Get Ready for Summer Cookouts with our Smashed Potato Salad Recipe

Christie shows Bridget to make Smashed Potato Salad.
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[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

That looks really good...only thing I would add is celery seed.

[@sm3296]

For A great spin on potato salad, add caramelized onions, add finely chopped pickled jalapeño and a bit of the juice. Soooo good.

[@angko-pe]

Christie is delightful. I'm glad she's part of your team!

[@starplatinum6659]

Best potato salad, its my go to for picnics and potlucks

[@joescoggins5937]

My father and my mother were both from Georgia. My father's speacialty was smashed potatoes. My mother, on the other hand, made mashed potato salad for about 48 Sundays per year. They were made with mashed potatoes, Miricle Whip, Heinz sweet relish, finely chopped onions, salt and pepper, and on special occasions, boiled eggs were included. It was served cold, and to this day is my favorite way to have potatoes.

[@LetsBeClear87]

I do this recipe with a slight twist. Instead of sweet pickle I do the kosher dill and use some of the brine and spice from the bottom of the jar in the sauce, Dijon, and some siracha. No egg, add diced green pepper white onion and a lot more celery instead of scallions. Celery seed. Crumbled bacon. Still smash and leave on skins. Cookout approved. (Surprisingly good German style: served hot with a side of red cabbage.)

[@1tinac]

I love this show. All all all of them do I want to make.

[@lrein077]

I'm a sucker for picnic style potato salad. Awesome job!

[@xavierxrc]

Basically made Mac sauce in a potato salad: mustard, vinegar, relish (pickles) onions and mayo. If you're from the south this is standard potato salad sauce mix.

[@passiveagressive4983]

xavierxrc wierd😂🇬🇧🙏

[@joanbelmont5450]

You could boil the eggs with the potatoes and use pickle juice instead of the water for the dressing.

[@Puzzledrev]

Their recipe for potato salad, using pickle juice is the best! Agree that eggs and potatoes should be boiled together.

[@lindakay1700]

I totally agree!! I like klaussen pickles instead of sweet - then add a T. or so of sweet pickle relish. I loved this PERFECT technique though 🥰

[@reneecorhn9681]

This is the first potato salad I made that did not get watery the next day. I LOVE COOK COUNTRY and this potato salad was easy to make. I used dill and sweet relish but drain any extra liquid out. This is my go to potato salad from now on. Just have to find a way to not use do many dishes but it is worth it.

[@hollym5873]

This potato salad looks great. Thanks ladies

[@susanr791]

I think is the recipe I’ve been looking for to make creamy potato salad!

[@TheAsstdir]

I am excited to make this!

[@starplatinum6659]

Best potato salad recipe, I made this, I got so many compliments

[@jb51010]

I made this today , fantastic, thats all I can say!

[@andrewaway]

I might just try this.

[@adamlevine9563]

Made this a few weeks ago. Fantastic.

[@34BigPete]

This is a really good video. I changed it a bit by adding pepperoncini, bacon and celery. Instead of using water to dilute the mayo I used picke juice instead as well.

[@mariacervantes5077]

Looks delicious!!!

[@williamfluck148]

Great Job Gals! Easy to follow, fun to watch, I love cooking like this be even if it's the Winter. Grilled up some Hotdogs and Cheddarwurst, Cole Slaw as well, thanks again for sharing your recipe, always happy to find some pleasant moments be during the Twilight Zone of Covid19!

[@smittyfuel]

Use pickle juice instead of water!

[@joanbelmont5450]

Exactky!

[@MsLansones]

My oldest hates the crunchiness of the pickles but is okay with the flavor, so I forgo the pickles and use the juice. He loves my potato salad. 😊

[@1QYITSTORM]

Great idea

[@finding_thriving]

Genius!

[@jacobaddison2929]

13 cups of pickle juice is a lot.

[@blshea]

I just made this following your recipe to a T and it’s chilling to take to a bbq this afternoon. I tasted it and it’s the real deal!

[@pamowen3452]

Yummy! I know who will be making Smashed potato salad, I love this channel!

[@christianhansen3292]

yum yum that looks soo delish.

[@sternits]

Use red onion instead of scallions for a slightly different texture/flavor. Need celery for crunch. I never add that much water; just a tablespoon or 2 of pickle juice instead.

