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Potato Salad with Hard Boiled Egg Dressing

April 27, 2016

Creamy, cool potato salad with mayo free (and dairy free!) dressing. Great for picnics!

If forced to choose between classic, creamy American potato salad and the usually lighter German potato salad, I’ll always go with American. There’s something about creamy mayo dressing mixed with starchy carbs that I cannot resist, despite my strong German heritage. It’s the quintessential portable picnic/potluck side dish, refreshing and satisfying when the grill is raging and the humidity outside is 107%.

Creamy, cool potato salad with mayo free (and dairy free!) dressing. Great for picnics!

My impression of mayo-free potato salads is that you’re getting a warm salad with a nice acidic vinaigrette. Nothing wrong with that, either, but it’s for another time and place. It wasn’t until the making of this potato salad recipe that I discovered I can have the best of both worlds: cool, refreshing potato salad with creamy, mayo free dressing.

It’s hard to describe the hard boiled egg dressing on this potato salad as anything but dreamy, but I’ll do my best to be a bit more descriptive. Truth be told, the texture is mayonnaise-like, with hard boiled eggs standing in for the raw eggs. However, thanks to several key additions, the flavor takes potato salad dressing to a new level. Instead of vinegar, lemon juice provides a fresh-picked spike of acidity without being harsh, as white vinegar is wont to be. Dijon mustard keeps the color pretty and pastel, with a more sophisticated pucker than my beloved yellow mustard. While the process and ingredients resemble a vinaigrette, the end result is thick, whipped, and–I’ll say it–luscious.

Creamy, cool potato salad with mayo free (and dairy free!) dressing. Great for picnics!
Creamy, cool potato salad with mayo free (and dairy free!) dressing. Great for picnics!

After the photo shoot for this slightly unconventional potato salad, I was doubting the photos. They’re most of the ones you see, with the gorgeous white bowl that I recently added to my serveware collection (love Crate and Barrel!). I usually go for a realistic look, so hopefully you can picture the dish in question on your dinner table, and I wasn’t getting that here. I felt like I spent too much time carefully piling the salad into the bowl, and that the pictures showed it. That’s not what it would look like at a potluck! I couldn’t take it anymore: I had to take some more later that day, using Steve’s dinner as my subject, which never makes anyone happy! But now I’m pretty satisfied that you’re seeing potato salad in its finest form here: alongside some sausage (ours was vegan) for a simple warm weather meal.

Creamy, cool potato salad with mayo free (and dairy free!) dressing. Great for picnics!

Need more potato salad?

In the early days of NCK, I created a super fun and colorful creamy Thai sweet potato salad. I love it! My photography skills were still developing, but I back the taste of the salad 100%.


Potato Salad with Egg Vinaigrette
 
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Ingredient prep
20 mins.
Cook time
15 mins.
Total time
35 mins.
 
Instead of mayo, the creamy dressing on this potato salad uses a lemon and oil vinaigrette with just a couple eggs blended into it.
By: Tessa
Dish Type: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Makes: 8 servings
Ingredients
Dressing (makes 2 C)
  • 6 T lemon juice
  • ¼ C dijon mustard
  • 4 hard boiled eggs, quartered
  • 2 T water
  • Ground black or white pepper
  • ½ C olive oil
  • 6 T capers, roughly chopped
  • ¼ C chopped dill (a single ¾ oz. package)
Salad
  • 3 lbs. waxy yellow or white potatoes, peeled and diced ¾"
  • 2 t kosher or sea salt, divided
  • 2 stalks celery, diced (about 1 C)
  • 1 C peas, fresh or frozen (thawed)
  • 6 scallions, thinly sliced, with dark green parts reserved for garnish
Make It
  1. In a blender or food processor, combine lemon juice, dijon mustard, eggs, water, and a few grinds of pepper until smooth. With machine running, drizzle olive oil in until dressing is thick and smooth. Pour into a bowl and stir in capers, dill, and salt and pepper to taste. The capers are salty, so you won't need much salt, if any. Refrigerate until needed (can be made ahead).
  2. Put potatoes into a large pot and cover by a couple inches with water. Bring to a boil over high heat then stir in 1½ teaspoons salt. Reduce heat to a gentle boil (medium high) and cook 5 to 10 minutes more, until potatoes are just tender. Check potatoes often if they aren't ready after 5 minutes, to avoid overcooked potatoes and a mushy potato salad.
  3. Drain potatoes and rinse with cold water. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet, sprinkle with remaining salt and a little pepper, and refrigerate to cool.
  4. To assemble the salad, add potatoes, celery, peas, and white and light green scallion slices to a large bowl. Add dressing and fold gently to combine. Garnish with scallion tops and any extra dill.
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