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🍽️ Grandma's Classic: Creamy Potato Salad with Mayo

550 kcal · 60 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 kg potatoes, firm-cooking
• 150 g onion(s)
• 0.5 Liter vegetable broth
• 3 tbsp vinegar (mild)
• 1 tsp mustard
• salt and pepper
• sugar
• 250 g mayonnaise (preferably homemade)
• 5 egg(s) (soft-boiled)
• to taste meat sausage
• to taste pickle(s)
• parsley
• egg(s)
• tomato(es)
• pickle(s)

Instructions

1. 1. Boil the potatoes ideally the day before.
2. 2. Let the potatoes cool down completely.
3. 3. Peel the cooled potatoes.
4. 4. Keep the potatoes whole and do not cut them into pieces.
5. 5. Cover the whole potatoes with a clean cloth.
6. 6. Place the covered potatoes in a cool spot.
7. 7. Prepare the remaining ingredients the next day.
8. 8. Boil the eggs until they are soft-boiled.
9. 9. Let the boiled eggs cool down.
10. 10. Dice the cooled eggs into small cubes.
11. 11. Optionally dice small pickles or meat sausage into small pieces.
12. 12. Slice the potatoes into fairly thin rounds.
13. 13. Finely chop the onions.
14. 14. Mix the potato slices with the chopped onions.
15. 15. Put the broth, vinegar, and optionally some water into a small pot.
16. 16. Stir the mustard into the liquid.
17. 17. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and sugar.
18. 18. Simmer the mixture in the small pot.
19. 19. Make sure the acidity does not taste too dominant.
20. 20. Let the seasoning liquid cool down slightly.
21. 21. Pour the cooled liquid over the potato-onion mixture.
22. 22. Let the liquid absorb into the potatoes for a short while.
23. 23. Add the diced eggs, pickles, or sausage to the potato mixture.
24. 24. Let the salad marinate well so the flavors combine.
25. 25. Gently fold in the mayonnaise only at the very end.
26. 26. Garnish the finished salad with eggs, tomatoes, pickles, and fresh parsley.
27. 27. Use high-quality mayonnaise with at least 82 percent fat content.
28. 28. Add only a small amount of seasoning liquid at first.
29. 29. Observe how much liquid the potatoes absorb.
30. 30. Pour more in if needed, if the potatoes still need more liquid.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 550
• Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 37 g · Carbs: 43 g