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, photo by Jill Wallentin
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Side dish Keto cauliflower ‘potato’ salad
This quick and easy cauliflower salad tastes just like traditional potato salad, if not even better — especially on the grill. Potato salad is one of the most common barbecue side dishes, and we're proud to present this glorious keto version with an extra crunch.
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Ingredients
Cauliflower salad
- 1½ lbs 650 g cauliflower
- salt and ground black pepper
- ½ cup 120 ml water
- 5 oz. 140 g bacon
- 3 (4¼ oz.) 3 (120 g) celery stalkcelery stalks
- ½ (2 oz.) ½ (55 g) red onionred onions
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp fresh chives
Dressing
- 1½ cups 350 ml mayonnaise
- ¾ tbsp ¾ tbsp Dijon mustard
- ¾ tbsp ¾ tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 pinch 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch 1 pinch ground black pepper
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Instructions
Cauliflower salad
- Preheat the grill on low heat.
- Chop cauliflower into bite-sized chunks. Divide and place pieces on two separate sheets of aluminium foil in a flat layer. Season with salt and pepper.
- Lift foil edges so it slightly covers the cauliflower. Pour 1/4 cup of water onto each cauliflower package. Cover with another piece of foil and wrap properly, make sure the water doesn't escape. Grill for 15-20 minutes on the side, avoiding the hot center and leaving space for the bacon.
- Lay bacon slices in a grill pan with high ridges. Grill for 10-15 minutes until crispy. Flip them halfway through.
- Chop celery stalks into small pieces, finely dice the onion and chives.
- Remove bacon from the grill. Once cooled, chop into small pieces.
- Remove cauliflower and carefully unwrap. Allow to cool completely. Once cooled, add cauliflower in a big bowl. Add bacon, celery, onions and chives. Save a few pieces for topping.
Dressing
- In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, mustard and cider vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Stir until combined.
- Pour over the cauliflower salad and toss to combine evenly. Top with bacon and chives.
No-grill prep
You can also prepare the cauliflower on the stovetop. Steam or boil for 15 minutes or until fork-tender.
For the bacon, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Lay bacon in a single layer onto baking sheet and bake until crispy for about 10-15 minutes.
Matt and Megha's tip
This salad is best when totally cooled. Refrigerate for a few hours before serving for the ultimate experience.
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Its basically creating a steam parcel, which you could pop in the oven or you could simply steam your cauliflower, in a steam pan.
The translation on DD is normally Swedish to American
Yes, it's an accurate conversion but you are always free to tweak recipes to meet your preference!
I am glad you enjoyed this one!
We will definitely make this again. And the day we can “afford” more carbs we will add a little green apple too. That’s how Mama’s Danish potato salad always was made!
Curry would be a great addition!
If kept properly cool, this one will be fine at 3 days.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
May try the Greek yogurt, mentioned by Dianne above, just to see how it changes the flavor. May also add hard boiled egg (which we steam rather than boil).
Thank you for this excellent recipe.
We haven't tested it, but it sounds like it would be really good. It may have a non-traditional flavor, but if you like the flavor of roast cauliflower, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing!
(I've never put bacon in potato salad so I subbed in hard boiled eggs which was the norm for my potato salad)
Thanks for another great recipe!!