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| Chipotle Ranch Potato Salad |
Super-easy potato salad combines the herby flavor of ranch seasoning and the smoky heat of chipotles. A real crowd pleaser!
This potato salad is sure to be a hit!
It combines the popular flavor of ranch with the subtle smokiness of chipotle peppers.
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| Perfectly balanced flavors |
The salad is not overwhelmed with either flavor–just enough to keep it interesting and under-the-radar heat so even the kiddos will love this. Of course add more chipotle for more smokiness and heat if you wish!
I make my own ranch seasoning mix–and I give the link to my favorite recipe in the ingredient list. I tend to make up a big batch of this but I only use half the salt that Missy suggests. Remember, you can always add, but you can’t take it out!
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| Skin on makes a nice presentation |
When I use red potatoes, which are pretty much my go-to potato for salads, I don’t peel them; just scrub ’em up really well and leave the skin on. Skin-on potatoes make a nice presentation too.
If you don’t have chives (I grow them–try snipping a bunch into mashed potatoes–HEAVEN), then green onion would be a good substitute.
- 2 lbs small red potatoes, cooked
- 1 chipotle in adobo, finely diced and mashed
- 2 tbs ranch seasoning mix*
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup snipped chives
- salt
- pepper
- *Commercial dressing mix (the dry stuff) may be substituted.
- Cut the cooked potatoes into chunks--leave the skin on for added color; place in a large bowl and mix in chives.
- In a smaller bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ranch seasoning mix and the chipotle. Mix well.
- Add enough of the mayonnaise mixture to suit your taste. I used almost the entire recipe because I like a very "mayonnaisy" salad.
- Add salt & pepper to taste.
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| Chipotle Ranch Potato Salad |
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CakePants says
November 24, 2015 at 2:01 amWow, this looks fantastic! Chipotles in adobo are pretty much my boyfriend’s favorite thing ever, and potato salad is mine, so this is something we’ll definitely have to try out.
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Judith Hanneman says
November 24, 2015 at 2:15 amChipotle is one of my favorite flavors! Have lots of recipes where I use it!!