Olivye Salad (Ukrainian Potato Salad)
Olivye Salad: classic Ukrainian potato salad! Rich in flavor with creamy and tender ingredients! This salad is a must at big gatherings, holidays and just any day of the week. It’s the best potato salad you will ever enjoy!
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Olivye Salad Recipe:
Olivye Salad is extremely popular among Ukrainian people. Everyone calls it the same, but each family has their own version of it that is passed down through generations. This recipe is the way my family had always prepared it.
The main idea of this salad is to use potatoes, carrots, meat, eggs, pickles, onions and peas. A lot of times people add fresh cucumbers, frozen or fresh peas, canned corn and garnish with fresh greens for the elegant finish. This salad is always dressed into mayo to taste.
Olivye Salad is very similar to the Vinaigrette Salad – another common dish among Slavic gatherings. The similarity in ingredients and the way each is prepared makes both salads like siblings.
This salad is very easy to make especially if you are going to use the Chop Wizard. I highly recommend using the chop wizard because it will save you so much time and your salad will have same sized cubes of every ingredient. Please keep in mind to not overcook the potatoes and carrots as they will be hard to slice and harder to chop.
Ingredients for Olivye Salad:
- 2 large Yukon potatoes – cooked
- 2 large carrots – cooked
- 7 boiled eggs
- 8-9 kosher pickles (whole 46 oz jar)
- 1 (15 oz) Ballpark chicken/pork franks – cooked
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 (15 oz) canned organic sweet peas
- mayo for dressing
- fresh parsley, dill or scallions for garnish
How to Cook Vegetables for the Salad:
Do not peel the vegetables. In a medium pot, place 2 large potatoes and 2 large carrots. Cover with water, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce the heat to low. Cook the carrots for 15-20 mins and take out with kitchen tongs or couple forks, and potatoes for 30-35 mins. (Pierce with knife to check if vegetables are cooked through before taking them out. Do not overcook!)
Boil 7 eggs according to this post, “Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs”. In a medium saucepan, place 1 (15 oz) ballpark franks covered with water. Bring to a boil, cook for 2 mins and drain once cooked. Let the cooked ingredients stand at room temperature to cool before peeling and chopping.
How to Make Potato Salad:
Thinly slice 46 oz jar kosher pickles (8-9 pickles). Chop the pickles onto the Chop Wizard and transfer into a sieve lined with a soup bowl. Set aside for pickles to release the excess liquid.
Peel potatoes, carrots and eggs. Thinly slice 1 large yellow onion, 15 oz chicken/pork franks, 2 large carrots, 2 large Yukon potatoes, and 7 boiled eggs. Chop the sliced ingredients using the chop wizard and transfer into large salad bowl.
Squeeze the juices from the pickles with your hands and add to the salad. (it’s important you do this step to prevent the salad from dripping with excess amount of pickle juice). Rinse 15 oz canned peas in cold water and add to the salad.
Gently stir the salad with a spoon. Potatoes tend to get sticky, so you’ll kind of have to break them. Refrigerate the salad without dressing. Dress the salad into mayo before serving. This salad is good up to 4 days in refrigerator without the dressing.
Similar Salads You Should Definitely Try:
- Cabbage Egg Salad – childhood favorite salad
- Mimosa Salad (Layered Egg and Cheese Salad) – holiday staple and such elegant dish
- Vinaigrette Salad (Vinegret) – very similar to Olivye, except beets are the main ingredient
Olivye Salad (Ukrainian Potato Salad)
Ingredients
- 2 large Yukon potatoes – cooked
- 2 large carrots – cooked
- 7 boiled eggs
- 8-9 kosher pickles, (whole 46 oz jar)
- 1 (15 oz) Ballpark chicken/pork franks - cooked
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 (15 oz) canned sweet peas
- mayonnaise, for dressing
- fresh parsley, dill or scallions for garnish
Instructions
Cook Vegetables and Meat:
- Do not peel the vegetables. In a medium pot, place 2 large potatoes and 2 large carrots. Cover with water, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce the heat to low. Cook the carrots for 15-20 mins and take out with kitchen tongs or couple forks, and potatoes for 30-35 mins. (Pierce with knife to check if vegetables are cooked through before taking them out. Do not overcook!) Boil 7 eggs according to this post, “Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs”. In a medium saucepan, place 1 (15 oz) ballpark franks covered with water. Bring to a boil, cook for 2 mins and drain once cooked. Let the cooked ingredients stand at room temperature to cool before peeling and chopping.
How to Make Potato Salad:
- Thinly slice 46 oz jar kosher pickles (8-9 pickles). Chop the pickles onto the Chop Wizard and transfer into a sieve lined with a soup bowl. Set aside for pickles to release the excess liquid. Peel potatoes, carrots and eggs. Thinly slice 1 large yellow onion, 15 oz chicken/pork franks, 2 large carrots, 2 large Yukon potatoes, and 7 boiled eggs. Chop the sliced ingredients using the chop wizard and transfer into large salad bowl. Squeeze the juices from the pickles with your hands and add to the salad. (it’s important you do this step to prevent the salad from dripping with excess amount of pickle juice). Rinse 15 oz canned peas in cold water and add to the salad.
- Gently stir the salad with a spoon. Potatoes tend to get sticky, so you’ll kind of have to break them. Refrigerate the salad without dressing. Dress the salad into mayo before serving. This salad is good yo to 5 days in refrigerator.
allison says:
This salad is a hit all year in our home and we added to the Christmas menu as well. It’s so easy to make, comes with lots of flavor and we enjoy eating it with a slice of homemade bread. Thanks Olga!!
Susan says:
Love this salad. Purchased a small container at a Ukrainian Sausage store and I was hooked and had to make it. Time consuming to hand cut the potatoes and carrots in small uniform sizes but so worth it. This is my new potato salad recipe.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
I would highly recommend buying the Chop Wizard (like we are using in the recipe or similar), saves a lot of time and salad is made very quickly and this little appliance has a lot of uses, not only for this salad.
Enriqueta E Lemoine says:
Dear Olga,
I’m a Venezuelan-American food blogger and want to pay homage to its food to the brave, courageous Ukrainian people. While searching for a Ukrainian salad, I landed on this recipe. Of course, I will make your recipe once I get my wizard shopper from Amazon. I’ll tag you on Instagram. I wish you the best and hope your family and relatives are safe. May God bless Ukraine and its people.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thank you for your support!
Lee Nguyen says:
Thank you for an amazing recipe! My family loved it!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
You’re very welcome! 🙂
Nora K. says:
Hi Olga, I’ve been looking for this recipe for a while and came across yours. I once tasted this Olivye salad at my friend’s house, she’s from Ukraine and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Both my husband and daughter loved it as much as I did. I think this is the best potato salad I had ever tasted and it’s so easy to make. I’m confident it will become a staple not just for holidays but on regular day at my house. Thank you!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thanks Nora! This salad is definitely hard to say no to 🙂