Potato Salad With Black Olives Recipes

LELA'S FOURTH OF JULY POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. (You may need two pots.) Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until fork-tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Start checking for doneness after 1 hour. Drain and rinse the potatoes with cold running water.
• Place black olives, green olives, pickle chips, onion, and hard-cooked eggs into a large heavy-duty disposable foil pan. When the potatoes are cool, chop them into small pieces and gently mix them with the olive-egg mixture.
• Combine mayonnaise and yellow mustard together. Add the dressing to the salad ingredients and mix well. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

WARM POTATO SALAD WITH OLIVES

Steps:

• Slice potatoes 1/4 inch thick and place in a large saucepan. Add salted water to cover by about 1 inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer potatoes until tender, 6 to 8 minutes; do not overcook. Drain and transfer to a bowl.
• Add red onion, and Kalamata olives to the warm potatoes; toss gently.
• Whisk vinegar, parsley, olive oil, thyme, salt, pepper, and sugar together in a small bowl. Pour dressing over potato mixture, tossing gently. Serve warm or at room temperature.

HERBY POTATO SALAD WITH SMASHED OLIVES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a large pot; add 2 teaspoons salt and enough water to cover generously. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the potatoes, until just tender when pierced with a fork. (Be careful not to overcook!) Drain and set aside until just cool enough to handle.
• While the potatoes cook, in a large bowl, combine the vinegar and mustard with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Add the olives, shallot and capers, and set aside to marinate for 10 to 20 minutes.
• When the potatoes are just cool enough to handle, cut them in half (or quarters, to end up with bite-size pieces), and add them to the bowl with the dressing. Gently combine and set aside to cool completely, tossing occasionally.
• Stir in the mint and parsley, along with more salt and pepper to taste, and serve the potato salad at room temperature.

POTATO SALAD WITH OLIVES AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with a pinch of salt using side of a large heavy knife. Transfer to a large bowl and whisk in vinegar, salt, and red-pepper flakes, then whisk in oil.
• Add hot potatoes to vinaigrette and toss to coat. Let stand until potatoes cool to warm, about 30 minutes, then stir in peppers, parsley, and olives. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ITALIAN POTATO SALAD WITH BACON AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Combine all the dressing ingredients together.
• Toss with potatoes, bacon, mushrooms, onion and garlic.
• Cover and chill for at least 2 hours, will taste even better overnight.

POTATO SALAD WITH KALAMATA-HAZELNUT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, place a steamer basket over 1 in. water. Place potatoes in basket. Bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer; steam, covered, until tender, 15-18 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl; refrigerate 30 minutes., Place 2 tablespoons hazelnuts in a food processor. Add 4 tablespoons rice vinegar, water, oil, oregano, garlic, sugar, salt, pepper flakes and pepper. Pulse until blended. Stir in olives and remaining hazelnuts., Peel and thinly slice avocados; toss with remaining vinegar. Layer a fourth of the potatoes, avocados and onion in a large bowl; drizzle with a fourth of the vinaigrette. Repeat layers 3 times. Serve at room temperature.

POTATO AND OLIVE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cover potatoes with 2 inches cold water. Add salt and bring to a boil over high heat; cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes and return to pan. Add oil, vinegar, olives, and parsley. Toss to combine, and season with salt and pepper.

COLD POTATO SALAD WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES AND FETA

Steps:

• Wash and scrub the potatoes (leave unpeeled) then cook in boiling salted water for about 25-30 minutes, or until fork-tender; drain, and cut in half, or quarters if they are large.
• Transfer to a large bowl and cool to room temperature.
• Toss lightly with white wine vinegar, cover place in the refrigerator until cold.
• Remove from the fridge and toss with olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper (you can add in more white wine vinegar at this point if desired).
• Add in cucumber, chopped tomatoes, olives and onions; toss to combine.
• Add in crumbled feta cheese; mix to combine.
• Place in a large glass bowl and place the sliced eggs around the edge of bowl.
• Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 5 hours before serving.

MASHED POTATOES WITH BLACK OLIVES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain. Transfer potatoes to large mixing bowl. Add milk and butter. Using electric mixer, beat until potatoes are smooth. Stir in olives. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl. Sprinkle with parsley; drizzle oil over.

POTATO SALAD WITH BLACK OLIVES RECIPE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in salted water until easily pierced with fork, but do not overcook, about 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch chunks and place in mixing bowl. Grate or press garlic and add to potatoes. Add olives and enough mayonnaise to coat potatoes, and mix gently but thoroughly. Taste for salt. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix again. Refrigerate until ready to serve. (May be prepared a day ahead.) This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings. Each of 10 servings: 183 calories; 241 mg sodium; 6 mg cholesterol; 9 grams fat; 25 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams protein; 0.53 gram fiber.