Ingredients
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2 pounds(about 1 kg) sweet potatoes or yams, cooked, peeled and diced
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4 cups(about 1 litre) loosely packed kale, stems removed, torn into bite-sized pieces, blanched, cooled and squeezed dry
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6 slicesbacon cut into lardons
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1 cup(250 ml) sliced onion
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1 cup(250 ml) red or black California seedless grapes, halved
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1/4 cup(60 ml) sherry vinegar (or substitute apple cider vinegar)
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1/2 cup(125 ml) orange juice
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1/2 cup(125 ml) vegetable or olive oil
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good dash Tabasco sauce
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To taste salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions
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In a large bowl, combine the diced sweet potatoes and the blanched kale.
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In a large skillet, fry the bacon until it is brown and crisp. Drain out all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease.
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Fry the onion with the bacon until the onion is golden brown and tender, about 3-4 minutes.
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Pour this onto the potatoes and kale mixture. Fold in grapes.
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Deglaze the skillet with the vinegar, orange juice, oil, Tabasco, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
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Pour the hot vinegar mixture over the potato salad and fold in, taking care not to mash the potatoes.
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Serve warm.
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Notes
This is a gluten-free, paleo and dairy-free recipe.
Calories 378; Protein 5 g; Carbohydrate 37 g; Fat 24 g; Saturated Fat 5.5 g; 56% Calories from Fat ; Cholesterol 11 mg; Sodium 302 mg; Fiber 3 g.