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Potato Salad (Southern Ontario Style)

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Ingredients

Makes
20
  • 2 pounds small white potatoes (use waxy or red potatoes)
  • Salt
  • Ground pepper
  • 2 large hard boiled eggs, chopped
  • 4 medium red onion, chopped finely
  • 2 tbsp chopped sweet basil leaves
  • 4 cup corn
  • 1 cup freshly-squeezed lemon juice (from 2–3 lemons)
  • 2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp pasta seasoning
  • 1 tbsp standard prepared mustard
  • 3 tbsp HP Bold steak sauce

Ingredients for 20 servings (2.8 kg) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Place potatoes mixed with mustard and HP steak sauce along with 2 tablespoons of salt in a large pot of water. Bring the water to a boil, cook for 45–55 minutes, until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife. Drain the potatoes in a colander.

    Stovetop
  2. 2

    Meanwhile, boil the eggs in water for about 30 minutes until hard-boiled. Drain water and let cold water run over the eggs before peeling the shell. Once shells are peeled, dice the eggs and place in a large bowl.

    Stovetop
  3. 3

    Sauté some diced onions until light golden brown and add to the bowl with eggs.

  4. 4

    When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them in quarters, or smaller, depending on their size. Place the potatoes in the bowl with the eggs. Add the corn along with some salt, pepper and pasta seasoning to the potato and egg mixture. Set aside.

  5. 5

    In a small bowl add the lemon juice while whisking in olive oil slowly. Add to the potatoes, mix all ingredients. Chill for 3 hours, cover with extra HP sauce, enjoy.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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