[@longhairbear]

I made this! Fantastic. I used vintage kitchen equipment. The potatoes were cooked in a 1950's era Sunbeam food cooker/ deep fryer using the fry basket as a colander that hangs in the well. The pickles, celery, were chopped using the food chopper attachment on my WWII era Sunbeam Mixmaster. The scallions were hand chopped, and I left out the onion because of dietary restrictions. The "sauce" was mixed using the Sunbeam Mixmaster also. While I was tempted to mash the potatoes using my Sunbeam Mixmaster's whipped potato setting, on speed dial 6... I instead coarsely mashed using my mom's old Ekco potato masher. The only disappointment for me was leaving the skins on. I wanted to use the potato peeler attachment to my Mixmaster. The hard boiled eggs were steamed in a vintage Sunbeam Egg Cooker circa 1950 to perfection. Great recipe, thanks. Serving it to the neighbor millennials coming over for movie nite, along with Pineapple sausages broiled in our vintage 1950's Sears Kenmore Rotisserie, using a vintage "Weenie Wheel" attachment to the rotisserie spit rod. The hot dog rolls will be warmed on the top tray of the rotisserie, and then placed in a West Bend Bun Warmer on the hot plate that came with our vintage West Bend bean cooker. Your potato salad recipe will be proudly served from a vintage West Bend Penguin hot/cold server out on our poolside patio, next to our new Tiki Bar. It's Palm Springs, it's what we do...LOL. BTW, I grew up in Salem MA.

[@mychaldbeausoleil3043]

Made it twice! ❤️

[@Netafied]

To preserve nutrients & flavor, boil the water first & then add the potatoes to begin the boiling.

[@marabevan6524]

I use Dijon mustard instead of yellow mustard, crumbled bacon, some finely grated carrots, chopped dill pickles (and a bit of pickle juice), scallions.

[@adhithmathewjacob1463]

Ooh America's test kitchen the last day I was reading one of your cake book in which you wrote every single procedure of cake soo simple and easy and it applies for the same in this recipe as you make a boring potato salad super interesting ,simple and also really tasty .Love you America's test kitchen keep doing your great work appreciate it😁😁😍😍😍😜😜

[@anamira2908]

Mild food is never boring

[@johnward7894]

Between Christie and Ella two wonderful ladies at American test kitchen.

[@giovannirobleto9807]

Wow love it

[@donsperanza2926]

Just made this and it is perfect. As good as my mother's and that's saying something.

[@cindypattana6071]

I made this today. It's delicious!! Making it this way from now on. :)

[@longhairbear]

Love this recipe to add to my mashed potato salad, and regular potato salad recipes. Could you do old fashioned grilling on charcoal? Ya know, not a Weber Kettle , but Hibachi, or retro half hood charcoal grill recipes?

[@andycofin6983]

I always add finely chopped fresh dill, dill pickle liquid and chopped pickle or two, as well.

[@moogie1954]

I incorporate the hard cooked yolks into the dressing and use the sweet pickle juice instead of adding vinegar to the potatoes and also to "thin out" the dressing.

[@gigidodson]

Use dill pickle juice to season the potatos! Its so much better. Use cornichons and brine! It is so good.

[@amelialevenson2026]

This recipe has inspired me to make my own potato salad recipe. I left out the vinegar, used dill pickles instead of sweet, and added a little Old Bay seasoning...Marylanders will know what I’m talking about. Delish!

[@brightstarlit]

Yum!!!

[@bH-eo5tz]

The option of a beer at a picnic? Though beer was a requirement for all picnics.

[@maryp5127]

My FAVORITE potato salad almost like I make it but NO sweet pickles.

[@xiaotuzi.fnb1]

😍😍👍🏻👍🏻 Please more potatoes salads and pasta salads

[@passiveagressive4983]

I add capers and artichokes with pickled red onion. Delish!🇬🇧

[@patriciaeorourke]

Throw the eggs into the same pot as the potatoes and boil everything together! Real time saver.

[@xomarahdickison7567]

I use pickle juice instead, a bit of sour cream so that it’s not too mayonnaisey, and finely dice half of an apple for sweetness. Sweet, tangy, creamy, good!

