Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Lemon Potato Salad
Lemon Potato Salad brings together baby potatoes, green onions, and parsley. Look at the marinating step before you get the rest of dinner going. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 11 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Preparation & total time
- Quick dinners · Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
- Dish type
- Salads
A few quick notes
1. Give the marinade its turn
Look at the marinating step before you get the rest of dinner going. Keep that preparation in the order the recipe gives, and check the full method for how it fits around the cooking.
2. Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
3. Give the simmer its place
Keep the simmering stage in the sequence when planning the meal. Follow the heat and texture checks in that step rather than rushing straight to the finish.
Get to know the ingredients
Baby potatoes
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add potatoes, bring back up to the boil then reduce to simmer.
Green onions
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add green onions and parsley, pour over remaining Dressing.
Parsley
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add green onions and parsley, pour over remaining Dressing.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 7 steps completeMake room for Lemon Potato Salad
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Great warm or at room temperature, and it's also great the next day. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Keep the first boil and the next step together
Read what happens once the mixture comes to a boil. Have the next ingredient or heat adjustment ready, and continue with the sequence the recipe gives.
Have the jar ready for mixing
Use the jar-shaking step to bring the ingredients together before serving. Check the mixture as the recipe directs, then add or use it at the stated step.
Keep the dressing additions separate
The dressing goes in more than one addition. Keep some back where the method says to, then toss again and add the next part at its own step.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Dressing: Shake in a jar.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Look at the marinating step before you get the rest of dinner going. Keep that preparation in the order the recipe gives, and check the full method for how it fits around the cooking.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Cook for 5 minutes or until just cooked - don't let them overcook or become too soft, they will keep cooking from residual heat.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Read what happens once the mixture comes to a boil. Have the next ingredient or heat adjustment ready, and continue with the sequence the recipe gives.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: RecipeTin Eats. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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