Special Ingredient Potato Salad

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Trust me this is not your average potato salad. It has a special ingredient. This recipe will have you hooked after the first bite!

This is seriously the best potato salad ever.  It’s a family recipe.  I have no idea where it originated from but I have always received a ton of compliments and recipe requests for it.  What makes this it different from others?  Read on and find out! 

Special Ingredient:

Now what is the special ingredient you ask?  Well, it’s dill pickles.  I honestly have never come across another potato salad that has chopped up dill pickles in the salad and dill pickle juice in the dressing.  Seriously, makes all the difference.  The other thing different in my potato salad is the lack of mustard and relish.  I just think the mustard is unnecessary and relish is just icky.

How to make this salad from scratch:

1. Peel, and boil the potatoes until they are cooked through.  Drain and put them in the fridge until they are completely cool.  Cut into small cubes.
2. Hard boil 6 large eggs. Cool completely, peel off the shells and dice.
3. Crisp and crumble the bacon.  Thinly slice the green onions and dice the pickles.
4. Place the cubed potatoes, diced eggs, crumbled bacon, sliced green onions and diced pickles in a large mixing bowl.
5. Whisk together all the dressing ingredients and pour over the ingredients in the mixing bowl.
6. Stir until everything is well coated.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
7. Garnish with additional bacon and green onions if desired.  Serve and enjoy!

Best Kind of Potatoes:

To have a successful potato salad you need the pieces of to retain their shape.  You want them soft but not mushy.  Yukon golds and red potatoes are very soft potato and will not hold up well in this salad.  Russets hold their shape very well.  These are the ones I recommend.

More Spring and Summer Salads!!!

Since, we are entering the season of the year where we make a lot of different salads for all sorts of gatherings, be sure to check out a few of my other amazing salad recipes!  If you are looking for broccoli salads check out my Tangy Broccoli Salad as well as my personal favorite, Broccoli Ranch Cashew Salad.  Perhaps you need a jello salad like my Berries and Cream Jello Salad or my Fluffy Lemon Jello Salad!  And for something totally out of the ordinary you may like to try my Macaroni Coleslaw Salad.  Two traditional salads all in one!  And you everyone needs a good deviled egg recipe so check out my Secret Ingredient Deviled Eggs!

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Special Ingredient Potato Salad Recipe

★★★★★ 5 from 7 reviews

• Author: Mindee
• Prep Time: 15 minutes (not including chilling time)
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 45 minutes
• Yield: 12 Generous Servings 1x
• Category: Salad
• Method: Mixing
• Cuisine: American

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Trust me this is not your average potato salad. It has a special ingredient. This recipe will have you hooked after the first bite! 

 

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Ingredients

• 6 Cups Potatoes, cooked and cubed small ((This is about 6 medium potatoes))
• 6 Large Hard Boiled Eggs, peeled and diced
• 1/2 lb. Bacon, crisped and crumbled
• 5 Green Onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 Cup Dill Pickles, diced

Dressing

• 1 1/2 Cups Mayonnaise
• 1 Tbs. Vinegar
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 3 Tbs. Dill Pickle Juice
• 1/4 tsp Celery Salt
• 1/4 tsp Onion Salt
• 1/4 tsp White Pepper

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Instructions

1. Peel, and boil the potatoes until they are cooked through.  Drain and put them in the fridge until they are completely cool.  Cut into small cubes.
2. Hard boil 6 large eggs. Cool completely, peel off the shells and dice.
3. Crisp and crumble the bacon.  Thinly slice the green onions and dice the pickles.
4. Place the cubed potatoes, diced eggs, crumbled bacon, sliced green onions and diced pickles in a large mixing bowl.
5. Whisk together all the dressing ingredients and pour over the ingredients in the mixing bowl.
6. Stir until everything is well coated.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
7. Garnish with additional bacon and green onions if desired.  Serve and enjoy!

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Last Updated on July 9, 2020