This post is a part of the mega Blogging Marathon and A-Z challenge. I have chosen ‘popular American dishes’ as my theme.
This was one of the few alphabets that was overwhelming with choices. Each and everyone of them as popular as it could be! Pizza, pancakes, peanut butter, peach cobbler, pasta dishes, potato dishes, pumpkin pie/cake, pound cake…I can’t make them all, so after a lot of thought I choose the potato salad over everything else.
Potato salad is a classic side dish and appears in every single book that talks about American cuisine. There are many versions to it. Its served cold, so its a great make ahead dish. Its a popular summer dish, but its not shunned aside during the other seasons.
Read on for the recipe and pictorial.
This recipe is adapted from Hellmann’s.
Chop two hard boiled eggs. Dice and cook 4 medium potatoes cut into 1/2″ cubes. Let it cool completely.
In a mixing bowl, add 1.5 teaspoon mustard, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, salt and pepper as needed and 2 sticks chopped celery. Add one finely chopped red onion(optional), 1 teaspoon vinegar(optional) and the eggs. Mix gently to combine.
Add the potatoes and gently mix everything. Taste test and adjust seasoning according to your preference. Serve chilled.
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such a classic American dish – no summer BBQ is complete without it
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Absolutely lovely classic dish! I am not a big fan of potato in creamy base, but I know of people who go crazy over it.
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Love this classic potato salad.How beautifully you have presented it.
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Such an American Classic dish. Loved your potato salad.
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Bet it makes for a great summer dish .. Addition of eggs is interesting
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Simply love this creamy and beautiful salad, we make this salad quite often for our summer picnics.
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Potato salad looks amazing Rajani. I love this creamy salad, but not many takers at home.
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Love potato salad, can have a bowl anytime. Yours look inviting.
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The salad looks inviting.
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I love these cold salads. Perfect anytime.
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This is a classic salad and a good choice for P for American cuisine.
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Sounds so interesting Rajani..though I have read so much about this salad, never made it myself…
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I have made it once and loved it so much. Your version looks so yum..
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I have made this without the eggs and my folks loved it.
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