don’t care tbh because this is very much my kinda salad. I like a proper filthy salad, like the sort of salads Christmas Aguilera may have made back in her early 00s dirty era. You know what I’m saying…saucy, rich, creamy and lots of beige on show. Have I just made salads sexy? Try my baby potato & bacon salad and find out for yourself.
Anyway, what a weird way to introduce a recipe. I’ve had an excessive amount of spuds recently so I’ll blame that for whatever this recipe intro has turned into. All I’m saying is, if you deliver this at your next BBQ, you’ll have some very happy guests. It’s super simple to pull together and will top any store bought version. Plus, it does include cucumber, rocket and spring onion so you’re definitely hitting some of your 5-a-day there…
Summery salads
If a dry salad if legit your worst nightmare, try out these saucy numbers instead:
- Nectarine and pink grapefruit salad
- Beetroot and baked feta salad
- Super sexy summer salad
- Spiced chicken salad with red pepper mayo
For more meal inspo, you can find more of my recipes here.
Ingredients
- 500g baby potatoes
- 1/2 pack of streak smoked bacon
- 1 bag of rocket
- 1/2 a cucumber, peeled into ribbons
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- Small handful of chopped parsley
- 1 heaped tbsp of mayonnaise
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of a lemon
- 50g crumbly Lancashire cheese
Method
- In a pan of cold salted water add your spuds and boil for around 20-25 minutes until cooked through. Once cooked drain and leave to cool.
- Pre heat the oven to 170°C fan.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spread out the bacon, roast in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden and crispy.
- Mix all the dressing ingredients (mayo, mustard, olive oil and lemon) together until smooth.
- When the potatoes have cooled, cut any that are too big in halves or quarters so that they are all the same size.
- Mix the potatoes with the dressing and half of the spring onions and parsley.
- On a large plate add a layer of rocket and cucumber, the rest of the spring onions and parsley and then top with the potato mixture.
- Lastly, crumble over the crispy bacon and cheese. This salad is ideal for when you’re having a barbee!