How To Make Basic Potato Salad
Basic as it may seem, this potato salad is still brimming with tangy and peppery flavors! It’s a five-ingredient recipe perfect for a tasty side.
Serves:
Ingredients
- coarse salt and ground pepper
- 3lbswaxy potatoes
- white-wine vinegar
- 4scallions
- ¾cuplight mayonnaise
Instructions
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Set a steamer basket in a Dutch oven (or large pot with a lid), and add enough salted water to come just below basket; bring to a boil.
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Place potatoes in basket, cover pot, and reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Steam potatoes, gently tossing occasionally, until tender.
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Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine vinegar, scallion whites, coarse salt, and pepper. Add hot potatoes to vinegar mixture; toss to combine. Cool to room temperature, tossing occasionally, for about 1 hour.
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Add mayonnaise and scallion greens to cooled potatoes; mix gently to combine.
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Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Cover and refrigerate up to 2 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 206.99kcal
- Fat: 7.40g
- Saturated Fat: 1.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.68g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.31g
- Carbohydrates: 32.10g
- Fiber: 4.09g
- Sugar: 2.41g
- Protein: 3.83g
- Sodium: 464.75mg
- Calcium: 28.64mg
- Potassium: 759.32mg
- Iron: 1.50mg
- Vitamin A: 3.91µg
- Vitamin C: 34.92mg
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