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Russian Probiotic Potato Salad

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Russian Probiotic Potato Salad | A festive Russian gathering always includes a lineup of chopped salads. Make this yummy probiotic potato salad a meal of its own, or serve it with a cup of soup and crusty bread! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

What is the hallmark of festive Russian gatherings?

They always include a lineup of chopped salads! I can think of 10 varieties just off the top of my head!

Each salad starts with some combination of potatoes, onions, and carrots. Whatever the base, it then gets different companions — like beets, herring, ham, apples, prunes, walnuts, cheese, or garlic. And finally, no matter what, everything is drenched in mayo or sour cream.

This recipe emerged from my weekly habit of making chicken stock. I buy a chicken from a local Amish store, and then use it whole (not just the bones) for stock. As a result, the leftover meat I use in soups and salads — including this dish!

While the ingredient combination may seem a bit odd to you (Pickles and dairy together?), believe me, it works beautifully!

Not to mention, the practice of using such ingredients goes back many centuries. In Russia, this recipe is similar to both okroshka and olivye.

What are these dishes? Okroshka is a soup made from fresh and fermented veggies and herbs in a liquid of bread kvass, whey, or fermented milk.

On the other hand, while okroshka incorporates fermented liquids to form a soup, olivye leaves out these ingredients in favor of a (less liquid-y) salad. However, it is made with similar veggies. And of course, plenty of mayo, too!

I’ve combined these concepts to make this probiotic potato salad. Make it a meal of its own, or serve it with a cup of soup and crusty bread!

It’s even perfect baby food. Just remember — chop everything finely and then omit the horseradish and pepper. My now 14-month-old started eating it when he was 10 months old.

A festive Russian gathering always includes a lineup of chopped salads. Make this yummy probiotic potato salad a meal of its own, or serve it with a cup of soup and crusty bread!
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Russian Probiotic Potato Salad

Make this salad a meal of its own, or serve it with a cup of soup and crusty bread! While the ingredient combination may seem a bit odd to you (Pickles and dairy together?), believe me, it works beautifully!

Course Salad
Cuisine Russian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 397 kcal
Author Valeria Weaver

Ingredients

For the salad:

  • 3 golden potatoes medium; boiled with skins and chopped into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 pickles chopped
  • 3 organic or pastured eggs hard-boiled and chopped
  • 1 apple shredded with a large grater
  • 2 chicken breasts cooked , or equivalent amount of dark meat, chopped
  • 1 cup peas lacto-fermented or cooked
  • 1 handful fresh dill chopped finely
  • 3 to 4 sprigs fresh parsley chopped finely
  • 4 to 5 green onions chopped OR 1/2 small sweet onion
  • sea salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste

For the dressing:

  • 1/2 cup milk kefir
  • 1/3 cup cultured sour cream
  • 1/2 cup pickle brine or sauerkraut brine
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons horseradish grated (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Then, in a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients well.
  3. Toss the dressing with the salad.
  4. Leave for a couple of hours, or overnight, for flavors to develop.

  5. Finally, serve and enjoy!
  6. Keep in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.

Recipe Notes

  • It's salad is even perfect baby food. Just remember — chop everything finely and then omit the horseradish and pepper. My now 14-month-old started eating it when he was 10 months old.
Nutrition Facts
Russian Probiotic Potato Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 397 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 209mg70%
Sodium 580mg25%
Potassium 1246mg36%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 35g70%
Vitamin A 956IU19%
Vitamin C 49mg59%
Calcium 136mg14%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Want to learn how to make your own cultured and fermented ingredients, like pickles, kefir, and sour cream? Then check out either our Cultured Dairy and Cheese or Lacto-Fermentation eCourse, or both!

Have you ever made a probiotic potato salad? Do you enjoy Russian cuisine?

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About Valeria Weaver

Valeria lives in Chicago with her three kids and beer-brewing husband. Born and raised in Russia, she incorporates her Siberian heritage into everyday cooking for her family. She loves baking with ancient grains and all things naturally leavened. There's hardly anything she hasn’t tried fermenting. She works full-time as a medical device rep but always finds time for her two passions: photography and cooking. You can find her at Beets and Bones.

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  1. Kathy says

    September 2, 2016 at 12:49 pm

    So, by adding in some brine from fermented pickles you now have fermented potato salad?

    Reply
  2. Benedikt MORAK says

    July 13, 2022 at 3:06 pm

    as far as I know, kefir is always made from MILK. milk that comes from a cow. because any other -milk- does not work… so,no soy milk kefir. no almond milk kefir. and what are peas lacto-fermented ? in my 50 years of CHEF i never have heard of such peas….
    best regards from Moscow, the one in Russia.not the one in Idaho…

    Reply
    • Danielle says

      July 15, 2022 at 7:58 am

      Hi, Benedikt.
      You’re correct milk kefir is made from cow’s milk. We list it as “milk kefir” because, at least here in the US, we also make water kefir which is different. Lacto fermented peas are simply peas that have been fermented in an acidic brine such as vinegar, whey, etc.

      ~Danielle, TCS Customer Success Team

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