Southern Potato Salad Without Mayo Food

SOUTHERN POTATO SALAD (WITHOUT MAYO!)

Steps:

• Cut the potatoes into 1 1/2" to 2" chunks (with the peel left on). Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the potato pieces and eggs (in the shell) to the water and set to a light boil for 15 minutes. If after 15 minutes the potatoes are not tender when pierced with a fork, then remove the eggs and continue boiling the potatoes for a few minutes more. When finished drain and run cool water over top of the eggs and potatoes.
• Meanwhile, dice the celery and onion and add to a large mixing bowl. In a separate smaller bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mustard, melted butter, salt, paprika, and pepper. Set aside.
• Dice the cooked potatoes into smaller 1/2" pieces and add to the large bowl. Peel and dice the eggs (I use one of these slicers to cut the egg longways and then crossways for a quick dice) and add to the large bowl. Pour the sour cream mixture over top and toss to combine. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 5 days.

POTATO SALAD NO MAYO

Steps:

• Cook potatoes: Add 2 ½ quarts of COLD water to a large saucepan or pot. Add potatoes and bring the water to a gentle boil over high heat (SEE NOTE). Add in 2 tablespoons of salt, all of the sugar and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are fork tender, about 10-12 minutes. Drain the potatoes in a colander and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• While the potatoes are cooking, make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, garlic, remaining 2 tablespoons of vinegar, Dijon, crushed red pepper flakes and a generous pinch of sugar. Season with 3/4 teaspoon of kosher salt and ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper. Whisk until fully combined. Add in the parsley, dill and cilantro. Stir until combined. Set aside.
• Finish the potato salad: Drizzle half of the dressing over the warm potatoes (SEE NOTE) and gently toss to combine. Add in the scallions, celery and red onion. Toss again. Drizzle in the remaining dressing to taste. Gently toss until everything is coated. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled. If serving warm and right away, let it sit out on the counter for at least 10 minutes for the flavors to marry together.

REAL GERMAN POTATO SALAD (NO MAYO)

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, 15 to 20 minutes; drain.
• Combine chicken broth, vinegar, and oil in a large pot; bring to a boil. Add onion to broth mixture; cook until onion is desired tenderness, 2 to 6 minutes. Remove pot from heat and add potatoes, bacon, and dill; gently stir, adding more chicken broth if needed to moisten salad. Season potato salad with salt and pepper.

POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cover potatoes with stock and enough water to cover the potatoes by 1-inch. Bring to a boil and cook potatoes 12 to 15 minutes until tender. Drain potatoes and place back in hot pot.
• Combine the scallions, celery, vinegar, sugar, horseradish and olive oil in a small bowl. Pour over the hot potatoes to absorb.
• Season the salad with celery seed, dill, salt and pepper.

REALLY GOOD, SIMPLE, FRESH POTATO SALAD- NO MUSTARD- NO RELISH

Steps:

• Peel and dice potatoes, Boil in salted water until tender.
• Hard boil eggs, peel, chop. (obviously lol).
• Finely chop onion.
• *1-2 ribs of finely diced celery is nice, but was not in the original recipe.
• A dash of garlic powder or garlic salt is nice too.
• Judge the amount of Mayo to your taste and # of potatoes, but do add it until it is nice and creamy.
• Mix all ingredients together when warm, serve fresh with-out chilling, if you can, it is good chilled too, but particularly creamy when warm-to room temperature.
• It is also best to use the hardboiled eggs right after cooking, it's ok if they are slightly cooled from peeling, but best in this, if they are freshly cooked.
• Most of the prep time is attributed to the peeling and chopping of the potatoes.
• *Of course, because of the Mayo you won't want to leave it out too long.
• I have also heard (unknown it it's true, but I never take the chance) not to serve anything that has Mayo in it, with Sterling Silver servers.