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The BEST Instant Pot Potato Salad is made with gold potatoes cooked together with whole eggs on top. No steamer basket or special equipment is needed.
I'm all about Instant Pot recipes that actually save me time! I'm always working to develop all-in-one instant pot meals that allow me to dump everything in the pot for an easy dinner, like this popular Instant Pot Chicken and Rice and IP Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya.
Instant Pot Potato Salad
I will never make potato salad any other way than this instant pot potato salad! I love that you don't have to boil a pot of water, the eggs are cooked at the same time, in the same pot, and I'm not babysitting anything as it cooks! Both the potatoes and eggs get cooked perfectly, and making putting together the rest of the potato salad is so easy!
This recipe is adapted from my favorite Traditional Potato Salad, so if you don't have an instant pot, you can use that recipe!
How to make Instant Pot Potato Salad:
- Add water and chopped potatoes to the bottom of the instant pot.
- Place the eggs on top of the potatoes.
- Cook on high pressure/manual for 4 minutes; quick release.
- Separate egg yolks from the whites of the hard-boiled eggs and place the yolks in a bowl.
- Mash the yolks with a fork and then stir in the mayonnaise, buttermilk, mustard, a splash of pickle juice, and salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour the dressing over the warm potatoes, add chopped egg whites, celery, onion, and pickles.
- Stir well, cover, and refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend.
Potatoes; skin or no skin?
Feel free to make instant pot potato salad with or without potato skins, depending on your preference. I personally prefer to peel the potatoes beforehand.
Can you make potato salad ahead of time?
Yes, you can make instant pot potato salad 2-3 day's ahead of time. In fact, it's best to make it a few hours ahead of time to allow the flavors to blend and the salad to cool in the refrigerator.
How to store potato salad:
Store your instant pot potato salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Looking for more great recipes Instant Pot recipes? Try these:
- Instant Pot Stroganoff
- Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta
- Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken Pasta
- Instant Pot Ribs
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Instant Pot Potato Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 3 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes
- 3 eggs
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard, (or half dijon mustard)
- 2 ribs celery
- 1/4 cup red onion, , chopped
- 2 pickles, , minced + splash of pickle juice
Instructions
- Add water and chopped potatoes to the bottom of the instant pot. Place the eggs on top of the potatoes.
- Secure the instant pot lid and turn the valve to sealing.
- Select high pressure/manual and set timer to 4 minutes.
- When the timer beeps, quick release the pressure. Remove the eggs to a bowl of cold water and drain the water from the pot.
- Separate egg yolks from the whites of the hard-boiled eggs and place the yolks in a bowl.
- Mash the yolks with a fork and then stir in the mayonnaise, buttermilk, mustard, a splash of pickle juice, and salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour the dressing over the warm potatoes. Chop the egg whites and add them to the potatoes along with the celery, onion, and pickles.
- Stir well, cover, and refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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My husband and family loved the recipe. Made it as recipe called for but using red potatoes. It was good and pretty!
This recipe , according to my husband, made the best potato salad he has eaten! Followed instructions about cooking, using white onion and less mustard – since no red onion and more mustard on hand. Quick, easy and delicious!!
Thank you, Lauren!
Perfect! So easy. Super delicious. There goes the old fashion way of preparing potato salad, thank God.
If you don’t have buttermilk/ Could we used whole milk?
Yes, but its very easy to make your own buttermilk with milk and lemon juice or vinegar. https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/how-to-make-buttermilk/
Using your recipe to cook in instant pot is sooo much easier and boiling p0tatoes and eggs in separate pots. and quicker too! Thanks. Second time I have used the instant pot for this and I love it.
I put the chopped potatoes in the pot with the eggs, and by the time I had the mayo mixture together, the pot was ready to quick release. What a fun, fast way to make potato salad. Oh, and the eggs were great that way!!!!! Great consistency
I used your recipe as a guide for adapting my mom’s Potato Salad recipe, and it turned out beautifully. I was worried because I know that overcooking potatoes will ruin potato salad. Your instructions were spot on. The potatoes had just the right amount of firmness. I was so tickled to discover that the instant pot truly simplifies an old recipe that I made very infrequently because it was so time-consuming. I will be making it now more often. Thanks again.
I made this in the instant pot because it’s really hot and I didn’t want to heat up the house by boiling potatoes on the stove, this was a surprise, because I really didn’t think I would find a potato salad recipe for the instant pot. It turned out perfectly, love it! Would recommend it to anyone.
Oh my! So is it really okay to eat food that has been cooked with eggshells?
This is the first time for me–but I’m going to “go for it.” After all, it is Memorial Day and I want to make some
traditional foods to kick-off the season, even if the gang isn’t here!
I see that you swear by it, so here goes!
Thanks again my dear!
Teri
Easy. I was scared about eggs so adjusted to follow 5/5/5 method everything was perfect. Potatoes were still whole not mashed – eggs done. Added fresh dill, and dill pickles. Yum!