How Do You Boil Potatoes For Potato Salad?
There are a lot of different recipes for making potato salad but what kind of potatoes you use and how they are cooked makes a difference in the finished salad. Here a few tips on how to boil potatoes for those of you who are just learning to cook or would like to perfect your cooking skills to fit your own recipe tastes and standards. Boil potatoes for potato salad so that they are not too hard or too soft using these how to steps. Peel the potatoes. If you are using the brown thicker skinned potatoes you should peel them. They can be peeled with the peeler or the knife. Thinner skinned red and white potatoes can have the skin left on if you prefer to have the extra healthy nutrition and color they add to the potato salad. Cut the potatoes. Cut into fourths lengthwise so the potatoes will cook evenly and quickly. Place in the kettle with enough water just to cover them. Bring to a boil on medium high heat. The water should boil enough to bubble fully but watch carefully as the foam on
