Lela’s Fourth of July Potato Salad
Here's my mother's potato salad recipe, a traditional dish she'd prepare every 4th of July for a crowd of 30 to 40 people. This recipe requires a whopping ten pounds of potatoes! The delightful combination of sweet onions, dill pickles, and both green and black olives imparts a remarkable flavor. It has now become a cherished tradition for our 4th of July celebrations. For a smaller portion, check the footnotes.
Ingredients
- 10 pounds potatoes, peeled
- 2 (6 ounce) cans black olives, diced
- 2 (6 ounce) jars green olives, diced
- 1 cup dill pickle chips, diced
- 1 cup sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), finely chopped
- 16 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- ¼ cup prepared yellow mustard
- 7 cups Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Canola Cholesterol Free Mayonnaise
Instructions
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. (You may need two pots.) Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until fork-tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Start checking for doneness after 1 hour. Drain and rinse the potatoes with cold running water.
- Place black olives, green olives, pickle chips, onion, and hard-cooked eggs into a large heavy-duty disposable foil pan. When the potatoes are cool, chop them into small pieces and gently mix them with the olive-egg mixture.
- Combine mayonnaise and yellow mustard together. Add the dressing to the salad ingredients and mix well. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
Cook’s Notes:
For 12 servings, use: 8 potatoes, 4 to 6 hard-boiled eggs, 1/2 a Vidalia® onion, 1/2 cup diced green olives, 1/2 cup diced black olives, 1/2 cup diced dill pickle chips,1 (16 ounce) jar of mayonnaise, and 1 tablespoon yellow mustard.
I use Best Foods/Hellmann’s® Canola Mayonnaise, French’s® mustard, Vidalia(R) onion, and Walmart® dill pickle chips. You’ll need 1 3/4 (30 ounce) jars of mayonnaise to get 7 cups.
Nutrition
Calories: 356kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 7gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 839mgPotassium: 694mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
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