# Grandma Helen's Potato Salad

A comforting and flavorful potato salad made with boiled potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, celery, red onion, and a creamy dressing.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 potatoes
- 1.5 cups mayonnaise
- 0.5 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp celery salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 0.5 diced red onion
- 2 chopped celery stalks
- 4 hard-boiled eggs

## Instructions

1. Boil the potatoes for about 20 minutes.
2. Add eggs directly to the boiling potatoes and cook for 10-12 minutes until hard-boiled.
3. Let the potatoes cool down.
4. Carefully peel the skin off the cooled potatoes.
5. Cut the peeled potatoes into bite-sized chunks.
6. Dice half of a red onion.
7. Chop two celery stalks.
8. Push the hard-boiled eggs through a grater directly into the bowl with potatoes, onions, and celery.
9. In a separate bowl, add 1.5 cups of mayonnaise.
10. Add 0.5 cup of sour cream to the mayonnaise.
11. Add 0.5 teaspoon of pepper to the dressing mixture.
12. Add 1 teaspoon of celery salt to the dressing mixture.
13. Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to the dressing mixture.
14. Mix the dressing ingredients together thoroughly.
15. Taste the dressing to adjust seasonings.
16. Pour the prepared dressing over the potato, onion, celery, and egg mixture.
17. Mix everything together until well combined.
18. Serve the potato salad and enjoy.

## Equipment

- pot
- peeler
- knife
- cutting board
- metal bowl
- grater
- spatula
- fork

## Tips

- The celery salt is a crucial ingredient for a different taste.
- Adding eggs while boiling potatoes saves an extra pot.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-12-05

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