Julia's American-Style Potato Salad

Course Main Dishes

Ingredients in this Recipe

1 cup or so mayonnaise, homemade if possible (pages 117 and 120)
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup chicken stock or potato cooking water
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced thin
2 pounds large Yukon Gold potatoes, or other waxy, boiling potatoes
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped pickle, sweet or dill
2/3 cup finely chopped onion
3 or 4 slices crisply cooked bacon, chopped or crumbled
3 tablespoons or so finely chopped fresh chives or scallions, including a bit of their tender green
Canned red pimiento, diced; sliced hard boiled eggs; tomato quarters; parsley sprigs (optional)
Crisp whole red leaf or other lettuce leaves
Salt and freshly ground white pepper
Sour cream (optional)

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