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Potato Salad

The best potato salad recipe ever!
Total Time2 hours
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16
Calories: 385kcal
Author: Patti Hosley Blankenship

Ingredients

  • 5 lb bag of Idaho potatoes
  • 1 1/3 cup Mayonnaise *not Miracle Whip*
  • 1 lb sliced bacon
  • 1/4 to 1/3 cup chopped dill pickles
  • 2-3 tbsp Mustard or to taste
  • 6 hardboiled eggs
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Peel and cube all of the potatoes. Boil the potatoes in a large pot until they are fork tender.
  • Cook and crumble bacon.
  • Chop hard boiled eggs (we like the eggs chopped in larger chunks)
  • Add the potatoes, bacon crumbles, hard boiled eggs and pickles into large bowl.
  • Season with salt and pepper
  • Add mayonnaise and mustard and stir all the ingredients

Notes

The original version of this recipe included chopped green onions.