Dill Pickle Potato Salad ~ this creamy potato salad packed with pickles will become your favorite spring and summer side, perfect for barbecues, picnics, and potlucks ~ better print off lots of copies of the recipe, everyone’s going to ask for it!
oh my, this dill pickle potato salad is so good!
I made it for dinner and guess what? It was gone by lunch. Oh well, some things are too good for this world. Like this dilly-icious potato salad. I tripled down on the dill, it’s in the dressing (pickle juice) it’s in the salad itself (plenty of diced pickles) and in the garnish (fresh dill). So much dill to love…
what kind of potato is best for potato salad?
Use your favorite potato in this salad, but I’m partial to baby Dutch yellow potatoes. In fact for this one I used the itty bitty pee wee variety. But even if you use super tiny potatoes, make sure you cut them at least in half ~ if you leave them whole, they won’t absorb any of the wonderful flavors.
TIP: Grandma’s secret: toss the potatoes with a generous amount of the dressing while they are still warm, they’ll absorb it much better that way.
I chopped up 3 pickles and tossed them with the potatoes, green onions, and dill. Use more if you’re into it.
I highly recommend this dill pickle potato salad
it has all the great qualities of a classic potato salad with the added boost of flavor and texture from the dill and the pickles. If you’re a dill pickle lover, this is your summer side! As for the pickles themselves, use your favorite brand…even better, make your own ~ my Quick and Spicy Refrigerator Pickles would be perfect in this salad. The nice thing about that recipe is that the pickles are ready to eat the next day.
what is it about dill pickles?
When you love them, you reeeeaaaaally love them, almost to the point of obsession. Remember my Dill Pickle and Brat Soup? I made that darned recipe 3 times in one week, I couldn’t get enough!
do you know anyone who’s pregnant?
It would be fun to bring her a big batch of this dill pickle potato salad, I know she’d appreciate it! And you HAVE to bring this to your next potluck, people are going to mob you for the recipe 🙂
TIP: Don’t know if anyone cares, but the mayo I always buy is Best Foods Real Mayonnaise. Not low fat. Not Miracle Whip (sorry mom). But if you want the very best, make my Homemade Mayonnaise ~ it’s ready in 30 seconds!!
Dilly Pickle Potato Salad
Ingredients
dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp pickle juice
- salt and lots of fresh cracked black pepper to taste
salad
- 24 ounces baby potatoes, do not peel
- 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
- 2-3 dill pickles, chopped
- 3 Tbsp fresh minced dill
- 2 hard cooked eggs, quartered
garnish
- fresh dill
- chopped dill pickles
Instructions
- Whisk the dressing ingredients together, and add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
- Put the potatoes in a pot with lots of cold water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and boil gently until they are just tender. Drain and rinse in cold water to stop the cooking.
- Halve or quarter the potatoes, depending on their side, and put them in a large bowl. Toss with a generous amount of the dressing.
- Add the onions, pickles, and dill and toss again. Top with the eggs. Refrigerate for at least an hour or two to let the flavors develop. Add more dressing before serving if necessary. (you may not need all of the dressing.)
- Garnish with extra dill and chopped pickles.
Notes
- I usually slightly under cook my potatoes, better a little firm than too mushy. Use the tip of a sharp knife to check on them.
- Can you use other types of pickles? Absolutely! Use half sour, bread and butter, or even gherkins.
- Potato salad benefits from a few hours in the refrigerator to allow to flavors to develop and marinate, make it early in the day.
THIS is the potato salad recipe I’ve been looking for all my life! Seriously, many years ago a German friend brought a dill pickle potato salad to a work lunch and I’ve been dreaming about it ever since. I believe hers had bacon in it as well, I might add some. Or maybe not, we’ll see. Can’t wait to try this!
Ok, bacon has to happen in my next batch!
Hi Sue,
I linked to this recipe from your new potato salad with eggs and mustard. In that recipe you do not cut up the potatoes (neither did Bon Appetite). In this one you do. Since both are small potatoes is there a reason why? Perhaps for the mustard one you need the whole bit of starchy potato to offset the boldness of the mustard dressing? (Or maybe it was simply because that is how Bon Appetit did it?!!). Thanks. Either way will be making both especially this one – my husband is a fanatic about anything involving dill pickles.
Yes, I’ve come around to the idea that it’s always good to cut potatoes, even if it’s just in half. I would go ahead and cut the ones in the older recipe, and I think I’ll go back and edit that, thanks Leigh! I think you’re going to love this one 🙂
I just checked the other recipe and I do say to halve the potatoes there, too, it must be a little hard to see it in the photos.
My Mom is almost world famous with this recipe, she’s made it for as long as I can remember. She adds onion when boiling the potatoes, adds a lot more flavor. You can’t go wrong with this recipe. It’s adored everywhere she’s ever taken it. This looks so delicious, I’m making it this weekend with some crockpot ribs. Can’t wait!