California Potato Salad Recipe

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:00:22 +0000

To kick things off, here’s my mother’s much-loved potato salad recipe. Even people who don’t care for potato salad love this dish. There’s two tricks to making it work. First, your potato cubes shouldn’t be too large or too small. Second, and most importantly, you need to add enough mustard to give the dish a lovely, light golden-yellow color. We like it with just about anything, but she often serves it with baked beans and cold cuts.

Ingredients:

3 cups cubed, boiled white potatoes
6 sliced, hard-boiled eggs
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green onions
3/4 cup American-style mayonnaise
1/4 cup American-style yellow mustard
3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
1 teaspoon table salt
pepper to taste
paprika to taste

Directions:

Boil potatoes until firm but tender and allow to cool
Hard-boil eggs and allow to cool
Slice potatoes into one-inch cubes
Slice eggs into quarter-inch rounds (use an egg slicer if you have one)
Combine potatoes, celery, green onions in a large serving bowl
Combine mayonnaise, mustard, relish, salt, and pepper in a glass mixing bowl and fold carefully into the potatoes, mixing thoroughly but gently
Garnish with eggs and sprinkle with paprika
Refrigerate for at least two hours
Enjoy (serves eight)!

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California Potato Salad Recipe