🇸🇰 Slovak Cuisine

Zemiakový Šalát

Slovak Potato Salad

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Easy

Calories 244 kcal

A creamy yet tangy potato salad with pickles, onion, hard-boiled eggs, and mustard-mayonnaise dressing. The essential accompaniment to schnitzel.

Ingredients

1kg waxy potatoes
4 hard-boiled eggs, diced
3 pickled gherkins, diced
1 small onion, finely diced
150g mayonnaise
2 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp pickle brine
Salt and pepper
Fresh chives

Instructions

1 Boil potatoes in their skins until tender. Cool, peel, and dice.
2 Combine diced potatoes, eggs, gherkins, and onion in a large bowl.
3 Mix mayonnaise, mustard, and pickle brine. Pour over the salad.
4 Fold gently to coat without mashing the potatoes.
5 Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
6 Garnish with chives. Serve alongside schnitzel or cold cuts.

Did You Know?

At Christmas in Slovakia, arguments over whether potato salad should contain peas or carrots can divide families for generations.