My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad
My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, my mamma's crowd pleasing potato salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

"Creamy, soulful crowd-pleasing potato salad recipe! Southern style with simple ingredients and old-fashioned flavor". This old-fashioned potato salad recipe doesn't have many ingredients, so it isn't as colorful as many that you find nowadays.

My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook my mamma's crowd pleasing potato salad using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad:
  1. Make ready 5 lb red potatoes
  2. Prepare 2 lb carrots, peeled and grated
  3. Make ready 1 bunch celery, finely chopped into little cubes, tops and bottoms removed
  4. Get 1 small onion, coarsely chopped (so it can be removed later if you like)
  5. Make ready 3 clove garlic, lightly smashed
  6. Make ready 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, or whatever oil you prefer
  7. Take 1 bottle of your favorite ranch dressing, should be about 16 ounces
  8. Make ready 1 tsp paprika, or to your taste
  9. Get 1 salt and pepper to taste

It's so creamy and the flavor is amazing! I've yet to find anyone who doesn't like it, even folks who swear they ONLY eat potato salad made with Dukes lol. (raises hand). Potato salad can be prepared in any number of ways. That said, glorious potato salads have a few traits in common.

Instructions to make My Mamma's Crowd Pleasing Potato Salad:
  1. Wash potatoes and cut to size of your liking. Par boil the potatoes until tender when pierced with a fork.
  2. Meanwhile prep your veggies. Wash, trim,peel and grate the carrots (I use the food processor). Wash, trim, and chop celery. Put in a bowl, cover and set aside.
  3. When potatoes are tender but not too soft, drain and set aside to cool. Heat oil in a large pan, add onion pieces then crushed garlic. Sauté until it starts to slightly brown but do not burn.
  4. Add potatoes, turn them over with a large spoon to coat with oil. Cook until soft or of desired consistency (I like to let them cook until they start to turn golden). Discard onion and garlic, put potatoes in a large bowl, add carrots, celery, ranch dressing and paprika. Stir and taste, add salt and pepper, or more paprika until it tastes perfect.
  5. Enjoy warm, at room temperature, or chill in the refrigerator. My Mom used to make a big bowl in the morning so we had it to munch on all day :)

The best of them call for waxy potatoes—like Red Bliss There are some vegans in every crowd. Why not please everyone with this dairy-free potato salad recipe from Minimalist Baker? If you dice everything while the potatoes are boiling it doesn't take too long to make a very large quantity either. This would be great for potlucks, parties, or anytime you need to contribute to feed a crowd. This is my most favorite potato salad.

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