Best Ever Potato Salad is fully loaded with bacon, chives, cheese, and ranch seasoning. This recipe will become a family barbecue favorite.
This sour cream potato salad is my absolute favorite. It truly is the best potato salad! It’s the perfect side dish for all of your summer BBQs, potlucks, and parties.
I’ve never had a traditional dish that I always take to barbecues, and that has always bummed me out. Do you know what I mean? You see, I have friends and family members that everyone always requests they bring the same dishes to parties and barbecues.
For instance, my mom is always asked to bring Watergate Salad, my dad, his 7-Layer Dip and Deviled Eggs.
But this potato salad recipe changed that. It’s become the recipe I take to gathering, along with my favorite pasta salad and both are always a hit!
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To maximize the shelf life of potato salad for safety and quality, refrigerate the potato salad in airtight containers.
Properly stored, potato salad will last for 3 to 5 days in the refrigerator.
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Best Ever Potato Salad
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Ingredients
- 3 lbs. Red Potatoes skin peeled and diced
- 1 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil Mayo
- 1/4 -1/2 cup ranch seasoning powder
- 1/2 cup chives finely chopped
- 1 lb. bacon
- 16 ounces freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Cook bacon according to package directions. Once completely cooked & cooled, coarsely chop into small chunks.
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together sour cream, mayo, cheese, coarsely chopped bacon, chives, and ranch seasoning powder {start with 1/4 cup & add more if you desire a stronger ranch taste, we use 1/2 cup, sounds like a lot but once it is all together it is perfect}. Set aside.
- Place potatoes in a large pot of boiling water, add salt if desired. Bring to a boil and let them simmer 8-12 minutes, or until potatoes are tender or easy to pierce with a fork.
- Drain the potatoes and allow to completely cool. I rinse the potatoes with cold water to stop the cooking process and speed up the cooling.
- Once potatoes are completely cool add the sour cream mixture; stir together to combine.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and set in the fridge until ready to serve.
- If you would like your potato salad a little less chunky, use an electric mixer and beat the potato salad on medium for 1-2 minutes. This will break up any large chunks, and give you a smoother texture. I do this to make the potato salad a little more creamy but left enough chunks to give it some depth.
Notes
Is 1/2 cup correct for the ranch seasoning? That seems like an awful lot to me. I use 1 packet in 5 lbs of potatoes for potato salad and sometimes even that is a bit heavy. The cheese and bacon additions sound delicious.
At what point are chives added? I see them in the recipe list but I don’t see when you should add them.
You can add chives when you’ve mixed ething else. They’re mainly just color
I would love to try this only with Idaho russet potatoes. I’m not a big fan of red potatoes or even Yukon golds. I think I would go half and half with the mayo and sour cream which I’ve never used sour cream in potato salad but the bacon, chives and cheddar cheese sounds so good I may have to try this. Could you use miracle whip instead of mayo since I always use miracle whip? I guess I’ll just have to wing it. Sounds and looks so good, this is one of, if not my favorite dishes.
in the UK what is a substitute for ranch seasoning
I’m a big fan of potato salads. I have one that I’m asked to bring or make all the time but I’m getting sick of it! Your recipe looks delicious. I really like the idea of blending it a bit at the end.
I love potato salad — I will have to try this!
Love how fully loaded this is! Bacon for the win!!
I usually just buy store bought, but this looks ah-mazing! I need to try this and make this my new go-to recipe this summer!
We love potato salad so much!
Ranch + potato salad + bacon = awesomeness! I can’t wait to try this!
I can definitely see why this is a favorite!
This is a fantastic recipe! I made it yesterday and loved it!!
My friend made this recipe for a potluck and I had to get the recipe from her! It’s so delicious!! Thanks. Now I’m making for an Independence Day picnic tomorrow! 🙂
What a definite changeup than the old classic potato salad on the best foods jar. I made this today and it is delicious! My son likes it better than the classic.
I only added 1/4 c. of the dressing mix and added a lil pepper ….no salt. A definite do-over recipe. Thank you for this!! A definite 5 Star !!
I’m so glad you and your son enjoyed it!
I can see this becoming a family favorite! It has all of the best toppings in a salad. Yummmm!
Thank you!
What a great side dish with our barbecued chicken last night! Looking forward to enjoying this again and again this summer!
I’m so glad you liked it!
mmm..potato salad is my favorite!! This looks incredibly delicious!!
Thank you!
Looks beyond delicious! This is my ultimate side dish, so excited to make this!
Thank you, enjoy!
This potato salad looks terrific . I need to try it soon.
Thank you, you definitely do!
This is how I love my twice baked potatoes, so I KNOW this potato salad will be awesome! Yum!
I used to make the regular yellow potato salad and just made this for Christmas. Now I’m in charge of making it when we have nothing else.. It’s sad because my mother passed this month before she could try it this year. So thank you so much.
Yum! I love potato salad! I can’t wait to try this!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy.
This sour cream potato salad couldn’t look any more perfect!
Thank you!