Best Perfect Potato Salad Recipes

PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cut the potatoes in halves or thirds, then boil until fork tender. Drain. Mash the potatoes or run them through a ricer or food mill to make them extra fluffy.
• Fold the potatoes together with the mayonnaise, mustard, green onions, dill, salt, pepper, paprika and other seasonings you like. Fold in the pickles, pickle juice and eggs, and taste for seasoning. Add more salt, mustard or mayo as needed.

PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place whole potatoes in a pot with 1/4 cup kosher salt. Cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until tender, about 40 minutes (depending on size). Transfer cooked potatoes to a plate. Allow them to cool to room temperature.
• When potatoes are completely cooled, peel off the skin. Cut into larger than bite-size pieces as the pieces will break down slightly when you toss with the dressing. Transfer potato pieces to a mixing bowl. Add celery, onions, parsley, chopped hard-boiled eggs. Combine ingredients, breaking up larger pieces of potato.
• Place mayonnaise in mixing bowl. Add cider vinegar, mustard, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Whisk until well combined.
• Pour mayonnaise mixture onto potatoes; stir until well combined. Cover and refrigerate until completely chilled, 2 to 3 hours. Taste for seasonings and texture. Salad may need a bit more salt and another spoonful of mayonnaise.

PERFECT POTATO SALAD WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Cook potatoes, whole, unpeeled for 30-40 minute Peel it, while still warm, cut into small cubes.
• Put it into deep dish, add wine.
• Add capers, cucumbers, parsley, chives, eggs.
• Separately mix vinegar, mustard and oil, salt and pepper to taste. Pour it in the same deep dish.
• Mix it carefully.
• Serve, season with lemon and parsley leaves.

JULIE'S MOM'S PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Steam potatoes with skin on.
• Mix together all ingredients except potatoes.
• When potatoes are done, cut (it's up to you whether or not you want to leave the skins on) while still warm and fold together with the mayo mixture - it makes it taste better to combine while warm.
• Put into serving container and garnish.
• Refrigerate for at least three hours before serving (the longer the better).
• This potato salad is even better then next day!
• Note from Julie: I use the dried minced onion because I like their texture, omit the celery, and add about 1/4 tsp of both curry powder and dried mustard... but don't tell Mom. ;)

LINZER, AND A PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Long, pale, and slim, the Linzer Delikatess is as elegant as a tuber could be. I found this Austrian variety at my usual market on a wet day in early July, and brought them home out of curiosity. The flesh was waxy and yellow, and held together well in salted boiling water. They were tender to the knife in ten minutes. Potatoes that keep their shape well in water tend to hold up when saturated with dressing, making them good for potato salads-in this case, a salad dressed with thick Spanish oil, mustard, and dill and tossed with chunks of peeled cucumber. We ate it with a fat, golden-skinned mackerel, smoked that morning by the fishmonger.

MARK'S PERFECTLY PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Wash potatoes.
• Slice potatoes about 1/4 inch, like thick potato chip.
• Boil potatoes until el dente, you don't want them too soft.
• Drain potatoes, let sit for a few minutes in strainer, they will continue to cook.
• Rinse potatoes in cold water for a few minutes.
• Combine the rest of all the ingredients.
• Fold in mayo mixture with potatoes.
• Refrigerate for at least four hours.

PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring whole potatoes to a boil in a large covered pan. Boil for 25 minutes.
• Drain potatoes well and peel while still warm.
• Quarter and dice potatoes (I dice mine a little larger then what I'd like because they break down a bit in the mixing and become the perfect size)
• Add potatoes to large salad bowl.
• Add diced celery, onion and dill pickle.
• Combine mayonnaise through salt in a small mixing bowl to make the perfect potato salad dressing.
• Stir the dressing into the potato mixture.
• Add chopped eggs.
• Stir well.
• Cover potato salad and place in the refrigerator for a good hour to allow the potatoes to meld with the flavors of the other ingredients. It will be worth the wait!

PERFECT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a pan and cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil; cook until tender for about 15- 20 minutes.
• Drain and cool potatoes. Put in a bowl with the eggs.
• Combine remaining ingredients together; pour over potatoes and eggs and mix throughly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours but highly recommend overnight so flavors blend.
• **To serve place salad in pretty glass lettuce lined bowl. Garnish with additional egg slices and sprinkle with paprika.**.