This Best Potato Salad Recipe is creamy and flavorful with just the right amount of spicy. I never even liked potato salad until I tried this recipe!
Best Potato Salad
I must admit, I’m not a big fan of potato salad. I’m not sure why. I like everything that’s in potato salad, but I just never really liked it all together. Maybe I just needed to find that one best potato salad recipe.
One day I had the potato salad at Famous Dave’s, a fabulous barbecue restaurant. If you’ve never been, I encourage you to try it! Their brisket is my favorite! Anyway. Potato salad. Theirs is amazing. And it’s the first potato salad that I can honestly say that I loved.
I just had to find a way to replicate this for all of our future picnics and events, so I took special care in trying to taste each ingredient. I even made Mr. Gracious taste it and tell me if he tasted anything I missed.
Later that week, I whipped up my own potato salad using the flavor inspiration from Famous Dave’s. It turned out pretty darn close! AND pretty darn tasty! I can honestly say that it’s the best potato salad recipe I’ve ever made or eaten.
Best Potato Salad Recipe
Best Potato Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 pounds red potatoes
- 1 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup dill pickle relish
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 5 hard boiled eggs finely chopped
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1/2 cup red onion chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped pimientos
- 1 tablespoon finely minced jalapeno pepper about 1 pepper, seeds removed
Instructions
- In a large pot, boil potatoes with enough water to cover and boil potatoes just until tender, about 8-15 minutes. Drain when done, and place in a bowl to chill in the refrigerator.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together mayonnaise, sour cream, relish, mustard, and vinegar. Stir mixture until everything is combined.
- Add salt, sugar, and pepper, and stir again to combine.
- Add remaining ingredients, except potatoes, and stir to incorporate.
- Remove potatoes from refrigerator. Peel potatoes and cut into half-inch cubes.
- Add potatoes to the mayonnaise mixture and stir to incorporate, fully coating potatoes with mixture.
- Cover and chill until ready to serve. Potato salad is best if chilled overnight before serving.
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May 3, 2015 at 7:05 pmThis is a bit different than what I am used to but it looks amazing. I am willing to try it!
Made From Pinterest says
May 4, 2015 at 11:10 pmThis looks amazing! I am sooooooo making this as soon as I possibly can. Yum! Keep up the awesome posts. i always look forward to what you have to post! Thanks so much!
Carole from Carole's Chatter says
May 7, 2015 at 3:01 pmHi, lovely salad. I do hope you’ll come over to Food on Friday: Salads to bring this to the party! Cheers from Carole’s Chatter
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
May 9, 2015 at 1:12 amThank you for joining us at Freedom Fridays! Pinned and scheduled a Facebook share! Have a great weekend! 🙂
Katherines Corner says
May 9, 2015 at 2:39 pmokay I just drooled a little…Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Watch for your feature on Monday xo
Michelle says
May 13, 2015 at 1:18 pmThank you so much!
Lyn says
June 26, 2015 at 11:20 ammy neighbor recently gave me a recipe for potato salad that is similar to yours, but with fewer ingredients. I am convinced it is the red potatoes and the red onion that make it delicious.
Marjorie says
August 3, 2015 at 12:41 pmi make my salad the same way except no vinegar or sour cream. Also the potatoes should be peeled and chopped while hot. I add black olives instead of pimentos and jalapeños. I like it better without the sour cream but it is optional. This is the first recipe I’ve ever seen close to our family recipe.
Michelle says
August 3, 2015 at 4:08 pmYour family recipe must be delicious 😉 As for chilling the potatoes before peeling, I just chill them in the fridge for a few minutes while I finish prepping the rest of the ingredients. They’re still warm, but then I don’t get burned 🙂
A.M. Dijkstra says
August 4, 2015 at 11:50 amYou better mix all ingredients into the still HOT potatoes and chill afterwards; it tastes much better when soaked in overnight that way.. my German friend taught me her classic recipe.
LadyMac says
November 26, 2015 at 8:52 amPotato Salad like macaroni and cheese is secred in the African American culture. We don’t everybody’s potato salad! This recipe was excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Michelle says
November 26, 2015 at 8:57 amThank you so much! It’s my favorite, so I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Nikki Bennett says
June 6, 2016 at 10:13 amDo you peel your red potatoes? Your picture doesn’t look like the potato skin was left on.
Michelle says
June 6, 2016 at 10:18 amFor potato salad, yes I do.
Edye says
June 27, 2016 at 12:22 pmYUM! This would be great for a summer BBQ 🙂
Blessings,
Edye
Ashleigh says
June 27, 2016 at 9:34 pmLooks absolutely delicious! I’m right there with you; I don’t usually go for the potato salad, but I’ll give this one a try!
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