RECIPE: Bacon Potato Salad
Want to wow the crowd with a picnic-style side? This bacon potato salad is just the thing. Image: Liza Graves
Imagine a loaded baked potato, without the cheese, made into summerβs favorite side: potato salad. Salivating yet?! This recipe is guaranteed to bring rave reviews and may steal the show at the potluck supper.
I made the potato salad photographed here with those little teeny tiny potatoes that come in red, purple, and white (sorta like red, white, and blue!). I boiled them the night before and refrigerated them overnight. Then, a simple slice, cutting each one in half, makesΒ the perfect size.
Remember, when you are making potato salad, it is like soup: letting it sit for a while will allow the flavors to blend.Β To salt, you want the potato salad to taste a little under-salted on the first pass. After flavors have blended (about an hour), taste again and see if more salt is needed.
Bacon Potato Salad
IngredientsΒ Β
- 3 lbs red potatoes gold potatoes work well also. And, if you can find the teeny colorful potatoes that I used for todayβs photos, they add an extra βred, white and blueβ and some extra antioxidants also!
- 3/4 cup of chopped green onions green and white parts both
- 3 stalks celery diced fine
- 7 pieces crispy bacon crumbled
- 1.5 t sea salt or to taste
- 1/2 t black pepper or to taste
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 T dijon mustard
InstructionsΒ
- For best results, boil potatoes the day before and refrigerate overnight (I do not peel my potatoes; do what you like best)
- Cut potatoes, once cool, into bite size chunks
- Cook bacon to crispy
- Combine green onions, celery, bacon to potatoes
- Mix mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, salt & pepper in a separate bowl
- Combine potato mixture and the mayonnaise mixture together.
- Refrigerate for an hour. Decide if more salt and pepper are needed.
Nutrition
Β Enjoy!
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Liza Graves
As CEO of StyleBlueprint, Liza also regularly writes for SB. Most of her writing is now found in the recipe archives as cooking is her stress relief!