Julia's American-Style Potato Salad Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 2 pounds large Yukon Gold potatoes, or other waxy, boiling potatoes
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup chicken stock or potato-cooking water
• 2/3 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
• 3 or 4 slices crisply cooked bacon, chopped or crumbled
• 2 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped pickle, sweet or dill
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and sliced thin
• 3 tablespoons or so finely chopped fresh chives or scallions, including a bit of their tender green
• Salt and freshly ground white pepper
• 1 cup or so mayonnaise, homemade if possible
• Sour cream (optional)
• Crisp whole red-leaf or other lettuce leaves
• Canned red pimiento, diced; sliced hard-boiled eggs; tomato quarters; parsley sprigs (optional)