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Our Best Potato Salad Recipes

By Food & Wine Updated April 09, 2021
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Grilled Potato Salad with Scallion Vinaigrette
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These delicious recipes include classic potato salad and an over-the-top grilled potato salad with bacon and blue cheese.

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Frisée-and-Potato Salad

Frisée-and-Potato Salad
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Richard Landau tosses tender, crispy potato with a tangy mustard-seed dressing and crunchy bits of grated cauliflower in his exceptionally delicious and unexpected salad. Nutritional yeast, sprinkled on the potato, adds an umami-rich flavor.

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Grilled Potato Salad with Mustard Seeds

Grilled Potato Salad with Mustard Seeds
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Chicago chef Stephanie Izard grills sliced potatoes in butter to give them an amazing crust, then dresses them with a supertangy mustard seed vinaigrette, fresh scallions and celery.

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Potato-and-Radicchio Salad with Montasio Cheese

Potato-and-Radicchio Salad with Montasio Cheese
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Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson uses Montasio, a mild Italian cow-milk cheese, for this smart, simple, rustic salad.

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Fennel, Chicken and Potato Salad

Fennel, Chicken and Potato Salad
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Potato salad meets chicken salad in this bright, fresh-tasting dish that’s packed with fresh fennel and tarragon.

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Potato Salad with Bacon and Barbecue Sauce

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The mayonnaise dressing for this potato salad gets pungency from mustard oil (store-bought spicy mustard works fine, too) and a hit of smoky-sweet flavor from bacon and bottled barbecue sauce.

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Potato Salad with Green Beans and Salsa Verde

Potato Salad with Green Beans and Salsa Verde
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A terrific salsa verde makes this velvety potato salad extraordinary. Here the salsa is made with parsley and chives; try making it with other summer herbs, like tarragon or basil, as well.

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Two-Tone Potato Salad

Two-Tone Potato Salad
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Pickled onions and cucumber relish add a tangy kick to Emilee Gettle's blue-and-gold potato salad. Because she and Jere Gettle don't eat eggs, they opt for vegan mayonnaise.

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Warm Potato Salad with Arugula

Warm Potato Salad with Arugula
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Paul Virant puts a spin on the classic summer side dish by tossing warm potatoes with a mustardy vinaigrette and handfuls of arugula.

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Creamy Cucumber and Grilled Potato Salad

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“When I was a kid, my mom would marinate cucumbers, red onions and canned potatoes in jarred creamy Italian dressing,” says Jamie Bissonnette. “I’m not saying she was a great cook, but creamy Italian dressing is still my favorite. I make a version of it for this salad.”

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Baby Potato Salad with Radishes and Celery

Baby Potato Salad with Radishes and Celery
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Ethan Stowell lightens up traditional potato salad by adding plenty of radishes and celery and skipping the usual mayonnaise in favor of a Champagne vinaigrette.

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Potato Salad with Radishes and Sweet Pickle Relish

Potato Salad with Radishes and Sweet Pickle Relish
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Brian Perrone adds diced radish and smoked paprika to this otherwise classic potato salad. It’s a minor innovation, but it greatly improves the standard recipe.

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Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Brown Butter Dressing

Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Brown Butter Dressing
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Gabriel Rucker uses nutty brown butter instead of oil in a warm vinaigrette for a summer vegetable salad. For a quick take on his recipe, Grace Parisi whisks brown butter into a tangy, mustardy dressing for creamy fingerling potatoes.

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Potato, Snap Pea and Pickle Salad

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This is a terrific springtime version of a warm potato salad, with lots of scallions and little bites of half-sour pickles.

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Grilled Potato and Onion Salad with Blue Cheese and Bacon

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Jeri Ryan's favorite sandwich stuffing is a mix of crumbly cheese, crispy bacon and charred red onions. She likes the savory combination so much she's turned it into a salad with tender new potatoes. It's incredibly good as a side with grilled beef tenderloin or steak.

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Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomato

Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomatoes
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Michael Anthony (an F&W Best New Chef 2002) includes just a few coins of tender, saffron-flavored fingerling potatoes in his 50-ingredient warm vegetable salad. Grace Parisi reimagines those fingerlings for this light, fresh take on a potato salad, tossed with fennel, tomatoes and plenty of greens.

