Editors' Pick
Classic Potato Salad
"I make this classic potato salad a lot for pot lucks and picnics. Everyone likes this recipe."
photo by Ashley Cuoco
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 8 medium potatoes, cooked and diced
- 1 1⁄2 cups mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 celery ribs, sliced
- 1 cup onion, minced
- 5 hard-boiled eggs
- paprika
directions
- Boil peeled potatoes in salted water until done. Cool to room temperature.
- Place diced potatoes in large bowl.
- Mix mayonnaise, cider vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt, garlic powder, and pepper in another bowl.
- Add to potatoes.
- Add celery and onions and mix well.
- Stir in eggs.
- Sprinkle a little paprika on top.
Questions & Replies
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Has anyone used relish in their recipe? -
"Medium" potatoes is pretty subjective. Does anyone know approximately what the weight of the 8 medium potatoes would be? Sorry...I know...my husband says I am way too literal. -
Delicious potato salad. My family asked for me to save this recipe for the next cookout. -
I would like to submit the mayo with yogurt. What are your thoughts on this? Any particular type that you recommend? Will I have to adjust the spicing if I do this? -
I’m wondering how many pounds would 8 medium potatoes weigh? I need to make 10 lbs for a community cookout . . .
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Reviews
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When I read this recipe, it didn't sound all that different than any other, but based on a 5 star rating by someone else, I tried it and my company did all but lick the bowl clean when I served it! Be careful with the salt. BE SURE to salt the water when you cook the potatoes! (I notice a lot of recipes don't mention that anymore. A young cook doesn't know to do this). I doubled the amount of salad dressing because (I used more like 10 or 11 potatoes)--but the eggs and it wasn't dry the next day when I served it. GREAT potato salad!
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I searched for a potato salad recipe for a little BBQ we were having last weekend. I was a little inundated with all the recipes available, but I'm sure glad I went with this one.I made the salad the day before and just added a little more mayo right before serving. We got lots of comments on it. Thanks for the great recipe! -
Made this for a little Memorial Day Bar-B-Que, after agonizing over all of the available potato salad recipes on Zaar, but am sure glad that I picked this one. It was great, no not great, amazing!!! It's a keeper, thank you for sharing.
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Great recipe! I tried a technique from the Food Network of tossing the warm, diced potatoes with about 1/4 c. pickle juice and the other ingredients except the mayo. After chilling, they soaked up the liquid, I only needed a cup of mayo. Fantastic flavor, creamy and delicious! -
Classic potato salad.... As my family ( my sister, parents and my fiance) and I ate through the bowl of potato salad with our BBQ'ed chicken and hamburgers, we all smiled. I swear there was a moment when we felt that we were young again back at my parents old house laughing the summer evening away. I love the way a good meal can do that to a person! ***DEEP SIGH***<br/>The potato salad was great. I thank you very much for the recipe!
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Tweaks
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Only change I made was to do half Mayonnaise and half Miracle Whip and that is ONLY because my son is not a Mayo fan but he loves Miracle Whip so I have to compromise to get him to eat anything with mayo! I know I know! But a mom has to do what a mom has to do sometimes! Anyway love this recipe and other than the Miracle Whip substitution, followed it exactly
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This is truly a classic recipe. It is very similar to one I took from the label of a jar of Hellman's Real Mayonnaise. The changes I have made include: Since it is hard to keep celery on hand and many times I cannot find good celery, I have substituted approximately 1 tablespoon on celery seed and we love it. I also use sweet pickle relish and the juice (instead of vinegar since the pickle juice has vinegar in it). I always boil my potatoes in their jackets and peel after they have cooled. I never fai
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I used white potatoes & boiled them about 10-12 minutes. I didn't use sugar but used sweet relish instead. I also added chopped olives.. Idk why but I just can't eat potato salad w/o olives.. Other than that this is the perfect classic recipe!!
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My family and friends beg for more, perfect side dish for summer BBQs. add some sliced green onions for a little extra pop!
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1 cup mayo , add last half cup when serving. tried different ciders (what i had on hand) best combo we like is 1 prt apple cider 2 part regular cider. Always add some dill pickle juice (about two tablespoons i say or so) Add one green pepper.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MizzNezz
United States
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