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 …
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.
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Recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Salad
All of your favorite baked potato ingredients in a cold picnic potato salad. What’s not to love.
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds potatoes red skinned or Yukon gold
- ¾ cup sour cream heaping
- ¼ cup mayonnaise heaping
- 8 slices bacon thick cut cooked and crumbled
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Salt and Pepper to taste
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
Loaded Baked Potato Salad …It’s what’s for a Picnic.
Why Trust These Recipes? Lea Ann Brown has lived, worked and played in Colorado for 45 years. She has immersed herself in the Colorado Culinary space, is a Culinary School Graduate and publishes her Colorado food Blog, Cooking On The Ranch.
Perfect for a picnic! And loaded is always better! Printing this for my next outdoor get-together!
So good to hear from you Roz! We really liked this recipe. Enjoy.
Your husband is absolutely right: You can’t lose with sour cream, mayonnaise, cheese and crumbled bacon! Great find, Lea Ann! I’ll be making this one soon.
Thanks Stacy. And I’m not going to make any jokes about husbands being right. 🙂
I love loaded baked potatoes and hey, if it’s in salad form, I can eat the whole bowl right?!
I about did eat the whole bowl! Great recipe!
Hell, yes! This is potato salad!
Thanks Abbe! 🙂
A perfect pick for a picnic theme.
Thank you Lauren.
Oooooh – I love the sound of this! {Currently drooling.} Bacon + Potatoes + Cheese– yes!! 🙂 Picnic perfect indeed.
Thanks Anna! 🙂
I saw this on her blog too. Now, I need to figure out a perfect menu to make it next week. What a fabulous choice!!
Thanks Kate.
If you love baked potatoes as much as I do then this is easily a recipe that will bring you to your knees! I love the look of it (so drool worthy) and perfect for our theme! 🙂
Thanks so much Alice.
What a perfect picnic food! Wouldn’t this please a crowd!
Now if it will just stop raining maybe we can enjoy a meal out of doors. Thanks Holly.
What more could you ask for – a salad with bacon and potatoes. You are making my mouth water! Great choice!
Thank you Lisa!
I’ve been craving potato salad like nobody’s business for the past week or so. I NEED this in front of me.
I didn’t get my traditional Memorial Day Potato salad made, so me too! I jumped on this recipe for my fix.
Husband quotes are the bomb, aren’t they? I can just see mine saying the exact same thing … and he would; that salad looks phenomenal.
Thanks Christiane. I use Husband quotes quite a bit … great recommendations.
Loaded Potato Salad sounds amazing…and it looks wonderfully delicious! Perfect food for any picnic!
Thanks you Kathy.
Sounds like a good recipe LA, but I would have to add a little mustard to mine – I can’t get past what I grew up on.
I’m with you on that mustard. That’s my traditional way … but this one was pretty darn delicious.
Who doesn’t love loaded baked potatoes? Terrific idea to use them in a potato salad — and so perfect for a picnic. Love this! Thanks.
Thank you John.
What a terrific potato salad—picnic worthy for sure, but I’d eat it any time!!!
Thanks Liz, and as always thanks for rounding us all up for a great Summer blog event.
This looks so delicious! I love loaded baked potatoes so this should be even better!
What’s a picnic without potato salad! Love the cheese and bacon in this loaded salad. Anything with bacon has the Mister standing in line with a fork ready!
Couldn’t agree more!
It’s always a great sign when our husbands approve of a new version of an old favorite. This salad looks great and it’s picnic-perfect!
I agree Jean! 🙂
I had spotted this recipe on Rebekah’s blog as well and printed it out to make. I am happy for the second opinion. Thanks