Japanese potato salad

Name: Japanese potato salad
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 600g potatoes, peeled and cubed; 1 carrot, thinly sliced; 1 cucumber, thinly sliced; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs, hard boiled; 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp wholegrain mustard; 100g ham, diced

Creamy, lightly mashed potato salad with cucumber, carrot and ham. A staple of Japanese lunch boxes.

Time35 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.79 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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600 gpotatoespeeled and cubed
1carrotthinly sliced
1cucumberthinly sliced
1 tspsalt
2eggshard boiled
4 tbspmayonnaise
2 tsprice vinegar
1 tspwholegrain mustard
100 ghamdiced

Method

1
Boil the potatoes and carrot in salted water for 12 minutes until soft. Drain well.
12 min
2
Toss the cucumber with the salt for 10 minutes, then squeeze dry.
10 min
3
Mash the potatoes roughly with a fork while still warm. Stir in the vinegar and let cool for 10 minutes.
10 min
4
Chop the eggs and fold in with the cucumber, ham, mayonnaise, mustard and pepper.
5
Chill for 20 minutes before serving.
20 min

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