I suggest you make together today the best simple potato salad recipe, which we will consume as a side dish with fried chicken legs or another meat recipe. This salad is so easy to make that anyone can amaze the family with an alternative to mashed potatoes or french fries.
Table of Contents
Potato salad has countless variations, from those with mayonnaise, as I showed you in the best potato salad with homemade mayonnaise, to the simple ones with different herbs and vegetables.
Today’s salad will have only three basic ingredients: red potatoes, red onions and chives.
Few Ingredients
I chose to use red potatoes, which are better suited for salads because they are firmer and do not crumble so easily. We will use about 800 g, enough for four servings.
We also need two medium-sized red onions and a bunch of chives for an extra flavour. Otherwise, a little bit of sea salt, freshly ground pepper and sunflower oil.
How to Make the Best Simple Potato Salad Recipe?
Because this salad is made from boiled potatoes, we need to boil the potatoes first. So, put the whole potatoes, without peeling them, in a soup pot, pour the water until they cover them well and put it to boil. Don’t forget to put a teaspoon of sea salt in the water.
While the potatoes are boiling, we can cook the onions. Peel the two onions and chop them not very finely.
Put the chopped onion in a bowl, in which you will make the potato salad. Season the onion with a teaspoon of sea salt, half a teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and 100 ml of sunflower oil.
Mix everything and let the onion sit, soften a little, until the potatoes boil. After the potatoes have boiled, drain the water and let them cool almost completely, so that we can work with them.
If the potatoes have cooled, we peel them, because I don’t like to use potato peels in salads.
Now we can cut them, I preferred to cut them into cubes but they can also be sliced. I chose to cut them directly in the bowl over the onion.
Mix lightly, then continue seasoning. Hot potatoes have the property of absorbing a lot of oil and flavours, so we need to add a little more aromas.
For the beginning, finely chop the chives.
Add the chopped chives over the potatoes. Season with another half teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and a teaspoon of sea salt. If the salad is too dry, add more sunflower oil, and I put another 100 ml.
Mix easily and with that, we finished the best simple potato salad recipe. All we have to do is let it rest for about 15 minutes to combine the flavours, and we can serve it.
Serving the Salad
This potato salad can be eaten as such, or as a side dish near the meat, such as fried chicken drumsticks, as I did.
If you want other potato recipes, I recommend the following:
- Smoked Sausage Potato Soup
- Best Cheesy Potato Casserole Recipe
- Potato Stew With Smoked Sausage
- French Fries
Don’t forget to follow us on our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest pages.
Best Simple Potato salad Recipe
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
Ingredients Â
- 800 g red potatoes
- 2 pieces red onions medium size
- 3 tsp sea salt kosher
- 1 tsp ground pepper freshly ground
- 200 ml sunflower oil
- 1 bunch chives
InstructionsÂ
- Put the whole potatoes, without peeling them, in a pot, pour the water until they cover them well and put it boil. Don’t forget to put a teaspoon of sea salt in the water. Peel the onions and chop them not very finely. Put the chopped onion in a bowl, season with a teaspoon of sea salt, half a teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and 100 ml of sunflower oil.
- After the potatoes have boiled, drain the water and let them cool almost completely. If the potatoes have cooled, we peel them and cut them into cubes directly in the bowl over the onion. Add the chopped chives over the potatoes. Season with another half teaspoon of freshly ground pepper, a teaspoon of sea salt and 100 ml sunflower oil.
- After rest it 15 minutes, this potato salad can be eaten as such, or as a side dish near meat, such as fried chicken drumsticks, as I did.
