When it comes to potato salad, I don’t like anything fancy–I like it totally traditional with none of that weird stuff thrown in! That’s what this recipe is. It’s the old fashioned, traditional potato salad you think of for a summertime barbeque. It’s the potato salad that goes perfect with a burger and a side baked beans and fruit! 🙂
Traditional Potato Salad
Unit: cup, pound, ribs, Tablespoon, teaspoon
Servings: 6
Ingredients
For the salad
- 5 pounds potatoes (red or yukon gold)
- 6 dill pickles , diced
- 2 ribs celery , chopped
- 7-8 hard boiled eggs , peeled and chopped
For the dressing
- 2 cups mayonnaise (light mayo works well)
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried onion flakes
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and chop into bite size pieces. Place in a large pot of boiling water and cook until tender (about 8-10 minutes) Drain water and allow potatoes to cool.
- Make the dressing by combining all ingredients and blending until smooth and well combined. Put potatoes in a large bowl and add the pickles, celery and hard boiled eggs.
- Pour in half of the dressing mixture and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate potato salad (and reserved dressing mixture) until ready to eat. It's best if it refrigerates for several hours or overnight. When ready to eat, pour the remaining dressing on top and stir to combine. Enjoy!
Hilary says
May 31, 2013 at 5:58 pmThis looks delicious! My boyfriend loves potato salad and I ‘m always looking for new recipes to try 🙂
Lauren Allen says
May 31, 2013 at 6:07 pmThanks Hilary, I hope he loves this one!
Dalila G. says
May 31, 2013 at 7:42 pmWe are big time cold salad eaters here.
As soon as I uncover our grill it’s a question of…. “what salad are you making for me?”….from hubby of course. I’m not sure when it went form ‘making for us’ to ‘making for me’?! LOL!!
When I quit buying store bought cold salads years ago and started making ours all from scratch hubby just wants homemade only.
This is a slightly different potato salad recipe, sounds tasty, so I will be making it soon.
Thanks!