Potato Salad: Red, White, and Blue
Creamy and simple potato salad with red, white, and blue potatoes is a hit at all your summer BBQ's. Recipe includes vegetarian options.
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs potatoes (675 grams) equal amounts of baby red, white, and blue potatoes
- 4 eggs large, hard boiled
- 1/3 cup sour cream (76 grams)
- ½ cup mayonnaise (113g)
- 1 tbsp spicy brown mustard
- 1 bunch scallions diced
- ½ lb bacon (225g) substitute 1/4 cup imitation bacon bits for vegetarian
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp chives chopped
Instructions
- Cut the potatoes in half or leave whole if small enough. Boil the potatoes in salted water until fork tender. Drain and put in a mixing bowl.
- Boil, peel, and chop the eggs.
- While potatoes are cooking. Fry the bacon until crispy.
- Saute the chopped scallions until tender.
- Make the dressing by mixing together the sour cream, mayonnaise, and mustard. If Vegan use the dairy free sour cream and vegonnaise.
- Assemble the salad.: To the cooked potoes add the eggs, cooked scallions, bacon or imitation bacon and dressing. Stir to mix, add salt and pepper to taste, Garnish with chopped chives.
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Notes
Optional add-ins: 3-4 chopped radishes, 1/2 cup chopped red pepper, 1/2 cup chopped celery.
If you like your potato salad less creamy, use 2 lbs of potatoes instead of 1 1/2 lbs.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.75cup | Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 149mg | Sodium: 449mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 286IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg