Best Potato Salad Recipe with Eggs
My mother-in-law makes the best potato salad recipe. As promised, I am sharing it with you with her permission.
I think she calls it “American Potato Salad”, but Mike said the only acceptable name was the “Best Potato Salad.” In any case, it’s a sure crowd pleaser.
The recipe she gave me is enough to feed a large gathering. This was my first time making it on my own, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
I don’t want to alter her ingredients or instructions in any way, but keep in mind if you make it – it’s large. It filled my large Pampered Chef collapsible bowl to the top.
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The Best Potato Salad with Eggs Recipe
Ingredients:
Here’s what you need to make this recipe. The measurements are in the recipe card below.
- Red skin potatoes
- Eggs
- Onion
- Celery
- English cucumber
- Sweet pickle relish
- Black olives
- Salt
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Mrs. Dash garlic and herb seasoning salt
- Parsley flakes
- Mayo
Instructions:
Count the number of potatoes in your bags so you know how many eggs you will need. I needed 35 eggs.
Boil, peel, and cut the potatoes into bite-sized pieces.
Place the potatoes into a bowl and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Hard boil the eggs, remove the shells, and cut them into medium pieces. Add them to the bowl and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Finely chop the onion and roughly chop the celery and cucumber. Drain the can of olives and slice them in half. Add all of this plus the sweet pickle relish to a separate bowl. Season generously with the paprika, garlic and herb salt, and parsley flakes. Mix well.
Add the relish mixture to the bowl with the potatoes and eggs. Mix together, and then add enough mayo to reach a creamy texture.
Transfer to a serving bowl and top with paprika and parsely.
Refrigerate until you are ready to serve. It tastes the best the same day as you prepare it.
Potato Salad with Eggs
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 3 lbs red skin potatoes
- 2 eggs per potato plus 1 extra
- 1 medium onion
- 4 pieces celery
- ½ English cucumber seedless
- ½ cup sweet pickle relish
- 6 oz black olives
- Salt & pepper
- Paprika
- Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb Seasoning Salt
- Parsley flakes generous amount
- 2 cup real mayonnaise
Instructions
- Count the potatoes in your bags so you know how many eggs you need.3 lbs red skin potatoes, 2 eggs per potato
- Boil potatoes until they are tender to poke with a fork. Peel, and cut into bite sizes. Place into a bowl and salt and pepper them.Salt & pepper
- Hard boil eggs, remove shells and cut into medium pieces. Add to potatoes and salt and pepper them.
- Finely chop the onion and roughly chop the celery and cucumber. Drain olives from can and cut them in half. Add all of this plus the sweet pickle relish in a separate bowl. Season generously with paprika, Mrs. Dash, and parsley flakes.1 medium onion, 4 pieces celery, ½ English cucumber
- Add relish mixture to the potatoes and eggs. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Add enough mayo to reach a creamy texture.½ cup sweet pickle relish, 6 oz black olives, Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb Seasoning Salt, 2 cup real mayonnaise
- Transfer to a serving bowl. Sprinkle paprika and parsley over top.Parsley flakes, Paprika
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Tastes best the same day as you prepare.
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My 3lb bag of potatoes contained 17 potatoes. That meant I needed 35 eggs! Definitely feel free to adjust this recipe down unless you are feeding a large bunch.
Although, this best potato salad recipe is so good you are going to want it more than one day!
This lools tasty I ahve nfver ese cumber in there. And we use cealery sed. Nice. twist.
I like adding the black olives. Most of the rest is very similar to one I make.
This potato salad looks delicious, I can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I love potato salad, a perfect time of year to make it too! Now I want some!
I always like using red potatoes to make Potato Salad because it tastes so good with these potatoes! I want to make your recipe, it looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing.
This looks really good. The base ingredients would also make for a great pasta dish, I think. But I would have to argue with you about it being the best. My mom makes the best potato salad, lol. Though, I think everyone thinks their mom makes the best anything, lol.
this is almost how i make mine too,,we love this type
This looks delish – I would definitely eat it every day!
This looks so good, thanks for sharing!!
Sounds so good! Thank you for sharing on Idea Box link party!
I am a huge potato fan! I’ll be pinning your recipe to try – And I will be featurning your post on our next Brag About It party. Hope you’ll join us next week. Party starts Monday @ midnight 🙂
~Laurie
This sounds so delicious! I love potato salad. It also looks easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
Potato Salad is always better with hard boiled egg in it…just like my mom used to make! 🙂 Great recipe. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – we’re looking forward to what you have to share next week. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Yum, yum! Thanks for sharing at Idea Box