Creamy Potato Salad
Creamy Potato Salad is a fantastic vintage recipe that's perfect for backyard barbecues and grilling out with friends. This wonderful Potato Salad recipe is filled with red potatoes, celery, onion, hard-boiled eggs and sweet pickle relish and then garnished with paprika and more hard-boiled eggs. It's great to take along to potlucks, Family Reunions and any time you're grilling hamburgers.
Equipment
- 2 large stock pots with lids
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 wooden spoon
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 colander
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 pastry blender to dice part of the hard-boiled eggs
Ingredients
- 3 to 3 1/2 lbs. red potatoes scrubbed
- 8 large eggs hard-boiled (5 eggs diced and 3 sliced and reserved for garnish)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup red onion minced
- 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
- 3 ribs celery diced
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Miracle whip to taste (start with about 1 cup and add what is needed to make of spreading consistency)
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream or milk, to make the potato salad creamy
- 1/4 tsp. salt or more to taste
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper or more to taste
- 1 tsp. Paprika to sprinkle over top
Instructions
- Boil potatoes just until they are still firm.
- Do not let them get mushy.
- Drain in a colander.
- Place cooked potatoes in a mixing bowl and mix together with other ingredients (except reserved egg slices and paprika).
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Garnish with sliced hard-boiled eggs.
- Let sit overnight to blend flavors.
Notes
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen
Nutrition
Calories: 203kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 7gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 132mgSodium: 455mgPotassium: 714mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 656IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 2mg
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