22 Creamy Potato Salad Recipes for Summer Cookouts

Make sweet, tangy, and tart versions with recipes from José Andrés, Marcus Samuelsson, and more star chefs.

Bavarian Potato Salad
Photo: Photo by Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Prissy Lee

The popular star dish shines in our variety of potato salad recipes, thanks to grilling, roasting, vegetables, cheeses, and herbs. Try Michael Anthony's Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomato or Marcus Samuelsson's Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad. Your next best potato salad recipe is among these flavorful renditions.

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Classic Potato Salad

How to Make Potato Salad

Diana Chistruga

Melissa Rubel Jacobson has your go-to recipe with three easy steps and all the traditional ingredients in just the right ratios in 40 minutes.

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Japanese Potato Salad

Japanese Potato Salad in a bowl

Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver

Sawako Okochi's take is packed with vegetables and Kewpie mayo for a rich and creamy result in 55 minutes.

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Potato Salad with Fresh Corn and Basil

Potato Salad with Fresh Corn and Basil Recipe
Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen

Summery fresh herbs shine in the dressing for this version that showcases sweet seasonal corn.

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Nina's Potato Salad

Nina's Potato Salad
Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Torie Cox & John Somerall / Prop Styling by Audrey Davis

Chef Matt Horn's wife Nina makes this Horn Barbecue side tart and creamy to pair perfectly with smoked brisket.

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Bavarian Potato Salad

Bavarian Potato Salad
Photo by Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Prissy Lee

F&W's Melanie Hansche shares her mother's recipe. Soaking the potatoes takes time, but it can be made up to two days ahead and refrigerated.

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Roasted Hot Honey Sweet Potato Salad

Toasted Hot Honey Pecan Sweet Potato Salad
Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Hannah Greenwood

Amanda Stanfield's side pops with color, smoked paprika, and tangy heat from hot honey. Homemade pickled red onions can be used for sandwiches or tacos, too.

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Potato Salad with Green Beans and Salsa Verde

Potato Salad with Green Beans and Salsa Verde
© Coral Von Zumwalt

Sheamus Feeley's velvety potato salad has an extraordinary salsa verde made with parsley and chives.

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Creamy Cucumber and Grilled Potato Salad

Creamy Cucumber and Grilled Potato Salad
© Christina Holmes

2011 F&W Best New Chef Jamie Bissonnette makes his own creamy Italian dressing for this version inspired by his mother's method.

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Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Brown Butter Dressing

Warm Potato Salad with Pancetta and Brown Butter Dressing
© Tina Rupp

Grace Parisi whisks brown butter into a tangy, mustardy dressing for these creamy fingerling potatoes inspired by the summer vegetable salad at Le Pigeon in Portland, Oregon, where 2007 F&W Best New Chef Gabriel Rucker uses nutty brown butter instead of oil in a warm vinaigrette.

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Tzatziki Potato Salad

Tzatziki Potato Salad

© Lucy Schaeffer

Grace Parisi uses the yogurt and cucumber meze and mayonnaise as the base for her incredibly tasty potato salad tossed with dill, mint, and serrano chile.

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Classic Potato Salad with Crunchy Trout Roe

Classic Potato Salad with Crunchy Trout Roe
Abby Hocking / Food & Wine

Achieve a creamy texture with olive oil and eggs, and turn the side into a fun and flavorful starter or main with tuna and salty trout roe.

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Grilled Potato Salad with Scallion Vinaigrette

Grilled Potato Salad with Scallion Vinaigrette
Christina Holmes

Grill the fingerling potatoes and scallions for this easy summer salad with a tangy, spicy dressing.

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Roasted Corn & Potato Salad

Roasted Corn & Potato Salad
© Todd Porter & Diane Cu

Mix roasted corn with baby potatoes in a creamy, slightly spicy dressing for this no-fuss, 45-minute version.

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Potato-and-Roasted Cauliflower Salad

Potato-and-Roasted-Cauliflower Salad
© Chris Court

Substitute half of the baby potatoes with cauliflower florets and toss with briny capers, mustard and freshly grated horseradish for a zingy variation from Paul Berglund.

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Warm Potato Salad with Arugula

Warm Potato Salad with Arugula
© John Kernick

Toss warm potatoes with a mustardy vinaigrette and handfuls of arugula in this 40-minute version from 2007 F&W Best New Chef Paul Virant.

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Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomato

Saffron Fingerling Potato Salad with Mixed Greens and Tomatoes
© Stephanie Foley

Grace Parisi developed this light, fresh take on a potato salad, tossed with fennel, tomatoes, and plenty of greens as a tribute to 2002 F&W Best New Chef Michael Anthony's 50-ingredient warm vegetable salad, which includes a few coins of tender, saffron-flavored fingerling potatoes.

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Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad

Roasted Sweet Potato and Okra Salad
© John Kernick

Marcus Samuelsson tosses roasted sweet potatoes with red potatoes, wilted spinach, and sautéed okra, adding a nutty, tangy flavor with toasted mustard seeds and a caper vinaigrette for this make ahead side.

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Ham-and-Potato Salad

Ham-and-Potato Salad
© Con Poulos

José Andrés adds smoky ham and makes whipped deviled egg dressing for his variation.

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Potato Salad with Bacon and Barbecue Sauce

Potato salad
© John Kernick

This variation has a pungent dressing with mustard oil and a hit of smoky-sweet flavor from bacon and bottled barbecue sauce, from 1998 F&W Best New Chef Laurent Tourondel.

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Potato Salad with Champagne Vinegar

Potato Salad with Champagne Vinegar
© Lucy Schaeffer

The bright acidic note of vinegar balances the buttery potatoes in Wolfgang Ban's recipe.

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Grilled Potato Salad with Mustard Seeds

Grilled Potato Salad with Mustard Seeds
© John Kernick

Grill sliced potatoes in butter for an amazing crust, then dress them with a tangy mustard seed vinaigrette, fresh scallions, and celery, in this recipe from Chicago chef Stephanie Izard.

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Potato-and-Radicchio Salad with Montasio Cheese

Potato-and-Radicchio Salad with Montasio Cheese
© Cedric Angeles

This smart, simple, rustic version from 2005 F&W Best New Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson uses Montasio, a mild Italian cow-milk cheese.

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