Explore bold new potato salad recipes made with ingredients your mom never dreamed of putting in hers!
Potatoes might be the ultimate culinary canvas ~ whether waxy or starchy, red, white, or blue, they make the best base for summer potluck salads and do a great job of soaking up just about any flavor you can throw at them. Of course we all love Mom’s Creamy Potato Salad Recipe, but do yourself a favor and try a new potato salad recipe this summer ~ my favorites include everything from sunny Mediterranean flavors to downright irresistible sour cream and onion!
Let’s dig in
Best tips for potato salads
- Whatever kind of dressing I’m using, creamy or not, I always like to slather my potatoes with some of it while they’re still hot, that way they soak up all the flavors beautifully. I save the second half of my dressing for after they’ve chilled, so I get a nice thick coating on the finished salad.
- Pretty much any type of potato will work for a potato salad, but I tend to prefer small, waxy potatoes for their firm texture ~ they’re less likely to fall apart than their fluffier, starchier, russet cousins. Another bonus is that you don’t have to peel them. But that’s a matter of personal preference; if you love your potatoes to almost melt into the dressing, use russets (baking potatoes.)
- Generously salting your cooking water when you boil your potatoes results in good flavor through and through, just like pasta!
- Potatoes are by nature rather bland, so plan on helping them along with some strong flavors in your salad…think mustard, lemon, vinegar, fresh herbs, paprika, bacon, etc.
Greek Lemon Potato Salad
Potato salads don’t have to be stodgy! This Mediterranean recipe is light, bright, and punchy with lemon juice and herby oregano. I love it with all kinds of grilled meat and fish.
Sour Cream and Onion Potato Salad
Adding lightly crushed sour cream & onion chips to this potato salad (right before serving, so they don’t get soggy!) is genius and gives this potato chip inspired salad a super fun textural element.
French Potato Salad
An elegant fingerling potato salad with crisp green beans and a zingy mustard vinaigrette dressing brings a Mediterranean flair to your next bbq.
German Potato Salad
Warm, soft, tangy, comforting, and utterly delicious. And yes, there’s bacon!
Ranch Potato Salad
Ranch dressing lovers need to try this potato salad! I make it with extra small new potatoes that cook quickly and only need to be sliced in half. This is a winner!
Carolina Gold Barbecue Potato Salad
One way to change up your potato salad recipe routine is to change up the dressing. I use a Carolina bbq sauce to jazz up this one!
Mexican Street Corn Potato Salad
If you generally find potato salads to be a little bland, try my Mexican Street Corn potato salad, it’s bursting with vivid south of the border flavors like lime, cilantro, chipotle pepper and jalapeño.
Deviled Egg Potato Salad
Could you devour a whole plate full of deviled eggs in one sitting? Me too. Let’s bring those irresistible flavors to a potato salad ~ people go wild for this one!
New Potato Salad with Eggs and Mustard
A generous dose of fresh herbs and grainy mustard give this rustic potato salad plenty of personality, and the hearty boiled eggs make it almost a meal in itself.
Dill Pickle Potato Salad
Pickle lovers rejoice ~ I’ve added diced pickles, fresh dill, and pickle juice to this creamy potato salad for blue ribbon flavor. Everyone is going to want the recipe.
Every time I intend to make any version of your potato salad, I find I’ve run out of time. Then the potatoes go bad. I was wondering if you could make potato salad with mashed potatoes, like the ones in the refrigerated section
My husband loves potato salad (I just go along for the ride ?) and sour cream and onion chips. Fun recipe. I make a potato salad with a homemade vinaigrette type dressing and scallions and fresh herbs which I add when the potatoes are still very warm. No mayo so it’s great for picnics.
I made your Amish cinnamon bread and it is fabulous! It might become my new favorite to serve to friends and family! So delicious with a cup of coffee?? Thank you so much!
Thank you for your lovely potato salad recipes, will have to try them soon because I LOVE POTATO SALAD! 🙂 Mine is a bit different. I chop the hard boil eggs with the potatoes, add chopped radishes and scallions, add my salad dressing while the salad is cooling. Since I’m a red wine vinegar freak (not my fault, I grew up in France, LOL 🙂 my dressing is vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard, horse radish, salt, pepper and a bit of heat with red pepper flakes. I make a generous amount and let the flavors blend overnight … YUMMY! 🙂
I’ll try yours Liliane 🙂
Liliane, can you share your recipe too? It sounds wonderful.