Jive Chive Potato Salad

Chive Potato Salad

This is another recipe from my friend Callie-from-Maine.  She made it for me at the family 'camp' on a lovely little lake in Maine.  It is not your mother's potato salad, but it is amazing.

Ingredients:

2 lbs potatoes (I like creamery whites or red salad potatoes)

3 cloves garlic (or fewer if you don’t want it too garlicky).

1 tsp. salt

3 ½ TBSP. fresh lemon juice

1/3 cup mayonnaise

1 TBSP. hot water

¼ cup chopped fresh chives

Instructions:

1. Boil potatoes until just tender (15-20 minutes).
2. Cool to handle.
3. Peel and cut into good-size chunks.
4. Mince garlic and mash into a paste with the 1 tsp. salt.
5. Whisk together paste, lemon juice, mayo, and hot water.
6. Add potatoes and chives to dressing and toss well.
7. Season salad to taste with additional lemon, salt, and pepper

Chill.

May make 1 day before.

Before serving, toss salad with 1 – 2 TBSP water to moisten.