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Martha Stewart is taking social media users by storm with her super simple take on deli-style potato salad.
The lifestyle guru’s Instagram account reposted an old cooking clip on April 3, showing the lifestyle guru preparing what he calls “the best potato salad.”
The simple recipe requires only six ingredients: two vegetables, two dressings and two spices.
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It consists of potatoes, a medium white onion, one-half cup of white vinegar and one cup of Hellmann’s mayonnaise.
Stewart also adds one-half teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of sugar to balance the flavors.
Martha Stewart’s easy-style salad recipe (not pictured) sparked debate online with its few ingredients and classic preparation method. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage; Stock)
He started by mixing the onion with white vinegar, salt and sugar.
““Pour this mixture over the potatoes and just rub it in,” says Stewart.
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“In 10 minutes or so, all the liquid is absorbed back into the potatoes,” he added.
“Now you add one cup of Hellmann’s mayonnaise to the potato salad, and start tossing the potatoes back and forth again.”
“I think I’m too Southern for potatoes.”
In the clip, he gives it to his mother Martha Ruszkowski, who described the salad as “very good.”
Stewart identified the dish as “deli-style potato salad.”
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“I remember my time in Jersey City,” he said.
The recipe divided critics, with some saying the salad sounded too silly.
Stewart described his recipe as “deli-style potato salad” while recalling memories of growing up near Jersey City. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation)
“Wait what? I think I’m too Southern for these potatoes,” said one Instagram user.
“It looks awful,” said a second commentator.
Someone said, “I have a better recipe than this.”
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Some social media users appreciated the mention of the recipe.
“I’m going to make this potato salad,” said the commentator. “It feels good.”
Stewart said the vinegar mixture is absorbed back into the potatoes before the mayonnaise is added to finish the recipe (not pictured). (Stock)
“This is a great recipe!!! So good!” another entered.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Stewart for comment.
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Considered an expert on all things life, Stewart is no stranger to food-related controversies.
Last summer, he weighed in on the age-old debate that ketchup is for hot dogs and declared, “I like hot dogs for jobs.”
Stewart has previously sparked debate online with comments about hot dogs, sauce and his unusual way of eating bagels. (Stephanie Augello/Variety)
Late last year, some social media users joked that Stewart should be “sent back to jail” for his controversial bagel habit.
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The media host said she eats open-faced bagels, cuts them into small pieces and fills them with cream cheese.
