Barbecued potatoes with tarragon, peanuts and chipotle recipe
The dressing for this dish is unusual – smoky chilli peanuts combined with tarragon – and somewhat addictive, especially when paired with crisp barbecued potatoes. You could easily use this as a dressing for grilled sweetcorn or mushrooms.
Tip: if you have time, you can leave out the boiling stage and just cook the potatoes on the barbecue, in which case they will take about 1 hour.
Ingredients
For the potatoes- 600 g new potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 10 g fresh tarragon, leaves finely chopped
- 30 g unsalted peanuts, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 pinch chipotle chilli flakes
- 1 pinch sea salt flakes
Details
- Cuisine: British
- Recipe Type: Potatoes
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 15 mins
- Cooking Time: 30 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Boil the potatoes in salted water for 7–8 minutes, until just cooked through. Drain well, then mix with the olive oil and sea salt flakes.
- Mix together the tarragon, peanuts, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, chipotle flakes and sea salt flakes to make the dressing. Taste and adjust the salt as needed, then set aside.
- Once your barbecue is good and hot, griddle the potatoes for 5–8 minutes per side, until nicely charred.
- Halve the barbecued new potatoes, mix with the tarragon dressing, and serve hot.
This recipe is from The Green Barbecue (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes to Cook Outdoors & In) by Rukmini Iyer (Square Peg), 29th April 2021, £17.99 HBK. Photography by David Loftus.
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