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Cajun Potato Salad

Prep Time 45 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Cajun
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 6 medium potatoes Red are traditional, Yukon Gold are also good peeled and cut in quarters
  • 6 eggs
  • 3/4 cup mayo
  • ¼ cup yellow mustard
  • ¾ - 1 cup dill pickle juice
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste, but be generous!

Optional veggies, add just before serving.

  • ½ bell pepper diced
  • 1 stalk celery diced
  • 1 green onion chopped
  • 1-2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley or chives

Instructions
 

  • Place your potatoes in a large enough pot and cover with water (do not salt the water).
  • Place the eggs in the top of the same pot and bring it to a boil.
  • After boiling for 10 minutes, remove the eggs to ice water and continue to boil the potatoes until they easily break up.
  • Drain the potatoes and then put them into a large bowl.
  • Peel the eggs, cut them in half and then separate the whites and the yolks to separate bowls.
  • Chop the egg whites.
  • Crush the boiled yolks with a fork into small crumbles. Add the mayo, mustard and dill pickle juice to the yolks and mix it thoroughly.
  • Season the mayo mix with salt and black pepper, then add some more black pepper.
  • Smash the potatoes into small pieces, like a poor job of mashed potatoes (half mashed, half small pieces).
  • Combine the potatoes, egg whites and the mayo mix.
  • Taste and adjust:
  • If it seems too stiff, add some more mayo.
  • If it needs more tang, add some more mustard or pickle juice.
  • If it needs more seasoning, add salt and pepper (especially, more black pepper).
  • Add the diced veggies just before serving and stir through. The goal is that the potato salad is still warm, is creamy, but the veggies add some crunch.