Perogy Potato Salad, Summer Days & BBQ’s

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A simple and unique take on potato salad. If you are looking for potluck ideas and love perogies, you will love this peirogi potato salad recipe. Make it for a summer BBQ, a potluck or even when you are camping/glamping this summer ! It is an easy potato salad and requires very little space to prepare. If you are looking for a unique potato salad recipe, look no further! This recipe won 2nd place in the Go RV’ing: Canada’s RV Friendly recipe contest in 2013.

I adore tasty summer food that requires very little effort because well, life is short and so is summer. You can prep this peirogi potato salad in the evening when it’s a bit cooler (no oven required, just stove top) then throw it together quickly the next day and you’re off to enjoy your sunny summer festivities!

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Perogy/Pierogi Potato Salad

 If you love perogies and are looking for potluck ideas, you will love this perogy/pierogi potato salad recipe. Make it for a summer BBQ, a potluck or even when you are camping/glamping this summer ! 

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Ukrainian

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

• 2 (2 pound or .9 kg) pkgs of potatoes (rainbow pack – includes red, yellow, white, purple and blue potatoes ¾ ” – 1 5/8 ”)
• 6 hard boiled eggs
• 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp dry curd cottage cheese (90 ml)
• 2/3 cup bacon bits (best to use the ‘real’ bacon bits) (150 ml)
• 3/4 cup sauerkraut(from jar) (175 ml)
• 2 tbsp liquid from sauerkraut jar (30 ml)
• 2/3 cup mayonnaise (I use Hellman’s) (150 ml)
• 1/2 cup radishes, finely chopped (125 ml)
• 1/2 cup green onions , finely chopped (125 ml)
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard (15 ml)
• paprika to garnish

Instructions

1. Cook potatoes in boiling water until fork goes easily into them but they are still firm (about 15 minutes).

2. Drain, cool and refrigerate potatoes until cold (up to an hour).

3. Cook eggs in boiling water until hard boiled (about 10-12 minutes).

4. Remove eggs from heat and run under cold water, let sit in cold water for 10 minutes, then refrigerate (still in cold water) until cold (up to an hour) and then peel.

5. Cut each cold potato and each egg into 4 pieces.

6. Mix all the remaining ingredients together in a bowl. Add the potatoes and eggs and mix.

7. Sprinkle with paprika and refrigerate until ready to serve

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