Why is this the Best Potato Salad Recipe?
Well, it’s my best, because I’ve been experiencing a lot with others, and we all (the family) ended up liking this one the most.
Why? I don’t know, to tell you the truth, but it’s probably because of the touch of vinegar… and you know what?… my whole family loves potatoes and vinegar…
Use your imagination to add your special touch to this recipe and make it even better. If you come up with something wonderful, please share with us in the comments!
Best Potato Salad Recipe
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Author: Marjorie Marina
Serves: 5 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup Hellmann's real mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp vinegar
- 1½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 4 cups cubed, cooked potatoes (5 to 6 medium)
- 1 cup sliced celery (optional)
- ½ cup chopped onion (optional)
- 2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Instructions
- Combine the mayo, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar together;
- In a large bowl place the potatoes, celery, onion and eggs;
- Pour dressing over the ingredients of the bowl;
- Stir to coat everything, cover and chill until serving.
Tips:
- If your family doesn’t like the taste of raw onions, you may sautè them lightly before adding to salad
- You can always add ingredients that your family likes. For example: chopped green olives, chopped parsley or chives, a little bit of capers, chopped fennel, diced cooked carrots, etc.
- Adjust the amount of salt in the recipe if you decide to add salty ingredients like olives or capers
- A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil over this Potato Salad when you serve it is heavenly!
What kind of potatoes and vinegar did you use? Thank you
Scott, basically all kinds of potatoes work fine, even the small new potatoes, which you can use whole or cut in half.
Lovely salad, I’ve added green French beans
Yumyum
What a great idea! Thank you Fatima!
My mom and I always made our “sauce” in a separate bowl and didn’t really measure anything, but that’s from years of making it. We used mustard instead of vinegar (probably a couple tablespoons -Dijon). We used chopped sweet pickles instead of sugar, celery, celery seed, and a small onion.
Everyone in our family and those we shared with thought it was the best !!!
It does sound delicious. I’m definitely going to try. Thank you Kay for sharing and following us.
I love cooking and baking i hooe i wll learn a lot from u
My recipes are all very easy because, even though I love cooking, I don’t want to be a slave of the kitchen. I hope you continue enjoy my posts. 🙂