Roger’s Best Potato Salad
(from Dirkdigler’s recipe box)
Like your grandmother made.
Source: Mean Jean
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 8 people
Categories: BBQ
Ingredients
- Potatoes enough for 6 cups when cut
- 4 Hard boiled eggs
- 1 small onion fine diced
- 1/4 Diced bacon
- 2 tbls dill pickle relish
- 3-5 tbls mustard - not generic yellow. A German or Polish ground works well.
- 1 tbls fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- Ground pepper to taste
- 1 cup mayo
- 1 tbls fresh dill fine diced
- Paprika for garnish
Directions
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Ok I don’t care if they are red potatoes, russet potatoes, white potatoes, yukon potatoes just make sure they are fresh.
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I also don’t care if you peel em or not.
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Wash them clean. Specially if you are not peeling.
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t into equal cubes. like 1.5" by 1.5"
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Boil in salted water until just fork tender. You don’t want them to split, but you don’t want them to stick on the fork.
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Drain
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Cool – if you can spread them out on a cookie sheet in a single layer. It stops the cooking faster.
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Mix everything besides the potatoes.
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Taste and add more mustard, salt, pepper as you want.
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Dice up your egg.
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Mix it in the mayo mixture. Taste and adjust seasoning.
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Once the potatoes are cool dump the mayo mixture in and gently mix. If you cooked the potatoes right they will hold together if not they will start breaking apart.
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Refrigerate. Server 4-5 hours later or next day. If it is too thick make a small batch of the mayo mixture and fold in.