Best HOMEMADE Potato Salad Recipe?
Looking to get some ideas for upgrading our homemade (not purchased) potato salad recipe. We've added authentic bacon chips but want something more.
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I have been making potato salad for 40 years, always the same, and I've been told on many occasions that it is the best potato salad ever. Here is the recipe:
Boil scrubbed potatoes (Yukon gold, red or just plain old russet) in salted water until tender. Cool, then put in the refrigerator until cold (important or you will have mashed potato salad) and then remove the skin. Dice potatoes.
Hard boil one egg for each potato unless the potatoes are small, then 1 for every two potatoes. Cool, peel and chop the eggs. Add to the potatoes.
Dice one small onion and add to the mixture.
Add sweet pickle relish...amount to your liking. I put in about 1/3 cup for 8 potatoes.
Mix Best Foods (or Hellmans) mayonnaise (I use about a cup depending on how much salad I have...don't overdo it, but everything should stick together) with a squirt of mustard of your choice. Mix together with the potatoes, eggs, onions and relish. Add salt, pepper and celery seed to your desired taste. Mix well.
Cover and let sit overnight in the refrigerator. If too dry, add a bit more mayonnaise before serving.
It doesn't have any fancy or weird ingredients; it's just good ole deli potato salad.
Boil scrubbed potatoes (Yukon gold, red or just plain old russet) in salted water until tender. Cool, then put in the refrigerator until cold (important or you will have mashed potato salad) and then remove the skin. Dice potatoes.
Hard boil one egg for each potato unless the potatoes are small, then 1 for every two potatoes. Cool, peel and chop the eggs. Add to the potatoes.
Dice one small onion and add to the mixture.
Add sweet pickle relish...amount to your liking. I put in about 1/3 cup for 8 potatoes.
Mix Best Foods (or Hellmans) mayonnaise (I use about a cup depending on how much salad I have...don't overdo it, but everything should stick together) with a squirt of mustard of your choice. Mix together with the potatoes, eggs, onions and relish. Add salt, pepper and celery seed to your desired taste. Mix well.
Cover and let sit overnight in the refrigerator. If too dry, add a bit more mayonnaise before serving.
It doesn't have any fancy or weird ingredients; it's just good ole deli potato salad.
