I like using small red potatoes with the skin intact for my potato salad, and Chanie says I can do it, if I want, but it’s not authentic. Her way, the Israeli way, offers a more delicate flavor as opposed to the more rustic American-style potato salads. The recipe here is very similar to my grandparents’ Romanian chicken salad, they would add cubed cooked (usually leftover soup or roast) chicken in addition to or in place of the potatoes. Tip! Using a tablespoon or two of pickle juice is a quick and easy way to flavor the dressing. But it is a pungent flavor, so start with 1 tablespoon and taste before adding the 2nd if desired.
Israeli Potato Salad
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup regular or light mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika plus a dash
- 1-2 tablespoons pickle juice
- 4 large red-skinned potatoes about 1 3/4 pounds, peeled and boiled
- 1 medium carrot peeled and boiled
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
- 4 medium Israeli pickles diced
- 1/4 cup frozen peas thawed, optional
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Combine mayonnaise, paprika, and pickle juice. Whisk to combine.
- Once completely cooled, cube cooked potatoes, carrot and eggs. Place in a bowl with pickles and peas. Add the mayonnaise dressing. Toss gently to evenly coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Finish with a dash of paprika.
- Serve immediately or store tightly sealed in the refrigerator. Will keep for about 3 days.
Do you add the 4 Israeli diced pickles and the thawed peas before you add the mayonnaise dressing or after? Thank you.
Add before the dressing so it mixed with all
Thank you so much Tamar. I really appreciate your quick reply.
Have a zissen Pesach.
Every time I see an unusual recipe which utilizes peas, I smile as it reminds me of Israelis who seem to love peas in many things they make. I love to make pea soup with carrots, potatoes, onion, some barley and marrow bone. Jaime also has a recipe where she utilizes meat in the soup. Gotta make it
There are more and cheaper Israeli products in the US than they are in Israel. EAST COAST: – kosher butcher shops, Waldbaums, ShopRite, Key foods, etc. WEST COAST: Ralph’s Vons and Kosher Butcher Shops. Amazon also sells Israeli pickles and other Israeli products. SOUTH:
Florida, Georgia, Tennessee are loaded with Kosher products. I personally bought Israeli products in Texas years ago when going to school in Mexico. Even Mexico City has loads of Israeli products
NOT an israeli potato salad! (happens to be the Frigin Name of the Article)
go ELSEWHERE.
maybe this difficult task
(boil a potato a carrot and an egg,chop with a pikel and some miyo done) should be left to an israeli,not some Shtetl refuge.
(never used caps before in my life)
Ya alla!
(Oh ya flag as inappropriate button is on the right___>)
I use my mother’s recipe: 2 lbs of potatoes boiled whole, in skin, cool so you can hold it, peel & dice; 1 can of peas & carrots drained & rinsed; finely diced red onion to taste; diced pickles, in brine, 3-4 to taste (Israeli best, canned, found in Kosher aisle if your store has one); mayo (I use Helkamans light) as much as you feel you want; 3-4 hard boiled eggs, diced; a splash of yellow mustard to add colour & take flavour to the next level.
Just look in the Kosher aisle for canned Israeli pickles, that is if you have a Kosher section. If not, use old, not new, dill pickles in brine.
Absolutely leave the skins on. Be sure to start the potatoes in cold water so the skins don’t crack.
Use whatever pickle you like. Israeli pickles tend to be more acidic…but use what you have on hand.
Enjoy!
Since we do not have Israeli pickles in the US (at least I’ve never seen them) what would be the nearest substitute? Kosher Dill? Polish Dill? Sweet?
Oh, and I love to leave the skins on, too. Why discard all those vitamins? – beside, it’s less work (the older I get, the more important that is!)
OH Ronnie!!! Who knew? That must be why we like each other so much!
Can never have too many potato salads and who cares if it’s authentic? Only has to be delicious. My grandparents were Romanian too; great cooks!