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The Best Potato Salad Recipe

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I PROMISE you this is the BEST Potato Salad recipe you will ever make!!

My love of chocolate and all things sweet is pretty obvious, but I also have a soft spot (well a few actually!) for savoury recipes as well.  This Potato Salad is based on a recipe my Mum has made ever since we were kids, and while I’ve stuck pretty close to the original I just had to add my own special twist!

The Best Potato Salad Recipe

Now I don’t like to brag, but this is seriously the BEST Potato Salad recipe you will ever try – I promise!   It’s always one of the first dishes we run out of whenever we have a BBQ and I may have been known to pop a little bit into a container in the fridge, just so I get some myself to enjoy!

It’s a combination of a two special ingredients (seeded mustard and sour cream) and the way this Potato Salad is prepared which makes it amazing.  When making this Potato Salad, it’s best to put it together a day in advance and to combine all of the ingredients while the potatoes and bacon is still hot. This helps the potatoes to absorb the delicious flavours of all the other ingredients which gives it so much extra flavour.
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Along with enjoying this salad at a BBQ, it also help make the perfect lazy Summer lunch when served alongside a roast chicken and some oven baked corn – yum!

The Best Potato Salad Recipe

You can watch how to make the Best Potato Salad Recipe below:

The Best Potato Salad Recipe

Lauren
3.88 from 102 votes
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Salads
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 kg of baby potatoes
  • 3 spring onions - finely diced
  • 4 slices of short cut bacon - finely diced
  • 1 cup of mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup of sour cream
  • 1 generous dessertspoon of seeded mustard
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cut the potatoes in half and add to a pot of salted boiling water to cook.
  • Meanwhile, place the bacon and spring onions into a frying pan and cook until the bacon begins to brown.
  • Drain the cooked potatoes and place into a large serving bowl. Add the cooked bacon and spring onions along with the mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard and salt and pepper.
  • Carefully mix until all of the ingredients have combined.
  • Cover the bowl with cling wrap and place into the fridge until ready to enjoy
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Comments

  2. Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry says

    Yummy Lauren, I love a good potato salad! You remind me that I haven’t made one in a long time and I have no idea why not because they are so good! Back in my vegan days I used to make one with egg-free mayonnaise, shallots, chopped kale and pine nuts and it was soooo yummy. Nowadays I prefer egg mayonnaise and really must make one soon. This would be perfect for dinner along with some BBQ meats on these warm, summery evenings!

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  3. Robyn says

    This looks delicious. As a confirmed carboholic I can’t go past a good potato or pasta salad. I think I’ll pin this one for Christmas cooking and see if I can nab some new potatoes from Dad’s garden to use in it.

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  4. Fran says

    5 stars
    This is VERY similar to what I have nicknamed “mum’s world famous potatoe salad” as numerous friends from overseas have requested the recipe, accept we add garlic to the Bacon. Definitely a crowd pleaser 🙂 Think I will have to give the mustard a try next time!

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    • Nx says

      I wouldn’t normally say this, but I think I’ve got you beat, as they say. Creme fraiche instead of sour cream, one tsp hot English mustard. more bacon, six min hard boiled eggs, fresh sage, dried thyme, oregano, rosemary. Sautee the scallions in the bacon drippings and butter, and then quickly fry off the boiled spuds in the pan.

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  11. Rachael says

    Oh my goodness! I made this today after wanting to make it for so long and it was AMAZING! I got so many compliments! It really is a beautiful potato salad. I added some dill and next time I might add some celery for some crunch. The mustard is an awesome addition. LOVED THIS! Thank you!

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  12. Dana says

    Omg this is how I make my potato salad but I also add a little red wine vinegar!! It’s my favourite potato salad glad someone else loves it too yummy wirh a big handful of baby spinach stirred through too or a mix of sweet potato and potato.

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  16. Clare says

    5 stars
    This was the tastiest potato salad Iv ever made I will recommend this to family and friends especially with small children as it was very popular with mine

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  21. Shannon says

    I made this today for my Easter BBQ and it tasted delicious. I received endless compliments for my family on how delicious it was !! Can’t wait to make it again!

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