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Grilled Potato Salad

A salad of grilled potatoes, green beans, dill, and optional goat cheese tossed in a vinaigrette.

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Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Grilled Potato Salad

Timeabout 6 minutes grilling

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the potatoes

  1. Place potatoes in a steamer basket set in a large saucepan.

  2. Steam over boiling water until just tender, about 10 minutes.

  3. Remove steamer basket from water.

  4. Prepare charcoal grill or preheat gas grill to medium-high heat.

  5. Brush potatoes with a little olive oil.

  6. Grill potatoes until tender and tinged with brown, turning often, about 6 minutes.

Make the dressing

  1. Meanwhile, make dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, finely chopped shallots and grated lemon peel.

  2. Slowly whisk in olive oil until blended.

  3. Stir in finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley.

Assemble and serve

  1. Transfer potatoes to a shallow serving bowl.

  2. Add green beans, chopped fresh dill and crumbled goat cheese if using.

  3. Pour 3/4 cup dressing over salad and toss to coat.

  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  5. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

481Calories
14 gProtein
23 gFat
59 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Dill + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Small red potatoes
Steaming then grilling gives a tender interior with browned, slightly charred edges.
Olive oil
Adds fat that carries flavor and helps the potatoes brown on the grill.
Apple cider vinegar
Provides acidity that brightens the dressing and balances the oil.
Dijon mustard
Helps emulsify the oil and vinegar so the dressing stays blended.
Green beans
Add crisp texture and freshness to the warm potatoes.
Goat cheese
Adds tangy, creamy richness that contrasts with the acidic dressing.

The step that matters

Slowly whisk in olive oil until blended. Adding oil slowly while whisking breaks it into small droplets held in suspension by the mustard, so the dressing stays smooth instead of separating.

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, dill, goat cheese, apple cider vinegar, mustard, shallot, lemon):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, dill, goat cheese, apple cider vinegar, mustard, shallot, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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