Grilled New Potato Salad with Bacon and Scallions
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 6 slices thick-cut bacon cooked until crisp, then coarsely crumbled
- 2 lbs red new potatoes golf-ball size, scrubbed and poked with a fork
- 2 T extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 green onions including green tops, cut crosswise into thin rounds
Dressing:
- 1/4 c extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 T apple cider vinegar
- 1 large clove garlic minced
- 2 T fresh parsley minced
- 1 t kosher salt
- 1/2 t sugar
- 1 t freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat grill to medium heat.
- In a medium bowl, toss potatoes with olive oil until well coated.
- Arrange potatoes around cool outer edges of grill or place on upper rack if grill is so equipped.
- Cover and grill potatoes until tender when pierced with a knife, about 20 minutes.
- While potatoes are grilling, put green onions and bacon in a large bowl, and make dressing.
- Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, parsley, salt, sugar and pepper in a small bowl. Set aside.
- When potatoes are tender, transfer to a cutting board and cool for 5 minutes.
- Cut potatoes in half and add to bacon and onions in the bowl.
- Stir dressing to combine and pour over potatoes.
- Gently toss to thoroughly combine.
- Serve immediately.