Southern potato salad is an easy side dish that's always a huge hit!
Summer wouldn't be the same without a serving or two of my potato salad. Creamy and tangy and loaded with olives and hard-boiled eggs. With lots of crunchy texture from the onions and celery.
This potato salad really is delicious and I have to restrain myself from eating the whole bowl. This salad will go perfectly with all your BBQ favorites.
Tips for making this Southern potato salad
- Dice the potatoes into 1-inch cubes,
- Add cubed potatoes to a pot of cold water bring to a boil and add salt, cook until soft.
- Drain and gently break up the potatoes. I like my potato salad to have that rustic texture creamy with small chunks of potatoes. But if you like it chunkier then don't break the potatoes up.
- Add in all the ingredients except the boiled eggs while the potatoes are still slightly warm and mix until combined.
- Gently fold in the diced eggs, sprinkle with paprika, and more chopped dill if desired.
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Southern Potato Salad
Southern potato salad is an easy side dish thats always a huge hit!
Ingredients
- 5 lbs russet potatoes
- 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons mustard
- 1/4 cup chopped pickles or relish
- 1 teaspoon paprika plus more to sprinkle on top
- 2 tablespoons dill weed chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 4-5 hard boiled eggs sliced
- 1 cup black olives sliced
- 3 celery stalks diced
- 1/2 cup red onion finely diced
Instructions
- Peel and dice up the potatoes and place them in a pot of cold water. Bring to a boil and add salt, cook just until fork tender, about 7- 8 minutes.
- Drain potatoes and allow to cool slightly. Gently chop or mash into small chunks.
- Add in mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, onions, olives, celery, pickle relish, chopped dill, salt, pepper and mix until combined.
- Chop hard boiled eggs and fold into the salad.
- Sprinkle with more paprika and fresh chopped dill if desired.
- Cover and chill until ready to serve.
Notes
If you want more of a chunky potato salad don't use the potato masher.
You can either dill or sweet pickles, whichever you prefer.
Nutrition
Serving: 8ServingsCalories: 561kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 1003mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5g
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Yay Leslie!
Another favorite recipe. Mine needed a bit more salt and pepper, but overall, delicious flavor!
Ooops the recipe has been corrected 🙂
The potato salad look delicious but I’m confused. The picture shows black olives in the salad but there is no mention of them in the recipe.