Low-Country Sweet Potato Salad

Name: Low-Country Sweet Potato Salad
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds, sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces; 2 3/4 pounds, russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/2 cup, olive oil; 4 slices, bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 , large shallot, minced; 1 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; , Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1 teaspoon, Tabasco sauce; 2 tablespoons, toasted sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh parsley leaves

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2005

This picnic salad features sweet potatoes and sesame seeds, an important part of cooking along the South Carolina coast.

SERVES6 to 8

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Sweet potatoes and sesame seeds are the stars of this low-country sweet potato salad recipe. Tossing the raw, cubed sweet potatoes with diced bacon, minced shallot, and seasonings and roasting them together helped the potatoes absorb the fl...

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