Our previous two grilling episodes featured a lot of meat. So today, to please our vegetarian listeners, we're grilling potatoes and veggies and pairing that with a Caribbean cole slaw.
Hobo Potatoes
This first dish cooks right in the coals of the grill, and you can essentially ignore it and let it cook on its own while you grill other items on top of the grill.
Ingredients:
olive oil1 1/2-2 pounds of fingerling potatoes, sliced in half1 tablespoon minced garlic1 teaspoon lemon zest1 large Spanish onion, thinly sliced1 poblano pepper, roughly diced (remove seeds)4-5 scallions cut into 1/2" pieces2 teaspoons saltfreshly ground pepperDirections:
Par cook the potatoes. (Boil the potatoes until they are about 2/3 of the way cooked. Shock them in cold water. This process can be done a couple days in advance.)Add all ingredients to a bowl. Cover with olive oil and toss.Take three 1 1/2 foot long strips of aluminium foil. Overlap them to make one big square. Shiny side faces out.Spread out potatoes and other ingredients on the aluminium foil.Place one more long strip of aluminium foil overt op of veggies and roll the package into a tube shape.Place the veggie tube in the coals of the grill.No specific cooking time! Just keep them in the coals as you cook on top of the grill and remove them when you're ready to serve all of the other food! Follow @EarthEats on Twitter.
Caribbean Coleslaw
While we let the Hobo Potatoes cook in the coals, we'll prepare our salad: a spunky Caribbean coleslaw using fresh-picked red and white cabbage.
Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
1/4 cup honey1/2 cup cider vinegar1 lemon, juiced1 tablespoon cumin seeds, toasted in a dry saute pan until lightly smoky1 tablespoon curry1/2 cup olive oil1/2 jalapeno, minced1/2 head red cabbage, cut chiffonade (thin ribbons)1/2 head savoy cabbage, cut chiffonade (thin ribbons)2 large carrots, cut julienne (in thin strips)1 red onion, minced1 bunch cilantro, very roughly chopped, use stems, toosalt and cracked black pepper to tasteDirections:
Whisk honey, cider, lemon juice, cumin, curry, olive oil, and jalapeno together.Toss with cabbage, carrot, and onion and marinate for at least 2 hours.Just before serving, add cilantro and season to taste. "Like" Earth Eats on Facebook.
Also On This Episode: Earth Eats' Interview with Marion Nestle (of FoodPolitics.com)
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