Creamy Potato Salad with Bacon
If you’re a potato salad connoisseur or even just a potato salad lover, you’re going to enjoy this recipe!
This potato salad recipe is creamy, chunky, and zippy AND has bacon in it!
They say that everything is better with bacon, and I have to agree with that!
When I was a kid, every now and then when my family would go on a picnic they would order some take out fried chicken with some potato salad and coleslaw (and all those other yummy things).
While this isn’t a copycat recipe, it is inspired by the restaurant variety of potato salad I loved so very much.
This potato salad in particular is a super duper wicked version of the classic stuff we all love. 🙂
I like my potato salad creamy, flavorful and with great big chunks of potatoes, and I MUST have bacon! lol
While I’m cooking the potatoes, I cook up some bacon and make sure that it’s really nice and crispy. Making sure that the bacon bits are super crisp will give the salad a nice texture.
Also, I should note that it's best to use real bacon for this recipe rather than the artificial bacon bits. It just tastes better that way. 🙂
I’m not sure what it is but there’s something about potato salad that just puts my mind in a good place!
It’s good home cooking and comfort food at its best!
One of the most satisfying things about this potato salad, is that my two-year-old son loves it!
My boy has been extremely picky ever since he turned two years old (well actually since before then!) so whatever he’s willing to eat I’m happy with!
I’ve made this recipe many times as something to bring to family gatherings or barbecues and it almost always completely disappears!
Creamy Potato Salad with Bacon
- Yield: Makes a very large quantity - enough for at least 8 people to have a large amount! 🙂
Ingredients
- 5 lbs potatoes, peeled and cubed – varying sizes of chunks are good
- 1 lb of bacon, cooked and crumbled – make sure it's crisp but not overcooked
- 3 cups mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup mustard
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp seasoning salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 dill pickles, chopped into small pieces (optional)
Instructions
- Boil the chunks of potatoes until they are cooked and are soft. Remove them from the pot and place into a large mixing bowl. Let them cool for a few minutes.
- Combine all the remaining ingredients in a separate mixing bowl using a whisk.
- Once potato chunks have cooled for a few minutes, add the mayonnaise mixture and gently stir everything together so that all the potatoes are coated. It's ok if some of the potatoes break up a bit but you want to still have some big chunks.
- Once the potatoes are coated, place the mixing bowl (covered) into the fridge to chill overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- Before serving, give the salad a gentle stir.
Notes
When you combine the dressing with the potatoes, you don't have to wait for the potatoes to completely cool. Just wait about 10 minutes or even less. I find that if I combine the dressing while to potatoes are still warm it becomes nice and creamy while still having chunks. 🙂
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I'd love to hear from you so please feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below! 🙂
This potato salad looks so creamy and yummy. I would use turkey bacon in this recipe. Everyone in my house would be asking for seconds of this!
I love potato salad but it has to be done right as I can’t enjoy everyones recipe. This however looks like one I would enjoy 🙂
My husband is a total potato salad junie! He would love this version with bacon!
This looks so good. It sounds just like a loaded baked potato. Thank you for sharing.
This looks so good! I’ve never thought to put bacon in the potato salad – and I love bacon so not sure why since I know I will love it. Thanks for sharing!
That does look like the perfect potato salad! I wish I would have seen this earlier, it would have made it to my lunch!
Omg now this looks beyond delicious!!! Potato salad is one of my favorites. We always have it at any bbq we throw!
Both the hubs and I are suckers for a good potato salad. We’ve never tried it with bacon though. But we love bacon too. Gotta try that!
I can see why it’ a favorite. It looks and sounds amazing to me.
I have never had bacon in potato salad but man does it ever sound good! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This looks good. My husband requested me to make one like this last night and add eggs. It was interesting, this one looks WAY better. I’ll try this one next!
I add bacon to just about everything so this is a major win for me. Sounds like a great side dish.
I love creamy potato salads! I just made this last night, but instead of just mayo, I added sour cream, too. It tastes good.
Ohh my gosh that looks delicious! My mom makes some pretty good potato salad! Ill have to have her put some bacon in it next time.
We seriously just added potato salad to our menu for the 4th of July party we’re having. I LOVE this recipe. Gonna give it a shot. It should be a big hit, especially with the bacon! NOM.
I really love potato salad! This one looks so good! I love the addition of bacon in it!
Your potato salad looks amazing and it’s very similar to my recipe. In my opinion, the bacon makes all the difference because it gives it a little crunch in every bite!
Potato salad is a MUST have item at all our cookouts. Adding bacon is just pure genius.
Oh my gosh … that looks so good! I am a big fan of almost any type of potato salad, so adding bacon is like Heaven to me.
This is a delicious recipe. We’re kosher, so no bacon for us, but still. This is a great recipe.
Bacon is so good in potato salad. I’ve been putting it in there for years.