Easiest Potato Onion Salad – Perfect Summer Side Dish Recipe
This is one of the classic and EASIEST potato salads and a wonderful side dish to basically any meal! It’s so simple to make, using basic and minimal ingredients you probably already have in your pantry! Our family has been making this recipe for years as a standard addition to the holiday table!
This salad’s simplicity is unbeatable. It’s a summer classic destined for backyard barbecues, family gatherings, and picnics and it goes perfectly with fish and other seafood. I have used a few easily obtainable ingredients and made this dish super basic. Probably more crucially, it can be prepared in advance and served warm or chilled!
Why You’ll Love This Potato Salad?
Classic & with minimal basic ingredients: This simple recipe for potato salad is a tried-and-true one that everyone enjoys, no fancy, special ingredients that require you to run to the store to buy, you probably already have every ingredient in your pantry and garden!
Easy to prepare. Cooking and slicing the potatoes, gathering all other ingredients, and mixing them together is everything you need to do! As simple as that!
Healthy! I made this salad purely with potatoes and onion from my own garden, which makes it automatically so much healthier and safer, and I encourage you to do the same or to get them from the trusted farmers’ market.
Amazing side dish for family gatherings. Me and my family absolutely love making this simple Potato Salad for family gatherings and especially for holidays since it serves as a wonderful addition to fish and seafood, but basically, any meal will welcome it!
Ingredients You Need
The main stars in this recipe are definitely potatoes and onions, and with the help of a few other basic pantry ingredients you will get this delectable and refreshing summer Potato Salad! Here are all the ingredients you will need:
Potatoes – You will need 5-6 medium potatoes. Use gold or Russet potatoes.
Onion – You can use black, yellow, or red onion, or combine them all. It’s your choice!
Lemon – You’ll need half a lemon for the salad dressing.
Apple Cider Vinegar – One common at-home cure is apple cider vinegar, which makes this salad refreshing and gives it needed juiciness! It has been used for ages in both natural medicine and culinary. There could be some health advantages. Vinegar is an excellent source of potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and many other vitamins and minerals! (1)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Olive oil contains nutrients that fight inflammation and it’s rich in antioxidants.
Salt & Black Pepper
Dill or parsley + other additional seasonings by choice
Potato Salad Recipe: How to Cook Potatoes?
Boiling potatoes is the simplest way to prepare them for potato salad. Here are two crucial pointers for successfully cooking potatoes.
First, cook the potatoes along with the husk. Whole potatoes, on the other hand, will require 20 to 25 minutes. Insert a knife into one of the potatoes to determine whether they are done. You’re set to go if it fits in with minimal effort!
Slice them around 1/3 inch (3 mm). When the potatoes are boiled, take the husk off, and start slicing them. By doing this, you can be sure that every potato piece cooks uniformly and thin enough.
How Much in Advance Can You Prepare Potato Salad?
When ready to serve, potato salad can be refrigerated or served immediately. Although leftovers can be kept for around 3 to 4 days, it is best served the same day it is prepared!
Also, I wouldn’t advise freezing potato salad since it doesn’t freeze well.
Easiest Potato Onion Salad – Perfect Summer Side Dish Recipe
Ingredients
- 5-6 medium potatoes (gold, red or Russet)
- 1 big yellow onion (white or red)
- half a lemon (lemon juice)
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil (for drizzling; per taste)
- salt & black pepper (per taste)
- dill or parsley (minced)
- tuna (optional)
- hard-boiled eggs (optional)
- mayonnaise (optional)
Instructions
- If you're not in a hurry, you can wash it well, then boil it, cool it, then peel it, and slice it (1/3 inch /3 mm wide) or cut it into rings or cubes. If you're in a hurry and you don't mind if the potatoes fall apart a little while stirring (the taste remains the same anyway), you can peel them, cut them, and then place it to boil. I prefer the second way because the cooking and preparation process is much shorter.
- Peel the onion, cut it into thin slices, and place in a medium bowl. Season it with salt and pepper, pour in lemon juice, vinegar, and olive oil, then let everything sit while the potatoes cool.
- Place the potatoes in a bowl with the onion and spices and mix everything gently but thoroughly. If necessary, add more salt, pepper, or vinegar. Serve and enjoy!
