Recipe - Chilled Garbanzo And Potato Salad With Onion And Garlic

2 pound Red Potatoes; * see note
3 Italian Plum Tomatoes;
(redripe)
One half md Red Onion; minced
1 cn (16 Oz.) Garbanzo Beans
One fourth pound Fresh Spinach; ** see note

THE DRESSING
1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
4 Cloves Garlic; minced
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1 tablespoon Fresh Parsley; minced
One half cup Water
One fourth teaspoon Crushed Dried Hot Red
Chilies; (or to taste)

* small red potatoes, scrubbed and cut into bitesized pieces

** washed and finely chopped (optional)

First, mix all the stuff together for the dressing in a small bowl or a
measuring cup. Let that sit for at least a few minutes usually, if you make
it first, then do the potatoes and tomatoes, that's plenty of time.

Next, bring about 46 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan (more is
better, but leave room for the potatoes), and add the scrubbed bitesized
potato pieces. Bring back to a boil, and boil for 45 minutes. Do not
overcook! You don't want them to be hard, but you don't want them to be
mush, either. Drain the potatoes, and rinse well under cold water (or cover
with cold water, then drain and rinse).

Drain the garbanzo beans and rinse them thoroughly under cold water.

Cut the tomatoes into bitesized pieces, but smaller than the potato
pieces. Chop up the spinach (if you're using it). Mix everything together,
including the dressing, in a bowl that is big enough to stir it without
dumping bits over the side.

Cover the bowl, and chill for at least 4 hours, tossing it once or twice to
make sure the dressing continues to coat things.

Adapted by Ron Lunde, from: Shea MacKenzie's The Garden of Earthly Delights
Cookbook

My modifications to this recipe were to increase the garlic, cut back a lot
on the oil, increase the potatoes, omit the sweet bell pepper, and add an
extra plum tomato. This is my favorite potato salad.

Recipe by: Shea MacKenzie's The Garden of Earthly Delights Cookbook

Posted to recipeludigest by "Christopher E. Eaves" cea260@airmail.net on
Mar 12, 1998