Dill potato salad

[Koach]

This is a combination of several recipes and the result of a lot of experimentation to match my taste lol

Use gold yukon or the small red potatoes. They are waxy and will hold together better.

 

2 lbs. med. potatoes, un-pared

2 tbsp. salad oil

2 1/2 tbsp. cider vinegar

1 tbsp. parsley, chopped

2 tbsp. onion, finely chopped

1/4 c. green pepper, finely chopped

3/4 c. celery, diced

3/4 c. Hellmann's mayonnaise

Salt & pepper

1 tsp. dill weed

 

Scrub potatoes and cook until tender.

Drain, peel and cut up.

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate several hours (or overnight) before serving.

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What I do is boil the potatoes until they are cooked, but still firm. Otherwise, you end up making mashed potato salad.

While the potatoes are cooking, mix all the other ingredients and refrigerate.

When the potatoes are done, take them out and let them cool. When they are cool, peel them.

To avoid mashing them when you mix them, cut them into 1/4 inch slices.

Spread a thin layer of the dressing you made earlier in the bottom of a bowl.

Spread a single layer of cut potatoes.

Lightly cover that layer with the dressing you made earlier.

Add another layer of potatoes, and lightly cover that with dressing.

Continue doing that until you have run out of potatoes or dressing.

You have to spread the dressing thinly or you won't have enough.

Carefully toss the salad once or twice, but don't mash them, and then refrigerate.

It tastes best when it's cold (overnight in the fridge).

Edited March 21, 2019 by Koach
correction

[Nan]

That sounds delicious, and could you drop some off in the next hour please as I have visitors arriving for a meal

[Pancake]

Superb recipe, actually. Depending on taste, you can always swap out the vinegar with a light vinaigrette, but not nearly as much (to deepen the flavour with something like bleu cheese or raspberry, etc). (: Just an idea to throw out there.

 

Edit:

 

I know you also said salad oil, mm.. it all depends on the type of salad oil you use, if one should use a vinaigrette. xD

[Koach]

I usually use extra virgin olive oil for the salad oil. But, wouldn't using a vinaigrette replace the salad oil and apple cider vinegar?

 

I had to look up to see exactly what was in a vinaigrette, since I had never really paid attention to that when I used on a tossed salad.

I see that there are lot's of ways to make it, and lots of different flavors.

 

What kind of vinaigrette would you use, Endaeias?