Sharon's Potato Salad. Be the first to rate and review this recipe. Light and fresh, pasta salad is perfect for summertime. It's a quick and easy to make dish to bring to a cookout or potluck.
It consists of mayonnaise (the real stuff), a little yellow mustard (not too much!), sweet pickle relish, celery salt, a little regular salt, and fresh ground pepper. How to Make the Best Potato Salad. This classic potato salad is the one I grew up on. You can have Sharon's Potato Salad using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sharon's Potato Salad
- You need 3 lb of bag of small red potatoes.
- You need 7 of eggs.
- You need of Sweet relish.
- You need of Miracle whip.
- You need of Sandwich spread.
- Prepare of Mustard.
- Prepare of Paprika (optional).
It's the recipe my Grandma Mary Jane originally made, then passed down my mom, aunts, and cousins, and me and my sister. When possible make mom's potato salad the day before you plan to serve it. However, if you don't have time to make it a day ahead, refrigerate the potato salad for as long as humanly possible before meal time. Sharon's Potato Salad step by step.
Sharon's Potato Salad instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut into 4 sections. Rinse potatoes and put in a pot of water; boil until tender.
- Boil eggs to your liking (mine were hard boiled) place eggs in cold water and set aside.
- When potatoes are tender drain and place in bowl; set aside.
- Peel eggs. Dice 5 eggs and add them to the potatoes; set the other 2 to the side.
- Add a cup of relish, cup of miracle whip, cup of sandwich spread, and 2 tbsp of mustard.
- Continue adding above ingredients WHILE TASTING until you get to your desired flavor and consistency.
- Once it is perfect to you slice the remaining 2 eggs and place them on top of the potato salad. Sprinkle paprika on top.
- Place a lid over it and put in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- ENJOY!!.
Rinse potatoes and put in a pot of water; boil until tender. Boil eggs to your liking (mine were hard boiled) place eggs in cold water and set aside. When potatoes are tender drain and place in bowl; set aside.. It's one of the prefect summer bbq side dishes and its way better than store bought. Once you try it you will never want pre made store potato salad again.