**Discover Granny's Classic Potato Salad and Delightful Variations:**
Elevate your picnic or potluck spread with Granny's treasured Potato Salad, a timeless recipe passed down through generations. This classic dish features perfectly cooked potatoes tossed in a creamy and tangy dressing, creating a harmonious balance of flavors. Explore variations that add unique twists to the traditional recipe, including a tangy Mustard Potato Salad, a refreshing Cucumber Potato Salad, and a hearty Bacon and Ranch Potato Salad. Each variation promises a burst of flavors that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving for more. Get ready to impress your family and friends with these delectable potato salad recipes, guaranteed to become favorites at any gathering.
OLD FASHIONED POTATO SALAD RECIPE
This old fashioned potato salad recipe has been passed down through generations of my family. It's hands down the best potato salad recipe I've ever tried, and you're gonna love it!
Provided by Down Redbud Drive
Categories Side Dish
Time P1DT1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Clean the potatoes and boil them with the peel on. Boil them until the peel begins to crack, that's how you'll know they're done.
- Drain the potatoes and set them aside to cool until you can handle them.
- Hard boil the 18 eggs, and then remove them from the water until they're cool. This step can also be done in advance if you want to save some waiting time for them to cool.
- Peel the potatoes, then chop them into bite size pieces (about 1 inch cubes). Place the chopped potato in a very large bowl.
- Once the boiled eggs have cooled enough to peel, chop them into small pieces. Add the chopped pieces to the potatoes.
- Chop the onion and the pickles into very small, minced pieces. Grandma always made us do this by hand, but you can do it with a food chopper if you're pressed for time.
- Add the pickles and the onions to the potatoes and eggs.
- Add in and mix the miracle whip, mayo, yellow mustard, and salt and then use a large spoon to mix until it's all incorporated.
- Cover the potato salad and place it in the fridge for 24 hours, or overnight if you waited til last minute.
- If the potato salad seems very dry the next day, it's because the potatoes absorbed some of the liquid. Add up to half a cup more of miracle whip or mayo (whatever you prefer) to help re-moisten it.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 163 calories, Carbohydrate 20 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 115 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 6 grams fat, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 2/3 cup, Sodium 406 milligrams sodium, Sugar 3 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams unsaturated fat
GRANDMA'S CREAMY POTATO SALAD
This potato salad is just like Grandma's.
Provided by Frank David
Categories Salad Potato Salad Recipes Red Potato Salad Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool enough to handle, 10 to 15 minutes. Cut into cubes.
- Mix mayonnaise, celery, onion, vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Add potatoes and mix to combine. Stir in eggs and sprinkle with paprika.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 538.1 calories, Carbohydrate 22.5 g, Cholesterol 162.2 mg, Fat 47.6 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 7.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 794.6 mg, Sugar 3.1 g
THE BEST HOMEMADE POTATO SALAD
Steps:
- Hard boil your eggs and set aside.
- Place the unpeeled whole potatoes in a sauce pan and cover with cold water. Gentle bring to simmer and cook until done. About 1/2 hour.
- Cooking will probably take about ½ hour. Keep an eye on your potatoes. You want them done all the way through but not mushy. Use a small pointed knife to assess doneness.
- If you aren't sure, you can pull a potato out and cut it in half. You want to see it cooked all the way through. If you still aren't sure, cut a small piece off and taste.
- While the potatoes are cooking, chop the celery, onion, and egg.
- Then make your salad dressing. If you're making a big salad, use about a cup of mayonnaise.
- To your mayonnaise, add salt, pepper, sweet paprika, dry mustard (use dry or leave out-nothing from a jar), garlic powder, sugar, and a little vinegar or sweet pickle juice. This is now your salad dressing.
- Once the potatoes are cooked all the way through, drain the hot water off carefully.
- Then add cold water to the pan and let the potatoes rest there for a few minutes.
- Cool them just enough that you can handle them. Once they can be handled, peel the skin off and chop into bite size pieces.
- Add the dressing to the potatoes while they are still warm.
