The goal of this potato salad is to not make it overwhelmed by the dressing, but to think of it as you would a normal green salad, only with potatoes substituted for the lettuce. It is very flavorable and crunchy, unlike most other potato salads you may have had in the past where the mayo or mustard overwhelms the dish. I have made this salad for years and it always gets rave reviews.
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INGREDIENTS:
6 med. white potatoes, unpeeled, cubed, cooked
6 med. red potatoes, unpeeled, cubed, cooked
6 med yukon potatoes, unpeeled, cubed, cooked
1 cup sliced and diced celery
1 cup sliced and diced green bell pepper
1/2cup chopped green onion
6 eggs, hard-boiled
1 cup sliced black olives
1 med tomato
optional garnish (parsley?)
paprika to taste
salt to taste
The Dressing
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/2 cup lemon pepper marinade
2 tbl parmisean cheese
1 teaspoon blk pepper
dash of garlic powder
dash of chili powder
INSTRUCTIONS
Prep Time: approximately 4 hrs.
1. Peel and cut all the potatoes into approx. 1/2-inch cubes. Cook all the potatoes until a knife easily passes thru the cube. Refrigerate and chill for a minimum of 1 hr.
2. Combine the dressing ingredients (mayonnaise, marinade, cheese, black pepper, garlic powder, chili powder) together and chill for 30 minutes.
3. Combine celery, bell pepper, olives, 4 of the eggs, and green onion in a large bowl. All should be chopped and diced to approximately the same cubic size.
4. Add pototoes to the large bowl and mix well. Add more black pepper and salt to taste
5. Add dressing to the large bowl and mix well. The key is not to overwhelm the salad with dressing as usually happens in typical potato salads.
6. Flatten out the ingredients as that the top of the contents in the bowl is level.
7. Thinly slice the remaining 2 eggs and the tomato and lay them out across top of bowl's contents in a alternating, decorative manner.
8. Sprinkle the paprika to taste over the entire salad. Add decorative garnish.
9. Chill for 1 hr before serving for best flavor.
Serves 20.
 Submitted by Chef Gary M
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