Great American Potato Salad

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Creamy mayo, hearty potatoes, savory hard-cooked eggs, crunchy celery: ingredients for a quintessentially American salad. We the people say, "Yum."

time

prep:

30 min

total:

3 hr 30 min

servings

total:

8 servings, 1/2 cup each

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What You Need

1/2

cup KRAFT Real Mayo Mayonnaise

Tbsp. yellow mustard

1/2

tsp. celery seed

1/8

tsp. pepper

1-1/2

lb. white potatoes (about 5), cooked, cooled and cubed

hard-cooked eggs, chopped

onion, chopped

stalks celery, sliced

1/3

cup dill pickle relish

Make It

step 1

MIX first 4 ingredients in large bowl.

step 2

ADD remaining ingredients; mix lightly.

step 3

REFRIGERATE several hours or until chilled.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Serving Suggestion

For a great summer meal, serve this classic potato salad with grilled chicken breasts and a fresh fruit salad.

Picnic Safety Tip

When taking food to a picnic, do so in an insulated bag with a reusable ice pack. If you don't have any reusable ice packs, freeze individual juice boxes the night before the picnic. When you're ready to go, pack the frozen juice boxes around the foods in the cooler. The juice boxes will keep your food cold and will be thawed when you get to the picnic to serve as cold drinks for the kids.

Substitutes

Substitute MIRACLE WHIP Dressing for the mayo, GREY POUPON Dijon Mustard for the yellow mustard and 1/2 cup CLAUSSEN Sweet Pickle Relish for the dill pickle relish.

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Khristinia

posted:6/30/2010

My family has always made potato salad like this without the dill pickle& just one stalk of celery.Everywhere I take this salad people love it,we don't mash or use alot of mustard this is the real way it should be made,we add one other small ingrediant that tops it off-just a dash of garlic salt & it's perfect.Glad to know we are not the only ones that make this type of salad!If you want a change (like the red potato Idea!) red sweet onion is also good in it.

CherylB9162

posted:6/30/2010

This turned out great, left out the relish and added finely diced onion. To the poster below, German potato salad does not have a mayo base, this is normal american potato salad, will make again

robyn0922

posted:6/30/2010

I made this yesterday. It was easy to throw together with things you usually have on hand. I used 2 stalks (ribs) off the head of celery and it was just right. The blended flavors are delicious. I will definitely be keeping this one until I find one better. Its going with us for our 4th of July BBQ.

a cook

posted:6/30/2010

This is a wonderful recipe. Have made it before and planning on making again for the 4th. In response to last review: a stalk of celery is one rib. I think you were thinking of a one bunch instead of one stalk.

a cook

posted:6/30/2010

two stalks is way too much celery! four ribs of celery is more than enough. ended up making an additional crab salad to use up some of that extra celery!

a cook

posted:6/29/2010

FAMILY LOVES THIS......I EVEN USED RED POTATOES, ADDED MORE COLOR.

Joe-Allen

posted:6/29/2010

We always called any potato salad with cubed potatoes "German Potato Salad. I consider real American Potato Salad to be made with mashed potatoes. The ingredients are fine otherwise.

pagreen25

posted:6/24/2010

I got this reciepe from Kraft several several years ago and I'm famous for this potatoe salad. Every gathering everyone wants me to bring the potatoe salad. When I'm dead and gone I'll still be known for this potatoe salad with my family.

jandk6

posted:6/19/2010

I have tried to make potato salad in the past, but it was always bland. However, this recipe is fantastic and full of flavor! I like to add my potatoes to the other ingredients while they are still hot so that they really absorb the flavor of the dressing. I'm sure this will be a hit for our Father's Day party...if it makes it to the table!

zamo817

posted:5/31/2010

I have made this recipe many times since discovering it several years ago & it's always a big hit! Definitely a "keeper"!