Old-Fashioned Potato Salad Adapted from a Recipe Courtesy of Bob

Submitted by AmyZoe

"I found this recipe in Guy FIeri's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives from Bob Mueller of Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor, Texas. I must admit I thought the ingredients sounded too simple to be so delicious. This is a potato salad you can't stop eating. I really liked the idea of mashing the potatoes because I've been told the secret to a great potato salad is small and uniform potatoes. I'm way too impatient to dice perfect potatoes, but I did partly mash them and loved the creamy texture (next time I'll mash more thoroughly). Mashing potatoes makes them taste better for some reason, kind of like what happens when shredding cheese (it's just tastier)! I'll make this one again because it's that good. I may have found the potato salad motherload. Serving size is estimated because it wasn't listed."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 14-16

ingredients

• 3 lbs russet potatoes, whole
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more for cooking the potatoes
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄3 cup dill relish
• 6 large eggs, hard boiled and diced
• 3 celery ribs, diced
• 3 tablespoons prepared mustard (yellow or spicy brown)
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Put potatoes in a large pot of water and season with salt.
2. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender, about 25 minutes.
3. Drain and let potatoes cool. Peel once cooled.
4. Dice, crumbled or mash the potatoes in a large bowl.
5. Stir in the mayonnaise, relish, eggs, celery, mustard, 2 tsp salt, and pepper to taste.
6. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving time (I picked "serve immediately).

Reviews

[MarshHen]

This is pretty much the same recipe that my mom, grandmother and I have been making for years. Like the previous poster, we add a little chopped onion. We only use Duke's Mayonnaise! A few tips: If you don't have celery, you can sub celery seeds but only add a little at a time, blend well and then taste after each addition. Also, we always boil our eggs along with the potatoes and remove them with a large slotted spoon before draining the potatoes. Less pots to wash, lol.

 

[Chef susan from San]

excellent !! Very good potato salad ,I love the dill with the mustard thank you for posting Amyzoe

 

[Lelia 2]

Same salad my mother made for yrs & yrs. Delicious every time. If you use russet potatoes just mixing it will mash some of the potatoes. We never mashed. But...we did use Miracle Whip. We all think it's tastier than straight mayo but to each his own. It certainly is a delicious salad. Adding shredded carrots is good too.

 

[Milkman's Daughter]

This is the best potato salad. My mother made this for us when I was young and I make it for my family also. We even put some crispy, crumbled bacon in as well and a small amount of diced onion and top with a couple sliced boiled eggs with paprika sprinkled for good looks :).