Puerto Rican Potato Salad is a super creamy salad loaded with vegetables and spices at the same time. The salad is easier to make at home with just a little or no effort. The salad is famous for a good reason and that is the number of nutrients and the amount of freshness it provides to your body. I still remember the first bite of the salad I had when I first made it. Puerto Rican Potato Salad turned out so flavorful that everyone adored my recipe and since then I have not stopped making it. Any day when I get confused about what to make for breakfast, lunch, or brunch, I always end up making this salad.
Puerto Rican Potato salad recipe is an easy-to-follow recipe with the most basic steps and ingredients. Boil the eggs and potatoes and then add the dressing made with all the spices and seasonings. Adding vegetables is a very healthy part of this recipe to make it a powerhouse of nutrients for your body. I am sure, you are going to love this recipe whenever you decide to try it out.
Ingredients Required for Puerto Rican Potato Salad
The list of ingredients for making potato salad at home is quite long but every ingredient is worth the price you pay. Skipping the ingredients to keep the list short will not provide you with a better taste.
- 2 1/2 pounds of peeled and sliced Russet Potatoes
- ½ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup died sweet bell peppers
- 1 cored and sliced honey-crispy apple
- 3 large-sized eggs
- 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon adobo
- 2 ½ cups of mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Sefirot
- 1/4 cup roasted and chopped red pepper
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley or cilantro
- 8 Manzanilla pitted olives
- ½ tablespoon of black pepper
- 3/4 tablespoon dried oregano
- 3/4 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon of granulated garlic powder
- 1 and half a tablespoons of Dijon mustard
For Garnishing
- Chopped cilantro or parsley leaves
- Slice roasted red peppers
- Olives
Instructions to Make the Restaurant-Style Potato Salad
The steps of preparing the potatoes, the salad dressing, and then giving the final touches to the salad are involved in it. Perform the same steps in a row to get the delicious potato salad.
Preparing the Potatoes
In a large-sized stock pot add the potatoes along with the raw eggs. Make sure to add enough water to dip the potatoes and eggs. Add cold water to the pot the cook until it gets a gentle boil. Keep the heat medium to high.
Once the water is boiled. Let it simmer for 15 more minutes. The potatoes should be softened enough in the meantime. You can use a fork or a knife to check the doneness of the potatoes.
Drain the excess water and keep the boiled eggs and potatoes aside until cool to handle.
Preparing the Salad Dressing
To prepare the potato salad dressing, you have to combine a number of different ingredients in a mixing bowl. For this purpose, take a mixing bowl and add the apple cider vinegar to it. Add the apple slices into the vinegar and let them soak for 4-5 minutes. This helps to reduce the chances of oxidation of apples.
Then you have to add the leftover dressing ingredients into a separate mixing bowl.. For this purpose add the slices of bell peppers and red onions into the bowl. Add some cilantro to it along with the roasted red pepper. Bring Sofrito along with the olives. Pour some mayo into it with the Dijon mustard. In the end, add the spices one by one.
Add in some adobo with the paprika and oregano. Add some garlic followed by the addition of black pepper. Use a spatula to mix so that the veggies are well incorporated with the spices.
Assembling the Potato Salad
Bring the hard-boiled eggs and chop them after peeling. Combine the chopped eggs with the sliced potatoes in a mixing bowl. Now fold the prepared dressing into the potato and egg mixture. Use a spatula to toss everything well together.
Cover the bowl from the top after tossing well. You can use a plastic wrap for this purpose. Then, put the bowl in the refrigerator. The salad is ready to serve. Give a good mix to the salad right before serving.
Garnishing the Salad
Make a rose out of the strips of roasted red pepper. Top the salad with the rose and also sprinkle the sliced olive all over it. Give a sprinkle of chopped parsley to the salad and serve.
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FAQS
Is it necessary to serve the salad cold?
Yes, serving the potato salad chilled is the basic way of serving it. It only tastes good when you refrigerate it before serving. This gives a very refreshing effect to the salad and one immediately feels lifted after having this healthy potato salad.
Do we add cream to potato salad?
No cream is not added to the potato salad. Cream makes the salad heavy and as you are making a lighter meal, you can simply add mayo into it. But in case you like to have the flavor of cream in your meals, you can customize the recipe and add up your own favorite ingredients in it.
Puerto Rican Potato Salad
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds of peeled and sliced Russet Potatoes
- ½ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup died sweet bell peppers
- 1 cored and sliced honey-crispy apple
- 3 large-sized eggs
- 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon adobo
- 2 ½ cups of mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Sofrito
- 1/4 cup roasted and chopped red pepper
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley or cilantro
- 8 Manzanilla pitted olives
- ½ tablespoon of black pepper
- 3/4 tablespoon dried oregano
- 3/4 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon of granulated garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
For Garnishing
- Chopped cilantro or parsley leaves
- Slice roasted red peppers
- Olives
Instructions
Instructions to Make the Restaurant-Style Potato Salad
- The steps of preparing the potatoes, the salad dressing, and then giving the final touches to the salad are involved in it. Perform the same steps in a row to get the delicious potato salad.
Preparing the Potatoes
- In a large-sized stock pot add the potatoes along with the raw eggs. Make sure to add enough water to dip the potatoes and eggs. Add cold water to the pot the cook until it gets a gentle boil. Keep the heat medium to high.
- Once the water is boiled. Let it simmer for 15 more minutes. The potatoes should be softened enough in the meantime. You can use a fork or a knife to check the doneness of the potatoes.
- Drain the excess water and keep the boiled eggs and potatoes aside until cool to handle.
Preparing the Salad Dressing
- To prepare the potato salad dressing, you have to combine a number of different ingredients in a mixing bowl. For this purpose, take a mixing bowl and add the apple cider vinegar to it. Add the apple slices into the vinegar and let them soak for 4-5 minutes. This helps to reduce the chances of oxidation of apples.
- Then you have to add the leftover dressing ingredients into a separate mixing bowl.. For this purpose add the slices of bell peppers and red onions into the bowl. Add some cilantro to it along with the roasted red pepper. Bring Sofrito along with the olives. Pour some mayo into it with the Dijon mustard. In the end, add the spices one by one.
- Add in some adobo with the paprika and oregano. Add some garlic followed by the addition of black pepper. Use a spatula to mix so that the veggies are well incorporated with the spices.
Assembling the Potato Salad
- Bring the hard-boiled eggs and chop them after peeling. Combine the chopped eggs with the sliced potatoes in a mixing bowl. Now fold the prepared dressing into the potato and egg mixture. Use a spatula to toss everything well together.
- Cover the bowl from the top after tossing well. You can use a plastic wrap for this purpose. Then, put the bowl in the refrigerator. The salad is ready to serve. Give a good mix to the salad right before serving.
Garnishing the Salad
- Make a rose out of the strips of roasted red pepper. Top the salad with the rose and also sprinkle the sliced olive all over it. Give a sprinkle of chopped parsley to the salad and serve.