Simple Potato Salad

Simple potato salad recipe that is a great side dish for a bbq or potluck! Easy potato salad you can build on to and add what you like.

If you’re looking for an easy side dish to bring to a bbq or dinner at your house, this simple potato salad recipe could do the trick! Just 4 ingredients and just simply perfect with burgers or to bring to a potluck. Here’s how you make it.

Yes, just 4 ingredients…that is my kind of recipe! My philosophy is if I don’t have it at the house already, or I can’t find it really easily at the grocery store I’m just not gonna’ make it.

I love having an easy side dish recipe like this one or our salt n pepper zucchini chips to bring to a bbq or serve along side a main dish at home. Finding a dish that includes veggies is a plus too.

You just need red potatoes (you could use another but the taste and texture of these are a favorite of ours), sour cream, a few spices and bacon makes everything better in our opinion so that goes in too.

Of course you can load it up with other veggies if you like celery or lots of onions, it is totally up to you but this is the basic easy potato salad recipe you can tweak to your liking.

Of course with any potato salad you can add away when it comes to ingredients, like adding bacon bits, hard boiled egg, celery etc…. but the base of this simple potato salad is as follows.

Simple potato salad

1. Baby red potatoes
2. Sour cream
3. Chives
4. Paprika
5. Add ins
   1. Bacon
   2. Hard boiled eggs
   3. Celery
   4. Dill

If you want to make it quickly you can try our Instant Pot potato salad too that has more ingredients but really fast to make!

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Simple potato salad

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Simple potato salad recipe that is a great side dish for a bbq or potluck! Easy potato salad you can build on to and add what you like.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy, potato salad, quick

Servings: 8

Calories: 108 kcal

Author: The Typical Mom

Ingredients

• 1-1.5 lbs baby red potatoes
• 1 c sour cream
• 2 tbsp paprika
• 1/4 c diced chives
• Optional:
• 2 tbsp bacon bits
• 4 hard boiled eggs, diced
• 1/2 c celery, diced
• 1 tsp dill

Instructions

1. Rinse potatoes and cut into quarters. Boil for 25-30 minutes. Drain and cool. Add potatoes to bowl and stir in ingredients until potatoes are well coated. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hrs.

Nutrition Facts

Simple potato salad

Amount Per Serving (3 oz)

Calories 108 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 16mg 5%

Sodium 64mg 3%

Potassium 346mg 10%

Total Carbohydrates 10g 3%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 1g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 20.3%

Vitamin C 6.2%

Calcium 4.1%

Iron 4.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Whether you keep it simple or make it loaded with lots of goodies it is a great potato salad recipe. I usually use whatever I have on hand when it comes to potato and pasta salads but it’s nice to have an easy base to build off of. It’s a dish that is hearty, tasty, and will save well if you have any leftovers (doubtful) too.

Great the next day if you do, and perfect to add some of your leftover ham to after Easter or Christmas!!

If you’re looking for other great and easy side dishes try our kale strawberry salad or salt n pepper zucchini chips!

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