Best Ever Potato Salad

Servings : 14

Prep Time : 20 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Extra Time : 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients :

• 2kg desiree potatoes
• 440g whole egg mayonnaise (recommend 400ml ETA Potato Salad dressing)
• 6 eggs
• Bunch of spring onions
• 8 rashers short cut rind-less bacon
• 1 ¹/₂ tsp onion salt
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder

Method

Step 1
Hard boil the eggs by placing in a pot, cover with salted tap water and bring to boiling. Turn off the heat, cover and let sit for 17 minutes. Cool under running water, crack all over and leave in fridge covered with cold water for an hour to cool. They should be easy to peel now. Cut into quarters.

Step 2
Meanwhile peel potatoes if you wish but the salad works just as well un-peeled. Dice the potatoes into 3cm cubes and place in a large pot and cover with salted tap water. Bring to boil and cook for approximately 10 minutes, check regularly, the potatoes should be just cooked, not falling apart. Drain and refrigerate for 2 hours (very important). This helps to stop the potatoes from falling apart when mixing in the rest of the ingredients.

Step 3
Chop spring onions into 5mm pieces, do not use the dark green part of the onion.

Step 4
Fry bacon quickly over high heat so it is browned but not too crispy. Drain on paper towel and slice into thin strips.

Step 5
Mix together the mayonnaise, onion salt and garlic powder and mix through with the potatoes, eggs, spring onions and bacon.

Step 6
Lasts for a few days in the fridge so you can prepare the salad in advance and tastes even better once all the flavours are infused together!  I highly recommend making this the night before it is needed.