Traditional Potato Salad
Are you ready to learn how to make my mom's famous red potato salad recipe? I've been making this dish for as long as I can remember, and it never gets old. It's perfect for all of those summer barbecues and picnics coming up! You only need 7 ingredients to make this traditional southern potato salad recipe (and you probably have most of these in your fridge already). So, it's really easy to make!
Ingredients
- 6 boiled eggs
- 6 red potatoes, medium
- ½ cup sweet pickles, chopped
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp. Durkee Sauce or dijon mustard
- ⅛ cup sweet pickle juice
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Boil the eggs.
- While eggs are boiling, rinse and dry potatoes.
- Place potatoes in a large pot and cover them with water.
- Boil potatoes for about 45 minutes, or until pierced easily with a fork.
- While the potatoes are cooking, chop the boiled eggs and sweet pickles.
- When the potatoes are finished boiling, drain the potatoes and let them cool.
- Once potatoes are cooled down enough to handle, peel the potato skins and cut into small pieces.
- Sprinkle the potatoes lightly with salt.
- Mix the mayonaisse and Durkee sauce in a large bowl.
- Add the potatoes, pickles and eggs to the mayonaisse mixture.
- Finally, add the pickle juice.
- Stir to combine.
- Store in the refrigerator and serve chilled.