Southwestern Pasta Salad is light and refreshing. Made with fresh veggies and full of flavor, this will convert even those who claim to hate potato salad.
With so many BBQs in the summer, I try to find ways to add some flare or make a twist on common outdoor summer recipes. While Aiden, my 11-year-old son, and I love potato salad, the rest of our family aren’t big fans. Mostly due to the eggs. I wanted potato salad so bad the other day and knew I had to make it for dinner.
So keeping my family in mind I decided to make a potato salad, with no eggs and less mayo so that we would all enjoy it! I decided to go with a Southwestern / Mexican twist since we are die-hard Mexican food addicts. This recipe is light, refreshing, and it leaves your palate feeling clean and not overcome by too much creaminess.
Made with fresh vegetables, fat-free sour cream, light mayo and a hint of some spices, this Southwestern Potato Salad will become a barbecue favorite.
Enjoy! XOXO San
How do you make Southwestern Potato Salad?
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In a small mixing bowl add and stir together sour cream, mayo, chili powder, cumin, red pepper, green onion, jalapeno, and cilantro. Set aside.
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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 barely tender and easy to pierce with a knife or fork. Drain the potatoes, allow potatoes to cool.
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Once cooled add the sour cream mixture, stir together to combine, add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let it chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!
Looking for some other potato salad with a twist? Be sure to check these out: Classic Potato Salad with a Twist-Barefeet In The Kitchen, Rosemary Bacon Potato Salad-Life Ambrosia, Loaded Baked Potato Salad-Foodie with Family, and Potato Salad with Chipotle Lime-Ben & Birdy
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Southwestern Potato Salad
Ingredients
- 3 pounds red potatoes skin peeled and diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 jalapeno diced
- 1 cup cilantro coarsely chopped
- 4 green onions chopped
- 2 ears of corn cooked and kernels removed from ear, about 1.5 cups of corn kernels
- 3/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 1/3 cup fat-free sour cream
- 2/3 cup light mayo
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl add and stir together sour cream, mayo, chili powder, cumin, red pepper, green onion, jalapeno, and cilantro. 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 barely tender and easy to pierce with a knife or fork. Drain the potatoes, allow potatoes to cool.
- Once cooled add the sour cream mixture, stir together to combine, add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let it chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!
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I occasionally eat potato salad. Your recipe and photo looks delicious!
Looks delicious! I love a good potato salad, southwestern flavors sound like they would pair perfectly in one. 🙂
wow, my dad loves potato salad. i think this will be a great addition to our Father’s day BBQ! I’m going to pin this!
I love the southwestern take on the classic potato salad. Don’t think I’ve ever had it this way, but want to try it!
Ooooh, I have never had corn in my potato salad, but it sounds like it would be perfect in there. Yum.
I love the addition of the chili powder! That would give this salad an awesome little KICK that most potato salads don’t have!
My family and I are big potato salad fans and this one sounds really amazing! Definitely a recipe we’ll have to give a try 🙂
I absolutely love potato salad with sour cream and have been looking for a recipe. I am going to try this soon.
This recipe sounds really delicious and I love how colorful the dish is. It would really stand out at Church picnics and cook-outs.
yummy, that looks nice and creamy, looks liek it would go great with fried chicken!
Totally pinning this… It sounds amazing and I love everything that you put into it. I can only guess how yummy it must tastes… Thanks for posting
This is definitely a salad that I personally enjoy! It is so good!!!
Oh that would taste fantastic. I have never had corn in my potato salad
That looks so good and colorful! We have been enjoying potato salad with our grilled dinners. I will have to try this!
Your recipe really looks delicious! I’m always looking for new dishes for our summer bbqs, thank you!
This recipe sounds delicious. I love potato salad and I like changing it up a bit from the traditional version. Can’t wait to try this one. Thanks for sharing!
I love potato salad. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I am gong to try this very soon.
It’s so colorful and attractive. It’s going to make a summer hit!
I think that is one of the prettiest potato salads I have ever seen. Looks really good as well.
Oh that looks good! Do you think if you grilled the corn it would still work? We have a cookout coming up, and I need a potato salad.
This potato salad looks fabulous. I shared it on my facebook page. 🙂
I love potato salad, and I am not picky about it. I love all kinds. I confess, I’ve not tried any like this. Just so you know, I have copied and pasted your recipe and plan on getting all the ingredients when I shop.
yumm sounds delish! Hadn’t thought to add corn before and now I am thinking why haven’t I!
This would be great with a Southwestern style burger!! Pinning!
My kids would love this . All the yummy things included!
I was just thinking that potato salad would taste good. Nice photos of it!
This sounds so good! I’m a huge potato salad fan, too, and I love trying new recipes:)
This looks delicious and light and yummy!! Thanks for sharing. Pinning.
This sounds AMAZING. I’m looking for vegan summer recipes and this one could very easily be made vegan by using vegan mayo in place of the sour cream and mayo. Pinning this and making it this weekend!
This looks delicious! =)
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Look delicious! I especially love the addition of corn to the salad… thanks for the idea!
I just love your Southwest flavors for your fantastic Potato Salad. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
I’m a sucker for Mexican food and potato salad, so this is a win for me! Perfect summer potato salad!
Hi Sandra – This looks so good! Thanks so much for sharing with the Let’s Get Real Party.
Thanks for hosting!
Sandra, I made this salad the other day for a party at work and everyone went nuts over it! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe – I’m going to be using it a lot this summer and passing along the link!
I’ve been wanting a southwestern style potato salad, thank you!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
What a fun way to change up potato salad! I’m loving the idea of a spicy summer salad for BBQ’s!
I’m making this for the 4th of July picnic I’m going to today. I think it’s going to be a big hit!
Can’t wait to hear how this goes. xo San