Marge's Retro Potato Salad
My Grandma Marge's 70's-style potato salad. It's super budget-friendly, no fancy ingredients, and feeds a family of 4 with left overs!
Equipment
Large decorative bowl for mixing and serving
Ingredients
- 4 large Yukon Gold potatoes
- 1 yellow onion peeled
- 4 hard boiled eggs cooled, peeled, and chopped
- ¾ cups mayo if you like Miracle Whip, use it!
- 3 tsp yellow mustard the cheap stuff!
- 3 dill pickle spears, chopped the cheap bendy ones, not the fancy kind!
- ¼ cup sliced green olives with pimentos
- 4 tbsp pickle juice
- 1½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Place potatoes and onion in a pot and cover with salted water
- Bring water to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender and onion is translucent
- Drain potatoes and onions
- When they are cool enough to handle, chop and add to a large bowl
- Add mayo, mustard, pickles, and olives
- Add pickle juice, salt, and pepper, and stir
- Add chopped eggs and adjust seasonings
- Let chill overnight
- Taste to adjust seasonings
Notes
Chilling overnight lets this potato salad's flavor develop.
Before serving, add a few sliced olives over the top and a sprinkle of ground pepper for a nice presentation.
Fun serving suggestions: This salad makes a great dip for Fritos, or serve with teriyaki burgers.
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