Top 14 Potato Salad Recipes

Potato salad with vegetables and eggs.
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The humble potato salad has long been a popular American dish. The potato salad probably originated in Germany, and it is believed that it came to the U.S. with European settlers in the mid-nineteenth century. Most potato salad recipes combine cooked potatoes, chopped onion, and other vegetables, sometimes eggs, and some type of salad dressing or mayonnaise. There are probably as many distinct potato salad recipes as there are cooks!​

We all have our favorite potato salad, but it's fun to try something a little different. If you just want to spice up your regular recipe a little, try adding different chopped vegetables or top it with sliced onion rings and tomatoes. Or serve your favorite potato salad on a bed of crisp lettuce and sliced tomatoes. Some vegetables that are especially tasty in potato salad are sliced or chopped cucumber (preferably seeded), tomatoes, celery, chopped onion, sliced green onion, sweet red, yellow, orange, or green bell pepper, and English peas.

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    Red, White, and Blue Potato Salad

    Red, white, and blue potato salad
    Diana Rattray

    This red, white, and blue potato salad is the perfect choice for a Fourth of July cookout or picnic. Purple potatoes, unpeeled red-skinned potatoes, and white potatoes make up the delicious themed salad. This version includes eggs and a combination of mayonnaise and sour cream, but feel free to alter it a bit if you have a favorite dressing.

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    Fingerling Potato Salad

    Fingerling Potato Salad

    The Spruce / Diana Rattray

    Fingerling potatoes, with their buttery flavor and firm texture, are an excellent choice for potato salad. This fingerling potato salad might be an easy preparation, but it doesn't lack flavor. Hard-boiled eggs are added to the salad along with red onion, cucumber, and celery.

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    Potato Salad With Bacon

    Potato salad with bacon

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    This potato salad with bacon includes onion and celery. Chopped dill pickle adds to the flavor of the salad along with a tasty mayonnaise and vinegar dressing. 

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    Potato Salad With Peas

    Potato Salad With Peas

    The Spruce / Diana Rattray

    Steamed peas add refreshing flavor to this tasty potato and egg salad. This potato salad with peas dish is a nice salad for a spring or early summer meal. It's a good luncheon salad as well. Some prepared mustard adds tanginess to the dressing.

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    Picnic Potato Salad With Eggs

    Potato salad with mayo and mustard

    The Spruce

    This is a family favorite potato salad with eggs, mayonnaise and mustard dressing, and some optional chopped celery and onion. The picnic potato salad with eggs dish will be your go-to recipe for potato salad.

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    Sour Cream Potato and Egg Salad

    Potato salad

    The Spruce / Diana Rattray

    Add this well-seasoned potato salad to your cookout menu. Besides potatoes, the salad contains some chopped cucumber, celery, a small amount of onion, and a tangy mayonnaise dressing with a touch of mustard. This sour cream potato and egg salad is an excellent potluck salad.

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    Old-Fashioned Potato Salad (No Mayonnaise)

    Old-fashioned potatoes

    The Spruce

    If you're making a potato salad for a group of people and you aren't familiar with their likes and dislikes, this is a good choice. The tangy oil and vinegar dressing includes garlic and simple seasonings. Fresh chopped parsley provides a splash of vibrant color for this old-fashioned potato salad (no mayonnaise).

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    Purple Potato Salad

    Purple Potato Salad

    The Spruce / Diana Rattray

    Bright purple potatoes take center stage in this attractive potato salad. Fresh cilantro adds flavor to this purple potato salad along with a combination of mayonnaise and lime juice.

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    Creamy Garden Potato Salad With Eggs

    Garden Potato Salad With Peas and Carrots

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    A variety of vegetables marry well with the potatoes in this creamy garden potato salad with eggs. The vegetables include carrots, peas, red and green bell pepper, and celery. The creamy mayonnaise dressing is flavored with Dijon mustard and dill.

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    Roasted Potato Salad

    Roasted Potato Salad
    Diana Rattray

    This roasted potato salad preparation offers a unique twist: roasted potatoes. The well-seasoned roasted potatoes and onions are tossed with a lemony mayonnaise and sour cream dressing.

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    Hot German Potato Salad

    German potato salad

    The Spruce / Diana Rattray

    Bacon drippings add flavor to the sweet and tangy dressing for this delicious hot German potato salad. The salad is served warm.

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    Serbian Potato Salad

    Serbian Potato Salad

    The Spruce / Barbara Rolek

    In this Serbian potato salad, Yukon Gold potatoes team up with yellow onions, roasted red peppers, garlic, and a lightly sweetened vinegar and oil dressing.

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    German Baked Potato Salad

    German Baked Potato Salad

    The Spruce / Sabrina S. Baksh

    This German baked potato salad contains golden brown roasted fingerling potatoes and onions, along with some crumbled bacon and chives. The dressing is an oil and vinegar mixture with honey.

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    Kosher Russian Potato Salad

    Russian Potato Salad

    The Spruce / Miri Rotkovitz

    This attractive kosher Russian potato salad includes carrots, green peas, and chopped dill pickles. Hard-boiled eggs are added to the salad as well, and it's dressed with mayonnaise.