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    Home > Side Dishes > Loaded Baked Potato Salad, Perfect Picnic Food

    Loaded Baked Potato Salad, Perfect Picnic Food

    Published: Jun 10, 2015 · Modified: Feb 16, 2022 by Lea Ann Brown · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Loaded Baked Potato Salad Recipe

    This is a recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Salad, loaded with bacon and sour cream. Everyone will say “Yes Please”  A perfect potato salad recipe for a picnic, back-yard BBQ party and a perfect side dish for anything grilled, steak, burgers, chicken … 

    Potato salad with bacon and cheese in a white bowl.

    I’m pretty picky about my potato salads. I have my long time family recipe that I refer to as my Classic Potato Salad. I can make it in my sleep and I swear it’s the only “way”.  I’ve made it for a hundred years.

    Sometimes I feel the need to experiment. Especially when I hear there’s bacon involved in that experiment. Why not a loaded baked potato salad. Rich, creamy and fantastic. My husband, who loves my old fashioned mayonnaise and mustard version of potato salad said, and I quote “Wouldn’t hurt my feelings if you made it like this all the time.”  You can’t lose with sour cream, mayonnaise, cheese and crumbled bacon.

    So, want to feel just a little more welcome at your next back yard BBQ, pot luck, roof top gathering party? Offer to bring this unique potato salad version. It will go perfect with any burger, rib or brisket or BBQ chicken recipe any of your friends will be serving up.

    Everyone loves a good potato salad, especially this girl.

    Recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Salad

    I hope you give this Loaded Baked Potato Salad recipe a try. And if you do, please come back and let me know how you liked it and give the recipe a star rating. Your feedback is valuable to me for developing future recipes. And if you have a favorite potato salad recipe, let me know, I’d love to give it a try.

    And if you’re looking for even more side dishes for picnic style gatherings, don’t miss this line-up of Summer cook-out sides. I’m positive you’ll find something you love.

    Perfect potato salad for a picnic. Loaded Potato Salad with bacon and cheese.

    Loaded Baked Potato Salad

    Loaded Baked Potato Salad
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 304kcal
    Author: Lea Ann Brown

    Ingredients

    • 2 pounds potatoes red skinned or Yukon gold
    • 3/4 cup sour cream heaping
    • 1/4 cup mayonnaise heaping
    • 8 slices bacon thick cut cooked and crumbled
    • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
    • Salt and Pepper to taste
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    Instructions

    • Wash and cut the potatoes into oversized bite-sized pieces. Cover with water and boil until fork tender, about 20 minutes. Do not overcook.
    • Drain in a colander and let sit for 10 more minutes.
    • Mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, pepper, most of the cheese, and most of the bacon (reserve some cheese and bacon for topping) in a serving bowl. Pour warm potatoes into the bowl and very gently mix until evenly combined.
    • Top with the extra shredded cheese and bacon and serve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 306mg | Potassium: 556mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 284IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 160mg | Iron: 4mg
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    Looking for other potato salad ideas?  How about:

    Blue Cheese Potato Salad

    Loaded Baked Potato Salad …It’s what’s for a Picnic.

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    Comments

    1. Mimi says

      May 25, 2018 at 5:15 pm

      Nice. Such yummy ingredients. Potato salad is one of the great dishes of summer!

      Reply
    2. Debra says

      July 05, 2015 at 4:37 pm

      Hey, Lea Ann, this does look like a great traditional potato salad alternative. (Was just in your neck of the woods visiting the nieces. We found a great little park for a picnic close to a rec center there. As we were trying to find their favorite fast food restaurant for our “to-go” picnic, I told The Hubs, “I know a blogger who lives here.” )

      Reply
      • Lea Ann Brown says

        July 07, 2015 at 6:53 am

        Were you in Highlands Ranch??? You are so darn sneaky!!! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Chris says

      July 02, 2015 at 12:09 pm

      We have a party with fellow competition BBQrs this weekend and we’re supposed to bring a side. I’m thinking something along these lines would be great.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann Brown says

        July 02, 2015 at 1:51 pm

        We really liked this potato salad Chris. It’s a crowd pleaser.

        Reply
    4. Kim - Liv Life says

      June 13, 2015 at 10:37 pm

      Loaded Potato anything is just pure love on my part!! Perfect for a picnic!!!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann Brown says

        June 14, 2015 at 6:20 am

        Thank you Kim!

        Reply
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