Name: Dairy Free Potato Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cubed (900 grams); 1 cup mayonnaise (230 grams); 2 teaspoons vinegar; 1 teaspoon white sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 medium red onion, chopped; 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery; 2 hard boiled eggs, chopped

Dairy free potato salad makes a great side dish for picnics, deli sandwiches, cookouts, barbecue, and more. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

A simple potato salad topped with chives in a white bowl on a white marble counter

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This dairy free potato salad is easy to make and very customizable.

You can make it sweet or vinegary, with eggs or without, and keep or leave out the veggies to taste.

My family makes a really simple potato salad. It's pretty much just potatoes and mayonnaise.

However, I've had many different versions over the years.

Some versions were on the sweeter side and others were more vinegary.

They also may or may not have had onions, celery, peas, carrots, and/or eggs.

Basically, there are a bunch of different ways to make it.

In fact, different countries make potato salad differently.

Over the years, I've also had Russian Salad, Israeli potato salad, and French potato salad (which isn't actually French).

Potato salad is widely believed to have originated in Germany.

From there, it spread widely throughout Europe and later to the Americas.

American potato salad is believed to have originated from recipes brought over by way of German and other European immigrants during the 1800s.

This style is said to be a simplified form of Olivier salad, also known as Russian Salad.

Olivier salad is common in Israel, where it is called mayonnaise salad.

WHAT TYPE OF VINEGAR TO USE?

You can use pretty much anything you have on hand.

Apple cider vinegar and wine vinegar are nice. If you only have white vinegar or rice vinegar, you can use those too.

Water Temperature

Believe it or not, it's best to begin cooking potatoes in cold water. It doesn't have to be chilled, just the cold side from the tap.

While this may sound counterintuitive, cold water helps the potatoes cook more evenly.

Also, if it's better that way, why waste the gas and cooking time by boiling the water?

Can you Make Eggless Potato Salad?

Yes. You may like my eggless potato salad.

But, you should keep in mind that mayonnaise uses eggs. So you'd want to use a vegan mayonnaise for it.

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Yield: Serves 8

Dairy Free Potato Salad

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Easily customizable classic American potato salad. Any of the ingredients can be left out to taste except the potatoes and mayonnaise.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cubed (900 grams)
1 cup mayonnaise (230 grams)
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 ½ teaspoon salt
½ medium red onion, chopped
½ cup thinly sliced celery
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped

Instructions

Place potatoes in a pot of water.
Boil potatoes for 15 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork. Then, drain potatoes and place in a mixing bowl.
Add mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, salt, red onion, celery, and egg if desired.
Mix until well combined.

Notes

If you like mustard in your potato salad, add 1 tablespoon yellow mustard, dijon mustard, or whole grain mustard. If you add mustard, leave out the sugar.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 317Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 609mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 5g