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Down Home Potato Salad

Teresa Ambra
Down Home Potato Salad is one of our favorite ways to enjoy Potato Salad. This wonderful old-fashioned recipe has texture, taste and appearance! It's perfect for summer holidays, backyard BBQs, family reunions and potlucks. Everyone will rave over this salad and you'll go home with an empty bowl! This salad is gluten free.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Salads and Salad Dressings, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 176 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 sharp knife to slice vegetables
  • 1 vegetable peeler
  • measuring spoons
  • measuring cups
  • 1 large sauce pan or stock pot
  • 1 medium sauce pan

Ingredients
  

  • 8 medium red potatoes cut into ¼” to ½” pieces, cooked until still firm, not mushy
  • 3 ribs celery cut into diagonal slices
  • 4 oz. jar pimientos chopped and drained
  • 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
  • 1/4 cup green pepper chopped (yellow or orange bell peppers will also work)
  • 5 hard-cooked eggs chopped
  • 2 tbsp. sweet pickle juice (you will probably have to spoon from a jar of sweet pickles to get enough for the recipe).
  • 1 small onion minced
  • 1/2 cup Miracle Whip (no substitutes)
  • 1 tbsp. prepared hot spicy mustard
  • 1 tsp. Lawry’s seasoned salt
  • 3 hard-cooked eggs sliced, for garnish
  • 1/2 tsp. paprika for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Boil potatoes until just barely tender.
  • Boil eggs until hard boiled; cool, peel eggs.
  • Toss potatoes, celery, pimientos, relish, green pepper, chopped eggs, sweet pickle juice and onion.
  • Stir in Miracle Whip, mustard and seasoned salt.
  • Garnish with egg slices and sprinkle with paprika.

Notes

NOTE: This salad requires sweet pickle juice to achieve maximum taste. You may get enough juice from the sweet relish jar. But if not, you will need to have a jar of sweet pickles on hand to make this salad.
 
Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker recipe card file, circa 1970s.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 176kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 7gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 125mgSodium: 412mgPotassium: 759mgFiber: 3gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 662IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg
Keyword eggs, gluten free, potato salad, potatoes, salad, side dish
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