Traditional Amish Potato Salad
Category: Amish Salad | Cuisine: Amish Food
Traditional Amish Potato Salad
Traditional Amish Potato Salad is an amazing way to enjoy one of our favorite ingredients, potatoes! This simple Amish Potato Salad spotlights shredded eggs and potatoes with a creamy mayonnaise dressing. If you have never tried a shredded potato salad, this recipe is for you.
Recipe by Amish Baskets
Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr
Total
1 hr 20 min
Servings
4-6
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Cook the peeled potatoes and eggs. Allow to fully cool before grating using sing a potato/cheese grater or salad master.
- 2
Combine vinegar, sugar, mustard, milk, and seasoning for the dressing.
- 3
Pour dressing over potatoes and gently toss to fully coat all ingredients. Be careful when mixing to avoid mushy potatoes.
- 4
Refrigerate for several hours or one day upon serving. Store for up to 3-5 days.
Get ready for a new take on regular potato salad. Traditional Amish potato salad is a great rendition of the standard American potato salad offering a shredded texture with a sweet and sour dressing.
This Amish shredded potato salad recipe is bound to be a hit at any summer barbecue or picnic. It is cool, and refreshing, and offers the perfect balance of creaminess, tanginess, and sweetness.
What is Traditional Amish Potato Salad?
Amish-style Potato salad is a traditional dish often served at Amish weddings, large gatherings, and picnics. Traditional Amish potato salad is a combination of shredded potato, eggs, celery, and onion. Topped with a creamy tangy dressing of mayo, vinegar, mustard, and sugar.
Amish vs. American Potato Salad: What's the difference?
The difference between Amish potato salad and regular potato salad is that Amish potato salad has more sweetness with sugar being the main difference in ingredients. Traditional Amish Potato Salad has more of a sweet and sour flavor compared to regular American potato salad.
How do you make Traditional Amish potato salad?
Traditional Amish Potato Salad uses shredded potato and egg which also makes Amish potato salad different than regular potato salad. The Amish often use a salad master to grate large quantities of shredded potato, however, in this shredded Amish potato recipe you can simply use a cheese or potato grater. Combine shredded potatoes and eggs with celery, onion, and dressing and you are ready to go!
If you enjoy potato salads like this one, we recommend trying Amish German Potato Salad. This salad also pairs amazingly with Amish Cucumber Salad and Amish Pea Salad.
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