Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Fast. Excluding the time to chill (optional) this dish is ready in under 30 minutes. Easy. Chop your ingredients, cook the potatoes and eggs in your Instant Pot, create the dressing, and mix. Just follow a few simple steps for a delicious Instant Pot Potato Salad.Vegetarian. Unlike some other potato salad recipes, this one doesn’t include bacon or ham.Delicious. This recipe tastes just as good, if not better than the potato salad you grew up eating.
What Are The Best Potatoes For Potato Salad?
This is a very heated question among a lot of home cooks I’ve asked. Many swear by using waxy potatoes (such as red potatoes), but many people swear by using a more starchy potato (think Russet or Idaho potatoes). The reason many people choose to use waxy potatoes over starchy potatoes is that they are afraid of the potatoes releasing too much starch and creating a gluey consistency. If you follow my cooking instructions, you can use any potato you happen to have in your pantry. The ingredients I listed below lists fingerling, but feel free to get creative with your choice of potato.
Ingredients You’ll Need
PotatoesMayonnaiseMustardRelishCeleryOnionEggsVinegarSaltPepperPaprikaDillCelery Seed
How To Make Instant Pot Potato Salad
Prepare The Potato Salad
Make The Dressing
Finish And Serve
Tips And Tricks
Cut your potatoes into uniform pieces to ensure they cook evenly.Stir the dressing into your potato salad GENTLY to avoid creating a mashed potato salad. The potatoes become very tender in the Instant Pot. Peel your hard-boiled eggs under running water to remove the shell easily. Pour the vinegar over the cooked potatoes immediately after cooking and draining them. This will help them absorb the acidity of the vinegar.
Can You Freeze Potato Salad?
Technically, you CAN freeze potato salad and it will be safe to eat when it is defrosted at a later date. Typically freezing anything with dairy in it will not have the same texture after it is frozen and reheated. I have found that freezing potato salad and defrosting it leads to a more watery consistency.
How Long Does Potato Salad Last?
This Instant Pot Potato Salad is best enjoyed 3-4 days after it is prepared when stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
What Do You Serve With Instant Pot Potato Salad?
Potato salad is a great side dish for any potluck, barbecue, or just a comforting meal. Here are a few of my favorite things to serve with it:
Crispy Pork BellyKeto MeatloafAir Fryer Pork TenderloinAir Fryer Pork ChopsSous Vide Steak
More Instant Pot Side Dishes
If you love how quick and easy it was to make this Instant Pot Potato Salad, check out some more of my tasty Instant Pot side dishes:
Instant Pot Baked BeansInstant Pot Corn on the CobBaked PotatoesInstant Pot Mashed PotatoesInstant Pot Green Beans
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