Baked Potato Salad

Baked Potato Salad – everything you love about baked potatoes in a potato salad! Potatoes tossed in sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, and chives. Perfect for summer barbecues!

I love a cool side dish during spring and summer! If you do too, try Fritos Corn Salad and Broccoli Salad.

This post originally published July 22, 2011. Updated on June 9, 2020

This is my alltime favorite potato salad recipe. It’s also currently the only potato salad recipe on this site. 

“Why, Amanda, is this the only potato salad on your site?”

You guys, I’m so bad at boiling potatoes for potato salad. They either end up undercooked or so mushy that they practically turn to mashed potatoes. 

This Baked Potato Salad is my answer to that problem because the potatoes are baked instead of boiled. And then they’re diced up and tossed with crispy bacon, shredded cheddar cheese, fresh chives, and a sour cream dressing. 

Ingredients

• Baking potatoes
• Mayonnaise
• Sour cream
• Cheddar cheese
• Chives
• Bacon
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425F. Bake potatoes for 1 hour, or until fork tender.
• When cool enough to handle, chop potatoes (skin and all) into bite sized chunks. Place in refrigerator until chilled through.
• In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Stir in the potatoes, coating each piece with the mayo mixture.
• Garnish with a sprinkling of chives.
• Serve cold.

How Long Is Potato Salad Good For?

This potato salad will stay good for up to 3 – 5 days in the fridge. Make sure to keep it refrigerated in an airtight container – these glass containers are my favorite for leftovers.

Since this baked potato salad is supposed to be served cold, no need to worry about reheating the leftovers!

What Kind Of Potato Do I Use?

I always use the big baking potatoes to get that baked potato feel but if you prefer a red potato or yellow potato, you can totally do that. Any potato is fine!

But depending on the size of the potato you use, it may not need to bake for the entire time the recipe calls for. 

Can You Freeze Potato Salad?

I don’t recommend freezing this. The ingredients won’t hold up well to being frozen and defrosted.

More Summer Salad Recipes

• Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Salad
• Cole Slaw Pasta Salad
• Root Beer Baked Beans
• Cranberry Almond Broccoli Salad
• Caesar Pasta Salad
• Marshmallow Fruit Salad
• Ramen Noodle Salad

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