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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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Have made this without the buttermilk because I’m dairy free and use my homemade mayo which is a bit more “runny” than store bought and it turns out great. So glad to have your tip of mixing egg yolks in with dressing ingredients. Game changer ! That and the pickles are getting me close to my mother-in-laws’ famous potato salad. Only took me 35 years! Thank you
1 cup of buttermilk seems like too much. Had to drain some of the dressing off because it was too milky
Recipe says 1/4 cup of buttermilk
Going to try other recipes of yours! Best potato salad ever! Thank you!
I used the suggestion that you crack the raw eggs into a small, oiled bowl and put it on top of the potatoes. No peeling after. 4 minutes is perfect.
I did spice mine up with fresh dill and lots of chives.
You must use Yukon gold or red potatoes to get firm potatoes.
My potatoes were overcooked and fell apart. Very disappointed. Only good to use as mashed potatoes now. 😧😕
I used your recipe to cook the potatoes and eggs and turned out perfectly in the instant pot. My husband likes it minus the pickles and celery and with lots of onion. Thanks for your help!
Oh my! So awesome! I’m new to the instant pot, so imagine my surprise at the fact that you can cook the eggs and potatoes at the same time! It worked. The recipe is fantastic as well, thank you so much for sharing!
So easy peasy in the 3 at instant pot that I use in my 5th wheel . The spuds and eggs turned out great! Thank you!
So good, the dressing is delicious with the egg yolk. My husband is not a pickle fan like me so I used one pickle and three radishes, turned out great. Having it with tonight with instant pot ribs. Thanks again for the great recipe!
Four minutes does not cook an egg in a pressure cooker. However if you cool longer the potatoes will by mushy. This isn’t a workable time
Did you try the recipe? I think you’ll find it works perfectly.