How long does it take to boil potatoes to make potato salad?

Answer 1

Answer: Until a fork will pierce them with little pressure.

Answer 2

While there are a variety of different recipes for making potato salad, the majority use red-skinned potatoes because they are readily available and simple to cook. For potato salad, you are looking for a tender (but not crumbly) potato.

Depending on your recipe, you will want to boil the five (5) pounds of potatoes between 13 and 17 minutes, checking for tenderness along the way. You can check for tenderness by pressing a spoon (or other hard implement) against one of the potatoes firmly. When there is about 3mm (1/4 inch) of give (that does NOT come back), the potatoes are ready.

You may cook longer if you like a somewhat softer potato in your salad or shorter if you like the salad firmer.

Answer 3

hate it but it does depend on the potatoe and size. some people boil them whole and keep the skins on and in the salad, 20 min. med tater. cubed about sugar square size or a little bigger anywhere from 5-10 min. test with fork any way, if it comes back out easily after youve poked them they're done. :)