Grilled to perfection, molasses-marinated chicken thighs are presented with a bacon-flavored wilted slaw.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 large potatoes, peeled and sliced lengthwise
- 3 carrots, peeled and sliced lengthwise
- 1 (15 ounce) can sweet peas, drained
- 3 dill pickles, chopped, or more to taste
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 bologna slices, chopped (Optional)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place potatoes and carrots into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water until cold. Dice potatoes and carrots.
- Combine potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, pickles, onion, bologna, and eggs together in a large bowl. Stir mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, and black pepper gently into potato mixture until well combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes.
- Ingredients can be added or left out depending on personal taste. Some people may like additional mayonnaise and sour cream.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 191 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 718 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have these differences, you can try them: – Replace diced chicken breast, boiled or (better) roasted (take off the skin after roasting) for the bologna. – Add capers for taste (my grandma used them) – Add other chopped pickled veggies and/or sauerkraut (more probiotic punch and vitamins) – Add beetroot /replace carrots with them – Add a little lemon juice.
Totally loved the salad. Followed as written, used kielbasa sausage because we like it. Will definitely make again and again. I used frozen peas because I like their color and texture. Everyone enjoyed this salad.
Add chopped cooked chicken instead of bologna.
Authentic Russian salad recipe. You can always adjust how much mayonnaise you use.
I use a bunch of scallions instead of a regular onion. Thought this recipe was really good.
Love this recipe!!! Per other reviews I added some dill to taste and subbed cubed ham for the bologna. I also don’t care for canned peas so I subbed frozen sweet peas and omitted the boiled eggs. Eggs are hit and miss with me in potato salad. I’ll try them next time though. My wife said it was the best potato salad she’s ever had.
I used small cubes of sautéed chicken breast instead of bologna; also 1/2 sweet onion instead of whole onion to accommodate taste preference.
Delicious! A taste of Russian Christmas! A bit of dill goes a long way, if you’re looking to augment this recipe.
I have loved this salad since I was a child when my mom made it on special occasions. I made it by following the recipe here and it is just as I remember it from when I was growing up. I also had leftover turkey breast that I added to the salad instead of ham. It is delicious!
Made this for family dinner night. We were honoring Russian food and also had beef stroganoff and shchi (cabbage soup). I made a few changes to the recipe. I precubed the potatoes (skin and all) and bought shredded carrots. I also substituted the bologna with cubed ham. To make it easier to mix, and not squash the canned peas, I drained them and put them in the freezer for about 30 minutes. My son ,who hates potato salad, loved it. He even had a second helping.
This was excellent! I replaced the sour cream with plain, fat free yogurt because that’s what was in my fridge, but otherwise made it per the recipe. I’ll be making this one again!
I added some dill seed and it was extra delicious!
This was okay but a bit on the bland side for me. Perhaps more mayonnaise would help, or including the balogna (I went without because it was labeled optional). For me the flavors also didn’t harmonize great.
It is delicious, my whole family enjoyed it. I switched rotisserie chicken for the bologna, because that is what I had and it turned out great. Also added a dash of cumin, just because. We’ve had it on its own, with bread as a sandwich, or with crackers and even with tortilla! Great snack!
Our host made this for our bookclub gathering. She left out the ham but it was amazing! I will definately make this for my family, including ham!
It is even better with diced (baked & chilled) chicken instead of bologna or 50×50! It is better to use ZerGut Russian style Dills Pickles and Hellmann’s Real (not Light!) mayonnaise or Russian mayonnaise like “Chumak” etc.
Yum! I didn’t put the bologna in it because I forgot to get it while at the grocery store today, but this still turned out great! I will definitely make this again. Maybe next time I’ll remember the bologna! Thanks for sharing this recipe.