Dan Dan Potato Salad

Imagine your all time favourite noodle dish, but in potato salad form. It's going to be great. testing here

30 minutes prep

35 minutes cook

Serves 5

Hugh Woodward
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Ingredients

    Dressing:
  • 1 tbspSichuan peppercorns
  • 200 mlchicken stock
  • 2 tbspchinkiang vinegar
  • 1 tbsp (plus more to taste)dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsphoney
  • 3 tbspsmooth peanut butter (or tahini)
  • 2 tbsp (or more if you like it HOT)chilli oil
    • Salad:
  • chicken thighs
  • 1 tbspflaked sea salt
  • 1 kgcooked salad potatoes
  • chopped scallions
  • 6 or so stemstender stem broccoli, cooked
  • b ig handfulroasted peanuts
  • s ome morechilli oil
  • some more test sprinkletoasted black sesame seeds updated

This is one of those dishes you'll be dreaming about for days afterwards. Succulent chicken, pillowy potatoes, a rich spicy dressing and loads of vegetables. We've taken inspiration from Dan Dan noodles here, which is a Sichuan Chinese dish using a hot sesame sauce. Turns out it works just as well with potatoes – thank us later.

Method

  • Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing together. Feel free to tweak each component to suit your tastebuds. We found blitzing everything apart from the chilli oil then drizzling it on last gave that sexy split sauce effect and made it taste more creamy.
  • In an oiled skillet, pan fry the chicken thighs skin side down until crisp and golden. Season with salt and flip, cooking them until cooked through. Shred.
  • Toss everything together. Drizzle with more chilli oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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    Hugh Woodward

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    Hugh's culinary life began aged 14 when he cooked spaghetti hoop burritos to impress girls. Since then his colourful career has taken him to performing in Skegness, making cheese in Peckham, running a wine bar on Columbia Road and reluctantly working in a (briefly) Michelin Starred restaurant. He likes fish, things cooked on charcoal, cheap dinners and London's rich cultural tapestry of food shops. When he's not cooking or eating he can be found mudlarking by the river Thames, buying bits in flea markets and hanging out with his cat Keith.

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