southern potato salad
(from whitegirlluvs2cook’s recipe box)
Source: southernfood.about.com
Serves 6 peopleCategories: salad
Ingredients
- •2 pounds new potatoes, unpeeled
- •1/2 teaspoon salt
- •3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled, chopped
- •1 1/2 cups minced celery
- •1/2 to 1 cup finely chopped sweet onion
- •1/2 cup mayonnaise
- •1 to 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- •1/2 cup chopped sweet pickles, with some juice
- •salt and pepper, to taste
- •dash cayenne pepper
- •fresh chopped parsley, optional
- •paprika
Directions
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Scub potatoes and cut in 1-inch cubes. Place in a saucepan and cover with water. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cover and boil potatoes until tender. Drain and let cool. Combine potatoes with chopped egg, celery, onion, mayonnaise, mustard, sweet pickle, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Stir in a little parsley if using, then sprinkle paprika over top.