[@blackenigma1054]

You people are AMAZING!🔥🔥🔥👍🏿😂🤣

[@Lucky4991]

I love potato salad so much! I know it’s not good for you but it’s so yummy. I grew up using red bell pepper instead of Celery And we always smashed half of the potatoes to basically mashed potatoes and then add it with some chunks so then there was differences in texture. So good

[@brohdaw]

I never thought to smash some of the potatoes until I first seen this. I am 51 and I’m so sad that I just now learned this trick

[@MistressOnyaCox]

B4 i cook anything i double check with #ATK & #AltonBrown 😂❤❤❤

[@Grania52]

Just made this for our Memorial Day BBQ 💜 🇱🇷 Didn't have white wine vinegar (or I just couldn't find it) so I used rice wine vinegar. Pheeeew! My hubby smelled it 3 rooms away. Overpowering in smell and taste. Needed to add extra sweet pickles and the juice from the jar to tame it. Won't be eating it until this afternoon... wish us luck 😉

[@anderander5662]

Use the sweet pickle juice instead of the vinegar and it'll be even better

[@leoverran311]

Add radishes

[@jacobbengera7035]

Thank you from 🇮🇱🇮🇱❤️👍

[@Leguminator]

5:26 One of the best reaction shots! I'm making this for the July 4 weekend.

[@johnward7894]

It needs some paprika and some boiled eggs on top

[@DOCStudios]

Оч. вкусный салат.

[@BFerry10]

Could you slightly enhance the potato flavor by reserving a cup of the water drained from the potatoes? This could then be used in the dressing.

[@EnPeeSee]

My only reservation about that: it will have a lot of starch in it, and might make the finished salad stodgy.

[@andreasfort1599]

I save some of the potato water for thinning the mayo and mustard.

[@mangopilar]

German Mustard is a great kick to your potato salad, I also add eggs, celery, and shredded carrots to mine.

[@silvialivick3034]

I use some bacon and use the grease from the bacon..its a yum

[@thecleankitchen7898]

Love this recipe! I like Miracle Whip better than Mayo.

[@TheWhitePhoenix2]

Why didn’t they use the water from the boiled potatoes?

[@over50t66]

👍

[@sinndymorr6358]

Interesting...my Grandmother used condensed milk to thin out her Miracle Whip. Didn't mind the sweetness of Miracle Whip as a child but now I don't like anything sugary in a potato salad. Mayo and dill pickles are preferred in our household.

[@suzannebenz8928]

Did you mean Evaporated Milk???? Condensed milk is exceedingly sweet...for deserts. Try Hellman's Mayonnaise: it has a much better flavor.

[@missmable6015]

I use milk instead of water.

[@user-yc4fp6ij8l]

Is it better to use gas stove

[@judybarrett2113]

This is much like my mothers potato salad, which I would and still will eat and love if the eggs are left out. thanks

[@barnfly6945]

Is there a German potato salad recipe show?

[@Dr.Nagyonfaj]

Have to disagree with Bridget - Coleman's hot English mustard is king. :-)

[@lindapugh4778]

Hi!

[@Trayne1837]

Why the vinegar at the beginning ?

[@anamira2908]

These people are too happy, they scare me

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟🌟 POTOTO SALAD 😋 YUMMY ❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,

[@warmoth68]

I’m a Bridget fan! She’s delicious! 😜😜

[@Brian-vq4hx]

I feel attacked when she said yellow mustard was the best.

[@protocolofficer2629]

To each their own. Today at lunch, I needed mustard for a simple ham sandwich. I had 5 different mustards available and chose good old ball park yellow mustard knowing that it is my favourite! Yowza!

[@soxxy22]

My favorite is honey mustard. But regular yellow mustard is a classic

[@PeggySMitchell]

My Moms recipe was peel and dice 6 Yukon Gold potatoes, boil 6 hard boiled eggs, dice a yellow onion, one bunch of green onions two stalks of celery. Sauce: mayo, bread and butter pickle juice and a tablespoon of yellow mustard, salt and pepper. Then my Mom would get a big bowl, and get in there with her hands and mix and squish everything together, add dressing, chill for a few hours. The fights would break out to get enough of her potato salad before it was gone. Tasted even better the next day.

[@susanb5058]

That sounds so delicious!!

[@borisc6714]

Add some crispy bacon, and you got me...

