Red Potato Salad

Submitted by DJM

"From Lee Bailey's The Way I Cook. This recipe has made the rounds and is very popular. Very easy to make. It's one of those recipes that is greater than the sum of it's ingredients."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1133.98 g small red potatoes
• 14.79 ml kosher salt
• 14.79 ml lemon juice
• 118.29 ml sour cream or 118.29 ml creme fraiche
• 118.29 ml mayonnaise
• 59.14 ml fresh basil, cut into thin strips
• 59.14 ml minced fresh italian flat leaf parsley
• 1 clove garlic, finely minced
• 29.58 ml vinegar (I use white wine vinegar)
• 4.92 ml Worcestershire sauce
• 2.46 ml Dijon mustard
• 1.23 ml fresh ground black pepper
• 2.46 ml salt

directions

1. Cover potatoes with lightly salted water and add lemon juice.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook potatoes until tender when pierced with the point of a knife, about 12 minutes.
3. Drain and cool.
4. Meanwhile, whisk together the rest of the ingredients.
5. Cut the potatoes into serving size pieces (no need to peel) and mix with the dressing.
6. Chill until serving time.

Reviews

[Bonnie G #2]

DH made this for our Easter Brunch and it was well recieved by EVERYONE, it was so easy to prepare w/no need to peel the potatoes and the flavors blended nicely. Loved the use of sour cream. I did use dried parsley as that's all I had. Also substituted Spicy Mustarf for the Dijon and Balsalmic Vinager for the white just based on personal preferance and added 2 hard boiled eggs, chopped onions and sliced black olives. It was a favorite of everyone at the party and I sent the recipe home w/several. Thanks DJM for a recipe we'll be using alot.

 

[Carol in Oz]

Fantastic tasting salad! I added 2 chopped boiled eggs, sliced green onions, and a pinch of chilli flakes for some zing!

 

[des1180]

Easy, let's start there, and flavorful. I enjoy green onions in my p/salad- maybe I will add in that variation as well as eggs. I have no clue what I am doing yet, but those two items might give it a different dimension. If did that, I would omit the basil. Thank you for posting.

 

[mzm7540]

i usually make a typical yellow potato salad (standard southern style with mustard, mayo, dill pickles and onions) but this time around I had some red potatos I needed to use and I am so glad I got to experiment with this recipe. It was quite different but really delicious!!! Everyone in my family who is used to the southern style one loved this too! I did not use regular mayonnaise (as I now use veganaisse) and it made no difference in taste and was still so well flavored by the combination of everything else that regular mayo is not missed at all! I also did not have dijon mustard and used what I had on hand which was a dark pub beer mustard and it still tasgted fabulous! I really enjoyed the flavor and texture of the parsley in this salad - it was a real treat and I can't wait to start introducing at other family functions and winning everyone else over.

 

[ateacher00]

Simple and quick and easy to make!! It turned out DELICIOUS!! YUMMMMM!