14 Smashing Potato Salad Recipes for All Your Summer Cookouts
With all due respect to mayo, we have a few other dressing ideas.
Nobody ever complained about too much potato salad. Virtually any combination of potatoes, salt, fat, and acid (lemon juice, vinegar, relish, what have you) is bound to taste fantastic, so it’s silly to stick to only the star-spangled mayonnaise-y variety that often graces cookouts—even if we do have a soft spot for it. So next time you’re tasked with bringing the potato salad, surprise your friends and family with one of these creative alternatives.
Fingerling or new potatoes are boiled, smashed, and roasted for the most alluring crispy texture, then tossed with roasted peppers, shallots, and a tangy Greek yogurt dressing in this sensational side dish! Everyone will be fighting over the irresistible craggy bits. Get the recipe >
Homemade lemon mayonnaise is the binder in this bright, spoonable potato salad that hails from Prince Edward Island. Get the recipe >
Adapted from the seminal James Beard’s American Cookery, this textbook-perfect vinegary potato salad is studded with crisp bacon and crunchy red onion. Get the recipe >
A heaped spoonful of celery seeds and sharp Dijon mustard add a kick to this creamy, barbecue-ready potato salad from Kansas. Get the recipe >
Nepal-born, Kansas-based chef Subarna Bhattachan folds a purée of cool yogurt, nutty tahini, and spicy red chiles into his fragrant take on potato salad. Get the recipe >
The most ubiquitous and popular pintxo in Spain, ensaladilla rusa is a creamy mishmash of potatoes, hard-boiled egg, mayo, and various canned vegetables and seafood mounded on a piece of bread. The variations are endless, but this version from San Sebastián’s Bar Ezkurra, adapted by local writer Marti Buckley, is a great starting point. Get the recipe >
You can find this simple dish at almost any café or bar in Jerez, a city in Spain’s Andalusia region. It teams potatoes and tuna with onion, parsley, and a copious amount of olive oil to delectable effect. Get the recipe >
Leave it to acclaimed French chef Daniel Boulud to zhuzh up potato salad with cured herring. If you’re not a herring fan, feel free to toss in your preferred tinned fish—Boulud recommends mackerel, sardines, or anchovy. Get the recipe >
Tender boiled potatoes are tossed with parsley, red onion, garlic, and olive oil in this bright and aromatic Moroccan side dish. Get the recipe >
Bulked up with hard-boiled eggs and spiked with dill pickle relish, red onion, and plenty of parsley, this cool, creamy potato salad hits all the right notes. Get the recipe >
Bold, herbaceous marjoram is the principal flavor in this unconventional potato salad held together with olive oil and an egg yolk. Get the recipe >
Mint, asparagus, and a zippy chive dressing brighten up this gorgeous green salad. Get the recipe >
There’s something irresistibly old-fashioned about a bed of steaming skin-on potatoes spooned with parsley vinaigrette. Get the recipe >
Combining two of our favorite foods—potatoes and garlicky pesto—this Italian-inspired salad is picnic fare for the gods. Get the recipe >
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