Homemade Potato Salad for a Crowd
This 5 ingredient potato salad is both easy and delicious. It includes party proportions so you can easily make this potato salad for your family or make potato salad for 50 or more!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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To serve 10 people (a family sized recipe):
- 6 medium potatoes
- 5 hard boiled eggs
- 1 1/2 cup celery, diced
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 1 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
To serve 25 people:
- 5 pounds potatoes
- 1 dozen hard boiled eggs
- 3 cups celery, diced
- 3/4 cup onion, diced
- 2 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
To serve 50 people:
- 10 pounds potatoes
- 2 dozen hard boiled eggs
- 1 bunch celery, diced
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 quart (4 cups) mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
To serve 75 people:
- 15 pounds potatoes
- 3 dozen hard boiled eggs
- 1 1/2 bunches celery, diced
- 2 large onions, diced
- 1 1/2 quart mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Peel, wash and cube potatoes into large chunks (about the size of a nickel).
- Put potatoes in a large saucepan of cold salted water and bring to a boil.
- Boil potatoes over medium-high heat until potatoes are tender (about 15 minutes). Test by poking with a fork.
- While potatoes are boiling, dice onions and celery into small pieces.
- Peel and chop the hard-boiled eggs.
- Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl while the potatoes are still hot.
- Stir in mayonnaise. Add more or less mayonnaise to taste. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cool potato salad in the fridge until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 scoop, around 1/2 cup
- Calories: 94
- Sugar: 1.5g
- Sodium: 16mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.9g
- Carbohydrates: 10.4g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Protein: 2.3g
- Cholesterol: 42mg
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