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Best Potato Salad with diced cucumber and yellow pepper in an oval dish
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Best Potato Salad

Best Potato Salad is all you need with BBQ or grilled meat or fish.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Cooling Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Course: Accompaniment
Cuisine: British
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Susie@Everyday Cooks

Ingredients

  • 750 g salad potatoes
  • 10 cm chunk cucumber
  • 1 medium yellow pepper
  • 6 spring onions
  • 125 ml mayonnaise
  • 125 ml crème fraîche
  • Handful of chives
  • Handful of mint
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

Preparation:

  • Steam the potatoes for 20 minutes or until tender, but not overcooked
    750 g salad potatoes
  • Leave to cool in a colander for at least 1 hour

For the Best Potato Salad:

  • Cut the potatoes into 2-3cm pieces. No need to skin them unless you want to
    750 g salad potatoes
  • Wash the pepper and cut out the core and pith. Chop the flesh
    Pieces will be ½ - 1 cm
    1 medium yellow pepper
  • Remove the seeds from the cucumber and cut into similar size chunks
    10 cm chunk cucumber
  • Peel the spring onions and slice thinly
    6 spring onions
  • Mix the crème fraîche and mayonnaise thoroughly. Add all the vegetables and stir to combine
    125 ml mayonnaise, 125 ml crème fraîche
  • Chop the chives and mint and mix into the potato salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste
    Handful of chives, Handful of mint, Salt and pepper