There are many ways to make potato salad, but if you’re looking for a traditional, mayonnaise-based potato salad made with hard-boiled eggs, celery, and a little pickle relish for zing, you’ve landed on the right recipe. With more than one thousand ratings and nearly a thousand reviews from our Allrecipes community of home cooks, this recipe for Old-Fashioned Potato salad is a proven winner. And it’s so easy to make using everyday ingredients. I’ll show you how to make Old-Fashioned Potato salad, with loads of tips all along the way. Plus, I’ll share tips for storing and freezing potato salad. (Yes, you can freeze potato salad!)
Ingredients
- 5 medium potatoes
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup sweet pickle relish
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon celery salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Directions
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Gather all ingredients.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.
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Drain, cool, peel, and chop potatoes.
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While potatoes cook, place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil; cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes.
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Remove from hot water, cool, peel, and chop eggs.
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Combine the potatoes, eggs, celery, onion, relish, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic salt, celery salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix together well and refrigerate until chilled.
- Enjoy