- Add the potatoes to a mixing bowl. Put chopped celery, onion, pickle, and egg on top.
- Add the prepared salad dressing and gently mix.
- Gently lift up the ingredients from the bottom of the bowl and turn them. Mix like this until all the potatoes have dressing and the ingredients are mixed in.
- Put in serving bowl, cover, and refrigerate until serving time.
- If you have a hard boiled egg or two left, it looks pretty to slice them and put on top before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 202 kcal, Carbohydrate 29 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 96 mg, Sodium 416 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 3 g, ServingSize 1 serving
GRANDMA'S POTATO SALAD
Provided by Nancy Fuller
Categories side-dish
Time 35m
Yield 8 side servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place the potatoes and 2 heaping tablespoons of salt in a large pot of water. Bring the water to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender when forked, 10 to 15 minutes. Chop the potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces.
- In a large bowl, add the potatoes, mayonnaise, parsley, mustard, celery, chives, onions and salt and pepper. Toss to coat the potatoes with the dressing and then add the eggs. Gently stir the potato salad, taking care not to mash the eggs. Serve immediately.
GRANDMA JEAN'S POTATO SALAD
Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network
Time 3h5m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil cubed potatoes until they are tender. Drain and cool. In a large bowl add celery, onion, 2 eggs and pickled relish. Add the salad dressing, yellow mustard and sugar. Stir well. Place the sliced egg on top of potatoes and sprinkle with paprika and salt. Let the potato salad chill in the refrigerator for 2 1/2 hours or overnight.
CREAMY POTATO SALAD
There's no way around it; the best part of picnics is the potato salad. Pair our creamy potato salad recipe with barbeque, anything from the grill or even as a potluck entrée! For any warm-weather get-togethers, this potato salad recipe is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Consider jazzing up your potato salad dressing and adding some bacon, diced ham, pepperoni or salami to your side. We love sprinkling fresh herbs before serving for a little extra color and taste. Win-win!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 4h55m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place potatoes in 3-quart saucepan; add enough water to cover potatoes. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cook covered 25 to 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender; drain. Let stand until cool enough to handle. Cut potatoes into cubes.
- Mix mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in large glass or plastic bowl.
- Add potatoes, celery and onion; toss. Stir in eggs. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend flavors and chill. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330, Carbohydrate 15 g, Cholesterol 105 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 480 mg
GRANDMA'S POTATO SALAD
Our Fourth of July feast wouldn't be complete without this chilled old-fashioned potato salad. It's my grandma's treasured recipe. —Sue Gronholz, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch Side Dishes
Time 1h
Yield 24 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Place potatoes in a stockpot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain. When cool enough to handle, peel and slice potatoes; cool completely., For the dressing, in the top of a double boiler or metal bowl over barely simmering water, heat 1 cup water, butter and vinegar until butter is melted. In a small bowl, beat eggs; add sugar and cornstarch. Add to butter mixture; cook and stir until thickened, 5-7 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl; cool completely. , In a small bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Stir Miracle Whip into cooled dressing mixture; fold in whipped cream. Stir in onion, green onions, salt and pepper. Add potatoes; toss lightly to combine. Refrigerate, covered, until chilled., To serve, top with hard-boiled eggs; sprinkle with paprika.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 197 calories, Fat 10g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 58mg cholesterol, Sodium 202mg sodium, Carbohydrate 24g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
GRANDMA'S CREAMY POTATO SALAD
My grandma makes the best potato salad, but she doesn't use a recipe! So I watched while she put together "a little of this and a little of that" and jotted a recipe that comes close. The creamy dressing also works well for making deviled eggs.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 25m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil; cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain and cool. , Transfer to a large bowl; add eggs. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients. Pour over potato mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 483 calories, Fat 39g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 134mg cholesterol, Sodium 284mg sodium, Carbohydrate 24g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
GRANNYS MUSTARD POTATOES SALAD
This is my dad's recipe. He was very good in the kitchen. You can serve it cold or warm and it's yummy either way.
