The best potato salad hack involves an ingredient we guarantee is in your kitchen as we speak.

Food Styling: Annie Probst.

But when it comes to cooking another starchy staplepotatoeswe always pour that liquid directly down the drain.

bowl of potato salad

Credit:Jacob Fox. Food Styling: Annie Probst. Prop Styling: Addelyn Evans

Before we get to the flavor, we need to take a moment to celebrate the texture.

Im bet Julia and Ina would approve!