Potato Salad Recipe – Homestead Favorite! + Secret Ingredient

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Potato salad is a versatile dish featuring tender potatoes, boiled eggs, and pickles mixed with a creamy dressing, creating a classic and satisfying side for various occasions.

Every time I make this potato salad for anyone, they always want the recipe! Trust me when I tell you this is the BEST potato salad and its all thanks to a secret ingredient! One of my neighbors shared this recipe with me after I tried her salad and I make it every time now! One of the homesteads favorite foods I make.

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Tools you will need:

• Pots 
• Pan 
• Cutting board
• Knife
• Large mixing bowl

Ingredients:

• Boiled Yellow or Red Potatoes: Serve as the hearty base, providing a starchy texture and absorbing flavors from the other ingredients. After boiling the potatoes, it’s your preference if you want to peel them or not.
• Boiled Farm Fresh Eggs: Add protein and a creamy texture, enhancing the overall richness of the salad.
• Carrots (optional): Offer a sweet crunch and vibrant color, providing additional texture and nutritional value. Make sure to dice the carrots into super small pieces.
• Celery (optional): Brings a crisp and refreshing element, adding a mild, slightly peppery taste and enhancing the salad’s crunchiness. Dice into small cubes.
• Red Onion (or Green Onion): Contributes a sharp and savory flavor, enhancing the overall taste profile; green onions provide a milder alternative. If you don’t have red or green onion, yellow or white onion will work as well.
• Pickles: Bring a tangy and briny flavor, along with a slightly crunchy texture, adding complexity to the salad. If you don’t have pickles but have dill relish that will work great.
• Cucumber (optional): Offers a refreshing and watery element, balancing the richness of other ingredients.
• Extra Crispy Bacon: Introduces a savory and smoky flavor, providing a crispy texture and complementing the creaminess of the salad.
• Mayo: Forms the creamy base for the dressing, adding richness and moisture to the salad.
• Horseradish Mustard (Secret Ingredient): Adds a unique spicy kick and depth of flavor, creating a distinctive taste in the salad.
• Mustard (optional): Contributes tanginess and a slightly pungent flavor, enhancing the overall savory profile.
• Salt and Pepper: Essential for seasoning, enhancing the flavors and balancing the taste.
• Paprika: Offers a subtle smokiness and a touch of color, enhancing the visual appeal and flavor of the salad.
• Garlic Powder: Introduces a hint of garlic flavor, providing depth and a savory element to the dish.
• Herbs: Any herbs can be used to add on top of the salad for a slight decoration. Dill, parsley, or green onion.

Note: Feel free to use what you have on hand, as the taste primarily comes from the dressing. Don’t worry if you’re missing some ingredients; the main components potatoes, eggs, pickles, and the dressing are key for the delicious flavor of this salad.

How to make potato salad:

1. Boil potatoes. Peel and dice into medium pieces.
2. Boil eggs. Peel and cut into small pieces.
3. Fry up some bacon in a skillet or in the oven.
4. Dice carrots, celery, onion, cucumber into very small pieces.
5. Dice pickles.
6. Add in mayo, horseradish mustard, yellow or dijon mustard, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder (add all to desired taste and feel).
7. ENJOY preferably cold!

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Potato Salad

Potato salad is a versatile dish featuring tender potatoes, boiled eggs, and pickles mixed with a creamy dressing, creating a classic and satisfying side for various occasions.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Dinner, Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Equipment

• Pots 
• Pan
• Cutting board
• Knife
• Large mixing bowl

Ingredients

  

• 5 Boiled yellow or red potatoes
• 4 Boiled farm fresh eggs
• 1 Carrot optional if I don't have in on hand I don't stress it
• 1 Celery optional if I don't have in on hand I don't stress it
• 1 Red onion I had no red onion today, so I added green onion, therefore add any onion you have on hand
• 5 Pickles
• 1/2 Cucumber optional if I don't have in on hand I don't stress it
• 1/2 LB Extra Crispy BACON
• 2 tbsp Mayo
• 2 tbsp Horseradish mustard this is the secret ingredient, it adds a bit of a spice and most flavor!
• 1 tsp Mustard
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1/4 tsp Paprika
• 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
• Herbs to top of the salad

Instructions

 

• Boil potatoes. Peel and dice into medium pieces.
• Boil eggs. Peel and cut into small pieces.
• Fry up some bacon in a skillet or in the oven.
• Dice carrots, celery, onion, cucumber into very small pieces.
• Dice pickles.
• Add in mayo, horseradish mustard, yellow or dijon mustard, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder (add all to desired taste and feel).
• ENJOY preferably cold!

Notes

Note: Feel free to use what you have on hand, as the taste primarily comes from the dressing. Don't worry if you're missing some ingredients; the main components potatoes, eggs, pickles, and the dressing are key for the delicious flavor of this salad.

Keyword 30 min meal, potato salad

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