How to Make Award Winning Potato Salad
Potato salad is a key ingredient at barbecues and picnics, and owing to its popularity, a wide array of recipe versions can be found. However, while most of these contain an unpleasant overdose of mayonnaise, and are hardly different from each other except for a few minor variations, there are a handful of potato salad recipes that are truly the cream of the crop. In addition to being unique and different from the run-of-the-mill potato salads, a particular version is so good that it could win an award for being the best potato salad ever.
Prep time: 1 hour
Cook time: Nil
Bake time: Nil
Total time: 1 hour
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Utensils: Boiling pot, colander, skillet, slotted spoon, a large bowl, a whisk
Ingredients:
Cubed red potatoes: 4 cups
Bacon, chopped into 1-inch pieces: 10 slices
Mayonnaise: ¾ cup
Dijon mustard: 1 tablespoon
granulated sugar: 2 teaspoons
Salt: 1 teaspoon
Hard-boiled eggs, chopped: 4
Stalk celery, diced: 1
Onion, chopped: 1 small
Green pepper, chopped: ½ medium
Instructions
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To begin, place a boiling pot on the stove over medium-high heat. Pour in some water, and once it reaches a rolling boil, add in the cubed red potatoes. Allow them to cook in the boiling water until they become tender. Drain them in a colander, and place them aside.
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Next, start working on the bacon, which will give you the winning secret ingredient. Place a skillet on the stove over medium heat, and toss in the chopped bacon. Cook it until it is crisp, and then take it out of the pan with a slotted spoon and drain it on some paper towels. You will be left with a good quantity of bacon drippings in the skillet, and these will be your secret ingredient. Pour them all off except for just two tablespoons, which you must leave in the skillet.
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Now, start preparing the dressing for your potato salad. Into the skillet containing the bacon drippings, add the mustard, mayonnaise, sugar and salt. Use a whisk to blend all the ingredients in the skillet, until they are thoroughly combined. Your potato salad dressing is now ready.
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Then, in a large bowl, toss in your cooked potato cubes, and add in the chopped eggs, onion, celery, and green pepper. Proceed to pour the dressing all over this, and mix it all together to make sure all the contents of the bowl are evenly coated in the dressing. Lastly, add in the chopped crispy bacon, and stir it into the salad. Finally, cover the salad with cling film, and refrigerate it until you are ready to serve.
