Favorite Potato Salad

  • Prep 10 min
  • Total 4 hr 50 min
  • Servings 10

Ingredients

  • 6 medium boiling potatoes (2 pounds)
  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 1 tablespoon white or cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 medium celery stalks, chopped (1 cup)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
  • 4 hard cooked eggs, chopped

Steps

  • 1
    Scrub potatoes. Leaves skins on if desired, or peel thinly and remove eyes.
  • 2
    Heat 1 inch water (salted if desired) to boiling; add potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cook 30 to 35 minutes or until potatoes are tender; drain. Cool slightly; cut into cubes (about 6 cups).
  • 3
    Mix mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in 4-quart glass or plastic bowl. Add potatoes, celery and onion; toss. Stir in eggs. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.

  • Choose waxier potatoes if you want the salad to hold up well for picnics or big gatherings. Red or yellow potatoes, like a red new potato or Yukon rose (red-skinned, golden flesh) or gold (yellow-skinned with golden flesh). Russets or baking potatoes are starchier and will easily fall apart when stirred into a salad.
  • Double-check the seasonings, especially salt, before serving the potato salad.
  • Salting the water before adding the potatoes will help add to the flavor later on in this potato salad recipe.
  • Choose your favorite creamy dressing base. Mayonnaise is a classic sauce made from an emulsion of egg yolks beaten with oil and vinegar. A creamy “salad dressing” is also emulsified and thick like mayo but has a few more seasonings and some sugar added. They’re often used interchangeably for making sandwiches or to dress chunky pasta or potato salads.
  • To keep the salad cold—especially when serving at picnics and potlucks—place the bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice.
  • Making the creamy dressing right in the salad bowl saves on cleanup and lets you really blend the other potato salad ingredients before stirring in the potatoes.
  • The hard-cooked egg yolks meld into the dressing for the potato salad, adding a brighter color and richer flavor. Short-cut tip: look for fully cooked and peeled eggs in the dairy department.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
340
Calories from Fat
260
Total Fat
29 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Cholesterol
105 mg
Sodium
480 mg
Potassium
320 mg
Total Carbohydrate
17 g
Dietary Fiber
2 g
Protein
4 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
4%
4%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 6 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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