The Best Creamy Potato Salad has to have the perfect balance of flavor. Not too much mayo, and a whole lot of other delicious flavors are necessary to create the ultimate potato salad recipe everyone will love.
We are pretty picky around here when it comes to potato salad. This may very well be the best potato salad recipe you’ll ever find. It has the perfect blend of flavors without too much mayo for the ultimate potato salad recipe that can please everyone in a crowd.
Do you cut the potatoes before boiling them for potato salad?
You can actually cut the potatoes before or after boiling to make the potato salad, depending on personal preference. Cutting your potatoes before hand will require far less boiling time to make the potatoes tender so it is the preferred method for most.
What potatoes are best for potato salad?
Yukon gold and red potatoes are the best kind of potatoes to use to make potato salad. There are other similar varieties that will work as well. You want a potato with a thin skin and waxy flesh. Russet potatoes are not a good option for potato salad as they tend to fall apart.
How long do you boil eggs for potato salad?
Hard boiled eggs work best for potato salad. Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil, cover the pan, and remove it from the heat. Let sit for 10 minutes for the perfect hard boiled egg. Cool immediately. For more information on how to boil eggs, please see this article.
How do you cool potatoes?
Cool potatoes by running them under cold water. Be sure to use a gentle flow of water, and not a hard spray that could rip the potatoes apart.
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- 2 pounds red potatoes, diced
- 1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled (optional)
- ½ red onion, diced
- 4 ribs celery, diced
- 4 hard boiled eggs, roughly chopped
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup cider vinegar
- ¼ cup minced fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add in diced potatoes and cook until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well and rinse with cold water to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, add in cooled potatoes with bacon (optional), onion, celery, and eggs.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, cider vinegar, dill, sugar, mustard, relish, salt, and pepper.
- Pour dressing over potatoes and toss until combined and everything is well coated. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
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Sandra Klein says
I’ve been making a similar recipe for decades but sans the relish, mustard and sugar. Also, I use fresh scallion greens rather than full onions as I find they don’t overpower the other flavors. Next to lasagna, it’s the most requested dish at gatherings of family and friends. Glad to see someone carrying on this great bacon and potato salad dish!
Susan says
Do you peel the potatoes
Rachel Farnsworth says
No, I don’t.
Lynn says
This dressing is absolutely AMAZING. I doubled the batch because I had a 4 pound bag of potatoes. It was so good. I love all your recipes. Keep doing what you do!!! 😁
deborah donnelly says
I have made potato salad by ,ashing my potatoes after cooled & cooled then added the rest of ingredients,there is nothing worse for me than biting into a cold potato.
I have had 2 nephews come for the summer & said they didn’t like my sisters salad,she is a better cook than I am,so I made the salad & asked the kids to try a tiny bit on a spoon,the oldest tried it the younger one watched him & said is it good,he said yeah really good.
Those boys ate 3 helpings & I asked if there moms was like this or was potato’s in chunks they said chunks,they have not looked back since eating potato salad.
So that’s my way of making it ,its worth a try even a small amount .
deborah donnelly says
Mashing my potatoes,sorry for error Please correct
Monica Dominique says
love the reciepes My family loves to eat together we have try a few of your reciepes we love them all.
Thanks for sharing: sharing is caring
Rebekah Richer says
This is the best potato salad I have ever had!
Lory says
I like diced pickles in my potatoe salad. How would you recommend adding them to this recipe? Which type of pickle do you think would work best in regards to taste and texture ?
Rachel Farnsworth says
This recipe already has a sweet pickle relish in it. If you want to add more pickles, I’d use a sweet pickle or dill pickle.