The BEST Creamy Ensalada de Papa Recipe!

Ensalada de Papa Ingredients 

These are the basic ingredients to make Puerto Rican Potato Salad (Ensalada de Papa Receta); potatoes, mayonnaise, hard boiled eggs, yellow mustard, onion, celery, pickles, and paprika.

Our Ensalada de Coditos, Southern Egg Salad, and Creamy Dill Pickle Pasta Salad are other great cold macaroni salad recipes to make for family and friends. 

Best Potatoes For Potato Salad

You can’t go wrong with red, gold or russet potatoes when making potato salad recipes. We tend to use red potatoes for potato salad as we usually have them on hand.

To make skin on potato salad we’d stick with the red or gold. When making russet potato salad, we recommend removing the skin. 

Puerto Rican Potato Salad Variations

Here are a few popular variations of Ensalada de Coditos – this recipe, as written is potato and egg salad (ensalada de huevo y papa):

Potato Salad Recipe With No Eggs (Ensalada de Papa con huevo)- Omit the eggs altogether. You don’t need to replace them with anything.

Potato Salad with Miracle Whip – Replace the mayonnaise with equal parts Miracle Whip. No other edits are needed.

Potato Salad With Mustard – Instead of yellow mustard you can use Dijon Mustard or Horseradish Mustard.

Of course if you’re looking for a classic potato salad recipe, this Southern Potato Salad Recipe is a keeper.