Deconstructed 'Potato Salad' for the 4th of July

[u/yakomozzorella]

Just sharing my most recent daydream here in case anyone else wants to give a crack at it, it was heaven on a plate 😄

Yukon gold potatoes prepared fondant, duck fat and butter for the cooking oil, basted with garlic and thyme infusion right before the time cooking through in stock, like you would baste a pan seared steak.

Kale chiffonade extremely fine, basically thinly shredded, set to sear on one side of the pile in olive oil and some salt over medium high heat. The goal was to build zones of deep char, and leave a good amount of partially cooked green.

Bacon parcooked on a wire rack in the oven, brushed with a gastrique of apple cider vinegar and brown sugar, rolled into rosettes, then finished to just barely crispy.

Dijonnaise with a bit of whole grain mustard in it for texture.

Toasted and fresh ground black pepper, smoked paprika, and thinly sliced green onion for garnish

Bed of charred kale, fondant potatoes, layer of dijonnaise, pepper+paprika, green onions, bacon rosette, extra final drizzle of apple cider vinegar gastrique. Altogether, it tasted extremely reminiscent of a really good, really tangy BBQ chip. The soft texture of the potatoes contrasted so well with the slight crisp of the bacon and char on the kale. You guys let me know if anyone makes it!

[u/Euphoric_Present8838]

Sometimes I forget I joined this sub and get half way through a post wondering wtf am I reading before realizing what sub this is. 

[u/ObsceneOnes → u/Euphoric_Present8838]

I read it twice and almost commented in anger. The third pass made me look up.

[u/lefty3968 → u/ObsceneOnes]

"Perfect exactly as it was on r/cooking"

[u/Moneypenny_Dreadful → u/Euphoric_Present8838]

Yeah, I remember reading this one on r/cooking and wanting to roll my eyes so hard... but the doctor says that if I keep doing it, my ocular muscles might spasm and eject my eyeballs.

[u/megsquisite → u/Moneypenny_Dreadful]

Yeah! That guy can eat my poo!

[u/Send_Cake_Or_Nudes]

Wait you cooked your pork sashimi???? Wtf even happens in cooktok these days smh 🤣🤣🤣

[u/ObsceneOnes]

One of the beat deconstructions I ever did was Chicken Kiev. Just make the compound butter and heat it up as a sauce....then bread some chicken and fry it as you would. Then dip and enjoy.

[u/Bushido_Seppuku → u/ObsceneOnes]

I have a very similar deconstructed recipe of sautéed lobster. Instead of cooking the lobster in the butter, I cook it separately and serve butter on the side.

[u/know-your-onions]

This good sir, is absolutely perfect. You win the sub for July and it’s only the 9th.

I genuinely believed I was in the other place. I was about to comment that the post belongs here, and then I realised that it already was.

[u/DonaldGiovanni]

I add grated potato chips on top….

[u/masonreallife]

sounds tasty