This is a classic recipe for homemade, mashed potato salad with mustard.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 6 large potatoes – peeled and cubed
- 3 large eggs
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 stalks celery, diced
- 1 (4 ounce) jar pimentos
- 3 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
- 3 tablespoons creamy salad dressing
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 1 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, place in a large mixing bowl, and beat until smooth.
- Meanwhile, place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil; cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel, and chop.
- Combine potatoes, eggs, onion, celery, pimentos, and relish in a mixing bowl.
- Blend together salad dressing and mustard, add to salad and mix well. Sprinkle with paprika and refrigerate until chilled.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 270 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 53 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 117 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very good, easy to make, I added about 25% more veganaise and mustard than called for. Gets better the longer it chills.
I mashed the potatoes and added changed sweet to dill pickle relish. Wonderful flavor the next day.
i used dukes mayo and added onion and fresh diced red pepper instead of pimentos.. this is good on its own but after i chilled it i adjusted it to my familys taste and added a little rooster sauce.
As a cold salad, I did not care for it. To rescue it I made a cassorole outof it with meatballs and a topping of Italian bread crumbs mixed with grated parmesan cheese and dotted with bits of butter–pretty good thaat way.
This is a great recipe, and easy to alter to fit individual taste. I doubled the recipe. I didn’t mash the potatoes, but kept them in small cubes. I used dill relish instead of sweet relish (personal preference) and omitted the pimentos (personal preference). I also doubled the mustard and mayonnaise (used real mayo and not creamy salad dressing) and added about a tablespoon of white vinegar for tartness. I also added about a teaspoon of black pepper to the potatoes before mixing all of the ingredients. It turned out marvelously. My four-year-old granddaughter helped me make it and she gave it two thumbs up! What more could you ask for?!
Dry when made as recipe specifies, but it was pretty good after added about 4x more mayo/mustard combo and a little more dill to make it wet enough.
I’ve made this recipe several times now and everyone loves it when i make it. thanks
This is a great potato salad recipe. It remined me of my mamaw’s potato salad. For taste preference, I did not add any pimentos and I added extra salad dressing and mustard. It was very good, thank you!
really yummy!*****
This is a good and simple recipe. Instead of the piminto I substituted slices salad olives w/pimintos. My family likes it very much.
This was allright. I enjoy mustard potato salad and it is the ONLY variety my fiance and I agree on lol. 🙂 When the craving strikes, we usually pick up a container at our local deli (we both like theirs). I figured, since I buy the pre-made stuff all the time, why not find my own recipe for it (I could at least control the fat content…)??? Well, I’ve gotta say that some things just aren’t worth the effort. And my fiance didn’t even eat any (he HATES eggs). Now I’m stuck with leftovers that I probably won’t eat either…. Having said all of that, I didn’t find this repulsive, just not to my liking. I definitely think the pimentos are out of place, but that’s just me (maybe there were too many???). The amounts of mayo (Miracle-whip), mustard and eggs were spot on. My only “minor” change was to mash half of my potatoes so that I’d still have a somewhat chunky texture. I find that (for all potato salads) if you cut your potatoes into tiny pieces, boil for 8 minutes or so, then rinse under cold water, you’ll have perfect potato salad every time. My all-time favorite is loaded potato salad (yum, yum!!!), but I’m glad I gave this one a try nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!
came out good always wanted to make a good potato salad now ive got one. only problem was that potato’s come in diffrent sizes u’ll have to play with the wet ingreadents to get the thickness/wetness, u desire, over all the family loves it..
This was a really good potato salad…just like my mom used to make. I didn’t mash the potatoes all the way, I just kind of “mushed” them a little with a fork, still leaving some chunks, which turned out to be a really nice consistency–not too chunky but not too mushy either. If you don’t like Miracle Whip, you won’t like this recipe! My kids and hubby do, so it was a huge hit! I didn’t have pimentos, but we didn’t miss them at all. I did add some fresh ground pepper, a little garlic, and celery salt instead of the fresh celery. Hint: make sure you put salt in the water when you boil the potatoes, and after they come out, soak them in some cool water with a few tbs of vinegar..adds sooo much flavor. Overall great recipe, thanks! 🙂
Great traditional southern dish. I made this for Memorial Day. Everyone loved it. I did leave out the pimentos and celery (personal preference). And I don’t like onions in my potato salad, so I boiled large pieces of sweet vidalia onions in the pot with the potatoes. Easily removed the onions before cubing up the potatoes. And I used about twice as much mustard, again, that’s a personal preference. And used sandwich spread instead of mayo and sweet relish. With my changes, this will now be my go-to potato salad.
Really good recipe, didn’t use the pimentos though. Turned out great was a little to much onion for me but was still pleased.
This was just too bland made as is, also as noted, very dry. Doubled the dressing and that helped a bit, but it just didn’t have any flavor at all until I added some garlic salt, salt, and red wine vinegar, and then it was barely flavored. I also increased the relish a bit. Just not at all what I was looking for. Not inedible, just not much to it. Won’t be making again.
Love it! I thought it was wonderful as is, but it’s also great with a little extra salad dressing and mustard, and I left the potatoes cubed and unpeeled (what can I say, I’m lazy). Thanks for this–it’s now my fave potato salad recipe ever!
This potato salad was awesome. Taste just like my mom used to make. Didn’t use the pimentos — relish was enough. Will make again.
This recipe is okay, but not the best. It was a little dry. I had to mix up more wet ingredients. I also left out the pimentos cause we dont care for them. I doubt I will be making this again.
this dish was so perfect i cannot begin to convey how much everyone loved it. skipped the pimentos cuz the relish had them. will make again and again
Delicious, although I didn’t mash the cubed potatos and I added more mustard and mayo. I also added red wine vinegar, as mentioned in another review, and some Tastefully Simple Garlic Garlic for a fun kick! Turned out awesome!