Provided by tamra donham
Categories Potato Salads
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Boil potatoes until soft. Drain water. Add relish, mustard and mayo. You can adjust the mustard and mayo to your taste. Mash completely and blend to a creamy consistency.
- 2. Add pepper,salt and garlic salt. Mix thoroughly. Set aside.
- 3. Chop onion and eggs in very small pieces or use a food processor.
- 4. Mix onion and eggs with potatoes until well blended. Garnish the top with boiled egg slices and sprinkled chili powder.(optional)
GRANNY'S DANISH POTATO SALAD
This is the potato salad many generations of my family has grown up with. I have fond memories as a child of helping my granny dig "taters" and then making this potato salad. This was always a required side dish for holiday dinners!
Provided by Brandy Hines
Categories Sides
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Wash potatoes. Place potatoes, skins on, in a large pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Boil potatoes 20-30 minutes, or until fork tender.
- 2. Remove potatoes from heat and rinse in cold water. Let sit about 10 minutes in cool water until they are cooled enough to handle.
- 3. Once cooled, peel potatoes, skins should easily pull off the potatoes. Once peeled, dice potatoes to desired size.
- 4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the diced potatoes, sweet relish, diced hard-boiled eggs, and salt & pepper. Set aside.
- 5. In a saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar, water, and salt & pepper (if desired). Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- 6. Once mixture comes to a boil, quickly wisk/stir in the beaten eggs and continue stirring well for 5 minutes over medium heat or until the mixture starts to slightly thicken (will coat the back of the spoon).
- 7. Once cooked mixture thickens, remove from heat and stir in the mayonnaise. Stir well to combine all ingredients.
- 8. Once the cooked mixture is throughly combined, pour over the potato mixture and stir well.
- 9. You may serve this salad at room temperature or serve chilled.
GRAMMY'S GERMAN POTATO SALAD
This is a different potato salad for those who don't want a mayonnaise-based recipe. My family has enjoyed this for many years, and it is easy to adapt by adding more spices that suit your family.
Provided by KFREESE
Categories Side Dish Potato Side Dish Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until just tender, about 15 minutes; drain.
- Put potatoes into a large bowl; add onion and stir.
- Mix sugar, mustard, and salt together in a bowl. Stir just enough vinegar into the sugar mixture to form a paste; season with black pepper.
- Whisk remaining vinegar and vegetable oil together in a separate bowl until smooth; stream into bowl with the paste, whisking continually to incorporate. Pour the dressing over the potato and onion mixture.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let salad cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 381.9 calories, Carbohydrate 64.3 g, Fat 11.4 g, Fiber 8.1 g, Protein 7.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 254.9 mg, Sugar 5.6 g
GRANNY'S POTATO SALAD
This recipe came from my husbands granny. This is not a sweet relish salad! It is so creamy and amazing if you like dill potato salad.
Provided by JenTim10
Categories Brunch
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 dish, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Wash and peel potatoes. Cut into bite size pieces and boil.
- Drain and add all ingredients.
- Mix together and chill before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 202.1, Fat 6.9, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 59.8, Sodium 145.7, Carbohydrate 30.3, Fiber 3.2, Sugar 3.4, Protein 5.3
Tips:
- Cook the potatoes until they are fork-tender. This will ensure that they are cooked through but still have a little bit of bite to them.
- Use a variety of potatoes. This will give your salad a more complex flavor and texture. Good options include red potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes, and fingerling potatoes.
- Don't overcook the dressing. The dressing should be thick enough to coat the potatoes, but it shouldn't be too thick or goopy.
- Add the dressing to the potatoes while they are still warm. This will help the dressing to soak into the potatoes and give them more flavor.
- Chill the potato salad for at least 30 minutes before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the salad to firm up.
- Garnish the potato salad with fresh herbs, such as chives, parsley, or dill. This will add a pop of color and flavor.
Conclusion:
Granny's Potato Salad is a classic side dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste. With a few simple tips, you can make the best potato salad ever!
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