[@SirLunchalot2]

I do not usually comment on a 4 year old video, but you girls seem to think this half mashed and half chunky tater salad is a new thing? That is the only way my family made it. I won't comment on the seasoning or other ingredients because everyone does that to their own taste. If you would use russet taters, just stop cooking them before they are too soft, then when you stir in the other ingredients, you will have the same result, less dishwashing, and better tasting taters. Like Columbo, "just one more thing", leaving tater peeling in dishes must be a generational thing. I don't know a single person in my age group of friends that likes that. Not a criticism just an observation. At least you had mustard in it, great job, I love your videos.

[@gayguy9603]

This isn’t rocket science. They act like they invented something new. They didn’t.

[@morganchilds9054]

The only thing I do differently with this recipe is that I take the sweet pickles and I throw them in the trash, where all sweet pickles belong, and I use dill pickles so that the end result is edible.

[@riachaffee3292]

I disagree with your comment but thoroughly enjoyed it 😂

[@carolynvermeulen9065]

Anyone know about mashed potato salad with tomatoes? Had this 20 yrs ago while in Florida at cookout. It was good but did not ask how it was made. Help.

[@Sun-Soul]

Was it a creamy salad? I've had it too, but it wasn't creamy. If you type in potato and tomato salad in the search bar here on KZbin, you'll see a couple recipes come up. Hope one if them is what you're looking for! 😊

[@carolynvermeulen9065]

@@Sun-Soul It was like regular potato salad but the potatoes were mushy and sort of creamy dressing. It has been a really long time since I tasted it for the first time. Maybe the potatoes were just cooked too much.

[@daiseydearman1513]

You missing crushed garlic

[@karensteel7642]

I would add bacon bits to this

[@pichanliwag9132]

I thought its Kaden Kross in the thumbnail.

[@shannonclark8091]

I can’t believe you used water in that. Why smash potatoes they are fine in chunks!

[@iblessyou.forextrablessing7597]

Like japanese

[@annedwyer797]

As a mustard enthusiast, I cannot let Bridget's statement abt yellow mustard being superior go unchallenged. Sorry, Bridget, but yellow salad mustard is the Bud Light of mustards 😝. Dijon/stoneground/any variety other than yellow mustard is vastly superior!!

[@GeorgeWTush]

No eggs in potato salad. Ever!

[@tomsaaristo6294]

Just missing crispy bacon

[@Jemima1377]

Looks good, a bit too much mayo IMO, but nice. I still don't understand why anyone would need a receipe to boil eggs though. O.o

[@lareinadiondra6027]

People overcook them or undercook them.

[@LetsBeClear87]

Trust me there are a thousand ways to eff it up

[@lani2023]

I cannot abide by cold potato salad. Has to be room temperature or I hate it. I'd have eaten it as soon as it was mixed. Also, give me chopped cornichon, and dill over sweet pickles any day. And I prefer finely minced shallot I've green onion. I despise green onion and unpeeled potatoes are ok in over roasted but cold or smash? 😝

[@doloresleyva8810]

I would never add wate to mayo ever! Just use plenty of good quality mayo and your potato salad will be creamy. Sorry but mayo is made with oil and oil and water don't mix. I usually love their recipes but they missed on this one.

[@ravenblackhawke]

I hate the never ending constant wiki buy commercials, and because of that I would never use wiki buy for any reason.

[@lareinadiondra6027]

I don't know what that is. I'm not seeing them so far.

[@sellysmith8903]

1:27 ha ha ha....two women in the kitchen! LOL

[@kurtjohnson4816]

I'd prefer a waxy spud, like a red. I don't get the water, or the yellow mustard, and definitely not the sweet pickles. I like most of the recipes on this channel, but this one is not for me.

[@michaelwest9311]

I have no idea where they get these so called "Southern" recipes. I lived in central MS for 50 years and most of these recipes are completely foreign to me.

[@Natalia-en7jl]

As a Brazilian, I truly don't understand American cuisine

[@barronjacksonjameson7144]

For the love of God will you please specify what kind of salt. Kosher, sea, table, etc. I've watched all of these and only once or twice has the salt been specified. Kinda important.

[@antmoore9664]

Yes your right ! I want to know what type of water do you use to boil the potatoes bottled water,filtered water recycled water or toilet water.I find toilet water has the most flavour 😂

[@passiveagressive4983]

As a Brit, this THE WEIRDEST POTATO RECIPE I HAVE EVER SEEN🇬🇧😂😂😂