How Long to Boil Potatoes for Potato Salad
Here’s how to make the best potato salad recipe! This American-style salad is creamy and classic: maybe even better than Grandma’s.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8

Ingredients 12
- 3 pounds Yukon gold potatoes*
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar, divided
- 1 ¼ teaspoon kosher salt , divided
- 3 large celery stalks
- 5 green onions, thinly sliced (both white and green portions)
- ¼ cup red onion, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- ½ cup sweet pickle relish (or chopped dill pickles)
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 3 tablespoons yellow mustard (or 2 yellow and 1 tablespoon Dijon)
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
Method 3
- 01
Boil the potatoes: Quarter the potatoes, keeping the skins on. Place them in a large saucepan filled with cold water. Bring it to a boil and cook for 8 to 12 minutes until tender when pricked with a fork. Drain and rinse the potatoes under cold water. Allow to cool slightly, then peel the skins off with your fingers and cut the potatoes into bite-sized pieces. Place the potatoes into a bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the white wine vinegar and ½ teaspoon of the kosher salt . Mix and let stand 5 minutes.
- 02
Meanwhile, prep the salad: Slice the celery stalks in half lengthwise, then thinly slice them. Thinly slice the green onions . Mince the red onion . Chop the dill.
- 03
In a large bowl, mix the mayonnaise, Greek yogurt or sour cream, yellow mustard, Dijon mustard, celery seed, 1 tablespoon of the white wine vinegar, ¾ of the teaspoon kosher salt , and plenty of fresh ground pepper. Add the potatoes, celery, green onion, red onion, and sweet pickle relish and stir until fully combined. For best results, chill 2 hours before serving. Stores 5 days refrigerated.
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