Pumpkin Salad is a perfect recipe that make you feel fall. Creamy and sweet Pumpkin Salad can complete your dinner table colorfully and enjoyable!

Potato salad is so famous in Japan. I love potato salad and there are so many people in the world fell in love with it too! So today I am going to introduce autumn version of potato salad, Kabocha salad. This is creamy and you can absolutely feel fall.
More about Kabocha, please visit All you need to know about Kabocha Squash!
What is Kabocha Salad (Pumpkin Salad)
Kabocha is a type of winter squash and It is also called kabocha squash or Japanese pumpkin. Potato salad is super famous in Japan and this simply replace with kabocha squash instead of potato. Adding some sweetness and creaminess into the recipe such as cream cheese. This is a great side dish that adds your dinner table colorfully and deliciously!
Ingredients for Pumpkin Salad
- Kabocha
- onion
- egg
- cucumber
- Japanese mayonnaise
- rice vinegar
- salted butter
- salt
- torigara soup base
- cream cheese
- ground black pepper
[Video] How to make pumpkin salad
Similar Recipes to Kabocha Salad on Oishi Book
- Pumpkin Risotto (かぼちゃのリゾット)
- Creamy Pumpkin Pasta (かぼちゃのクリームパスタ)
- Cheesy Pumpkin Croquette (Cheese Kabocha Korokke)
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pumpkin salad
Ingredients
- 300 g Kabocha
- 80 g onion
- 2 egg
- cucumber I added 1/4 (It was about 40g), but you can add as much as you want.
Seasonings
- 4 Tablespoon Japanese mayonnaise HERE to buy!
- 1 1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 5 g salted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon torigara soup base HERE to buy! If you don't have torigara soup base, you can substitute Bouillon!
- 10 g cream cheese If you want it creamier, add cream cheese! Even If you don't have it, it's still good 🙂
- 1/4 freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Preparation
- Make boiled eggs. In a boiling water, add the eggs and cook for 9 minutes. After the 9 minutes, take off the eggs from the pot and peel them.
- Slice the onion and microwave for 1 minutes with a microwave safe bowl.
- Slice the cucumber thinly.
Let's cook
- Cut the Kabocha in half in order to remove the seeds first. Then, cut the kabocha into 2 inches (about 5cm) chunks. It is so hard to cut so please be careful not to cut your self!
- In a microwave safe bowl, add the cut kabocha and cover with cling wrap. Microwave for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, take out the bowl from the microwave and make kabocha small pieces using spoon or fork.If you prefer to make the kabocha skin smaller, use a blender.
- Add the microwaved cut onion, thinly sliced cucumber, and boiled eggs in the bowl and mix them.
- In the mixture bowl, add all the seasoning ingredients (Japanese mayonnaise, rice vinegar, salted butter, salt, torigara soup base, cream cheese, and black pepper).
- It's done! This is super easy and great for fall side dish!
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