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Best Potato Salad

Stephanie Gallagher
What makes this the best potato salad recipe ever? It's because it includes so many great flavors. Yukon gold potatoes are tossed with crisp bacon, celery, hard boiled eggs and red onions. This homemade potato salad will be the hit of every picnic. Don't be surprised if friends ask you for this recipe when you serve it.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 13 minutes

Total Time: 28 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients:

  • Potato Salad Ingredients
  • 2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1/4 cup finely-chopped red onion
  • 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
  • Potato Salad Dressing
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 Tbsp. honey
  • 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • kosher salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

Preparation:

  1. Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch chunks. Place in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until tender when pierced with a fork, 10-13 minutes.

  2. While potatoes are cooking, fry bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels.

  3. Drain potatoes and transfer to a large bowl. Add celery, onions and chopped eggs to potato salad.

  4. In a small bowl, whisk mayonnaise, mustard, honey, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper together. Add to potato salad, tossing to coat well.

  5. Crumble bacon over the potato salad. Taste, and adjust seasonings.

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