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Potato Salad with Champagne Vinegar

Potato Salad with Champagne Vinegar
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The bright acidic note of vinegar counterbalances the buttery potatoes here.

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Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad

Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad
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Marcus Samuelsson drew on African staples like yams and okra to create this completely original recipe of roasted sweet potatoes tossed with red potatoes, wilted spinach and sautéed okra. Toasted mustard seeds and a caper vinaigrette give this delicious salad a nutty, tangy flavor.

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Tzatziki Potato Salad

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Tzatziki is a traditional Greek appetizer (or meze) made with yogurt and cucumbers. Here, Grace Parisi uses it in addition to mayonnaise as the base for her incredibly tasty potato salad tossed with dill, mint and serrano chile.

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Potato Salad with Herbs and Fresh Goat Cheese

Potato Salad with Herbs and Fresh Goat Cheese
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An elegant twist on the classic, goat cheese and a handful of fresh herbs bring brightness and freshness to this potato salad. 

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Potato Salad with Hummus-Yogurt Dressing

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Two Middle Eastern staples make one great dressing.

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Roasted Leek and Potato Salad

Roasted Leek and Potato Salad
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Pairing Suggestion: A tart, fruity Pinot Noir with low tannin echoes the flavor of the leeks and acts as a counterpoint to the grainy mustard and hard-to-match eggs. Look for California examples from Carneros.

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Classic Potato Salad

Classic Potato Salad
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Baby potatoes have a naturally sweet flavor and creamy texture that's delicious in this classic recipe.

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Potato-and-Roasted Cauliflower Salad

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Cauliflower florets are a sly substitute for half of the baby potatoes in this creamy salad. The white-on-white combo gets zingy lift from briny capers, mustard and freshly grated horseradish.

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Classic Potato Salad with Crunchy Trout Roe

Classic Potato Salad with Crunchy Trout Roe
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This potato salad gets its creamy texture from olive oil and eggs, and tons of flavor from the inclusion of tuna and salty trout roe.

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Grilled Potato Salad with Scallion Vinaigrette

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Not only are the potatoes in this easy summer salad grilled, but the scallions in the tangy, spicy dressing are grilled, too.

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Ham-and-Potato Salad

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In his elevated version of potato salad, star chef José Andrés combines fingerling potatoes, smoky ham and cucumbers in a whipped deviled egg dressing.

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Roasted Corn & Potato Salad

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This no-fuss salad mixes roasted corn with potatoes in a creamy, slightly spicy dressing for a distinctive and flavorful combination

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    1 of 27 Frisée-and-Potato Salad
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    3 of 27 Potato-and-Radicchio Salad with Montasio Cheese
    4 of 27 Fennel, Chicken and Potato Salad
    5 of 27 Potato Salad with Bacon and Barbecue Sauce
    6 of 27 Potato Salad with Green Beans and Salsa Verde
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    8 of 27 Warm Potato Salad with Arugula
    9 of 27 Creamy Cucumber and Grilled Potato Salad
    10 of 27 Baby Potato Salad with Radishes and Celery
    11 of 27 Potato Salad with Radishes and Sweet Pickle Relish
    12 of 27 Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Brown Butter Dressing
    13 of 27 Potato, Snap Pea and Pickle Salad
    14 of 27 Grilled Potato and Onion Salad with Blue Cheese and Bacon
    15 of 27 Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomato
    16 of 27 Potato Salad with Champagne Vinegar
    17 of 27 Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad
    18 of 27 Tzatziki Potato Salad
    19 of 27 Potato Salad with Herbs and Fresh Goat Cheese
    20 of 27 Potato Salad with Hummus-Yogurt Dressing
    21 of 27 Roasted Leek and Potato Salad
    22 of 27 Classic Potato Salad
    23 of 27 Potato-and-Roasted Cauliflower Salad
    24 of 27 Classic Potato Salad with Crunchy Trout Roe
    25 of 27 Grilled Potato Salad with Scallion Vinaigrette
    26 of 27 Ham-and-Potato Salad
    27 of 27 Roasted Corn & Potato Salad

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