Grilled Chicken & Corn Red Potato Salad With Jalapeno Vinaigrette
By: Jessica
Published: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 4:18pm

Ingredients




Jalapeno Vinaigrette

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon pepper
a pinch of salt

3/4 cup finely chopped red onion
2 jalapeno chiles, seeded and finely chopped
Grilled Chicken & Corn Red Potato Salad

2 cups Grilled Chicken, chopped and diced
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil for drizzling on corn
7 red potatoes
1 fresh ear corn, with husked removed

Preparation

1 Put the onions and jalapeno in a bowl 2 Add olive oil, vinegar, Dijon mustard,  salt, and pepper. 3 Then whisk until the vinaigrette becomes  a smooth dressing 4 In a pot of salted water, bring the potatoes to a boil and cook until just tender, about 20 minutes 5 Drain the potatoes and set aside to cool 6 Then cut into bite-size pieces 7 Grill the corn and keep turning until almost all sides have char marks, which should take about 10 minutes or less 8 Slice the kernels off the cobs 9 Add the corn to the potatoes 10 Then add the grilled chicken 11 Add the vinaigrette 12 The toss to combine all of the ingredients

About


When I think of potato salad, I think of eggs and lots of mayonnaise, ick! Sorry guys, do not get me wrong, I love potatoes and all things potatoes. However, I do not like potato salad that’s been over-killed with mayo.  I simply cannot stomach all of that. Instead why not turn to a simple dressing such as jalapeno vinaigrette. Jalapeno vinaigrette??? Is that supposed to be spicy?? Nope, not at all! Red wine vinegar helps counteract the spiciness by mellowing out the, “Ahhh it’s hot, spicy! I need water, stat!” factor. Instead, red wine vinegar infuses a unique flavor in the dressing along with the Dijon mustard. Say good bye to the traditional mayo infested potato salad and say hello to this red potato salad that has been kicked up a notch.  It will definitely make you think twice the next time you want to use mayonnaise! Grilled Chicken & Corn Red Potato Salad is quite simple and gets right to the flavor. You could serve it at a Labor Day barbecue, have it as a quick lunch on a hot day, heck even take it with you on a picnic! Unlike mayo it will not spoil too quickly outside of the fridge.
This is one of those recipes that you can tweak and add many different varieties of ingredients.