tart potato salad

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Robin DuPree
Coldspring, TX

This is my own personal potato salad that I love to make. It is rather salty and tart with the addition of pimentos, pickles, and bacon, so I would taste it first before adding the seasonings.

(1 rating)

Ingredients For tart potato salad

  • 5 lb
    boiled potatoes, diced small
  • 8
    boiled eggs, peeled and diced
  • 1
    medium onion, peeled and finely diced
  • 4-5
    celery stalks, cleaned and finely diced
  • 1 can
    7 ounces of black olives, diced small/equals one cup
  • 1 bottle
    8 ounces of spanish olives, diced small/equals one cup
  • 1 c
    baby dill pickles, diced small
  • 12 oz
    bacon, cooked and diced small
  • 1/2 Tbsp
    salt, taste first, it tends to be salty
  • 1/2 tsp
    pepper
  • 1/2 c
    mayonnaise
  • 1/8 c
    mustard, i use just a little over 1/8 cup
  • 1/8 c
    pickle juice/adds moisture and tartness without adding more mayonnaise

How To Make tart potato salad

  • 1
    Wash and clean potatoes, then place in a boiling pot covered with water. Boil until tender. Remove skins and dice small. Also, at the same time, boil you eggs. Remove your skins and dice into small pieces.
  • 2
    Clean celery stalks and remove skins from onions, then dice finely. Next, you need to dice the black and spanish olives along with the pickles into finely sliced pieces.
  • 3
    Fry the bacon and cut into small pieces. Combine all the ingredients with the mayonnaise and mustard. Taste, then season according to your palate.
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