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Mashed Potato Salad Recipe

This cold potato salad recipe comes with a twist. It uses mashed potatoes. This gives you the best of both worlds for a flavorful and creamy old fashioned mashed potato salad.

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Prep: 10

Cook: 15

Total: 25

Servings: servings

Calories: 233kcal

Author: Joanne Lawrence

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Ingredients

4 large eggs hard boiled; see instructions
4 cups mashed potatoes cooked
1 stalk celery finely diced; large stalk
1 small red onion finely diced; white onion can be substituted
6 small Gherkins pickles finely diced; dill pickles can be substituted or both
1 tsp seasoned salt recommend Lawry's brand; or regular salt
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp paprika optional garnish

Instructions

Make hard-boiled eggs: Fill small sauce pan with eggs, fully covered in cold water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and cover with lid. Set aside for 10 minutes.
4 large eggs
Peel the hard boiled eggs. Dice the eggs, celery, onion, and pickles and place into a large mixing bowl. Stir in mayonnaise, salt, and pepper to your taste until evenly distributed. Adjust mayo to your liking.
4 large eggs, 1 stalk celery, 1 small red onion, 6 small Gherkins pickles, 1 tsp seasoned salt, ¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper, 1 cup mayonnaise
Stir in mashed potatoes until evenly distributed. Transfer contents to a serving dish and top with paprika or your choice of garnish.
4 cups mashed potatoes, 1 tsp paprika

Notes

The mashed potatoes: If using prepared mashed potatoes (like Bob Evans brand), instead of leftover, cook them now, following the instructions on the label. If using leftover, cooked mashed potatoes, you don’t need to reheat them.

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Ingredients of Old Fashioned Mashed Potato Salad Recipe

All the ingredients are very common and simple. They pair perfectly to be tasty when cold.

ingredients for old fashioned mashed potato salad recipe — Ingredients for old fashioned mashed potato salad recipe

The main ingredient is the mashed potato. If mashed, it can be leftover, newly made, or cooled instant mashed potatoes.
- Also, you can replace each cup of mashed potatoes with regular, already cooked potatoes. It takes about 2 medium potatoes to replace each cup of mashed potatoes.
The other ingredients are fresh veggies like celery, red onion, and sweet pickles. Also, all those are all diced vegetables.
Finally, hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, black pepper, and paprika are the last ingredients.

How To Make Mashed Potato Salad Recipe

Perform these steps in this proper order.

Make the hardboiled eggs. Peel and chop them up into a mixing bowl.
Mix together the diced veggies, spices, and mayo into the mixing bowl with the chopped eggs.
Add leftover or instant mashed potatoes into the mixing bowl and combine well.
Transfer into a covered serving dish. Then, put in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours. Also, this permits the melding of flavors to happen.

stirring in ingredients when making mashed potato salad recipe — Stirring in ingredients when making mashed potato salad recipe

Popular Questions on Mashed Potato Salad

Can Potato Salad Be Made With Instant Mashed Potatoes?

Yes, potato salad can be made with instant mashed potatoes. However, you don’t just dump in the instant mashed potato flakes or powder. You still have to make them into mashed potatoes following the boxed recipe. Finally, a real good tasting brand is Idahoan Instant Mashed Potatoes.

What Is A Good Brand of Store Bought Mashed Potatoes?

For decades, I continue to try different brands but, I always have found that the most preferred is the Bob Evans brand of original mashed potatoes.

Do You Have To Wait For Instant Mashed Potatoes To Cool Before Making Potato Salad?

Yes, newly made instant mashed potatoes have to be cooled down some. However, they can still be warm.

Can You Make Potato Salad With Half Mashed Potatoes?

Yes, you can make potato salad with half mashed potatoes. And that has 2 meanings. Firstly, it can refer to using 1/2 the amount of mashed potatoes. Secondly, it can mean to just partially mash some diced, cooked potatoes. The answer to both remains as YES!

Regarding using half the amount of mashed potatoes, you can really use any amount of mashed potatoes to replace regular cooked, diced potatoes. However, it’s best with half mashed and half regular potatoes. It then tastes like a regular potato salad but just very creamy.

mashed potato salad with half mashed potatoes — Mashed potato salad with HALF mashed potatoes

Can You Make Mashed Potato Salad using Half and Half Cream?

Yes, you can make mashed potato salad using half and half cream. However, plan to use less mayonnaise and very little half and half cream.

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Nutritional Values of Mashed Potato Salad

Mashed potato salad calories are about 233 calories per serving. More detailed nutritional values are in the <Print Recipe> option.

Conclusion of Mashed Potato Salad Recipe

You’ve learned this easy, old fashioned mashed potato salad. Firstly, you discovered it can use just half or all mashed potatoes. Also, you saw the rest were very common ingredients. So, add this as your next side dish, especially for hot dogs or hamburgers!

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