Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad
Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad is the BEST potato salad you will ever make! It will be your new go-to for all your cookouts!
This jazzed up twist on classic potato salad will be your new favorite! Traditional potato salad is always delicious but you can add in a few additions and turn that traditional potato salad into a show stopper!
The weather is warming up and that means the grills are going to start coming out and soon the neighborhood will be filled with the smell of grilled burgers and hot dogs. As much as I love a good grilled burger I am always here for the sides! Summer bbqs have the best side dishes and potato salad is one of my favorites.
I am always trying to come up with a new spin on all the classic summer side dishes so I took my favorite potato salad and jazzed it up with a few additions.
Here in the South we love pimento cheese so I figured it would be delicious in potato salad and I was right!
This potato salad comes together in no time and doesn’t have a ton of ingredients and I can whip it up easy the day before a bbq and it will be ready to go to the cookout!
All I needed for this recipe was some peeled, chopped, boiled potatoes and a traditional pimento cheese recipe.
I added a little more mayo than I would in regular pimento cheese and added a scant amount of onion because every potato salad needs a little onion.
Then of course I added bacon!!! Everything is better with bacon, especially potato salad!
I have made a million recipes to take to my family cookouts and they are all devoured and raved about but I have never received so many compliments on a dish before as I did with this Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad. Every person loved it and begged for the recipe and so I am sharing it today!
There are a few secrets to getting this Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad perfect and that is the mayo, bacon and cheese.
I promise you will be the hit of the BBQ with this recipe, and you better get used to making it because you will be asked to make it A LOT (trust me I know lol).
So this summer make this amazing Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad and wow your friends!
What potatoes are best to use?
I prefer to use yellow potatoes for my potato salad but any kind is fine, Russets work wonderfully and so do red skinned!
Can this be made in advance?
Yes! It is actually better made the night before. I wouldn’t make too much more in advance than just the day before.
How to make this potato salad
- Full recipe below.
- Peel, wash and dice the potatoes.
- Boil in salted water until just fork tender.
- Mix the remaining ingredients together.
- Mix the cheese mixture and cooled potatoes together using a fork to help squish the mixture together.
- Chill and serve.
Ingredients you need
- Full recipe below
- Potatoes- Russet or yellow work great!
- Bacon- Use good bacon as it is the star of this dish.
- Sharp cheddar cheese- Make sure it’s sharp, you can shred it yourself or buy pre-shredded.
- Mayo- Use a good quality.
- Diced pimento peppers- This is what makes this dish pimento cheese potato salad
- Onion- I just use half of a small one.
- Worcestershire Sauce- This always gives such a great flavor to potato salad.
- Hot sauce- Just a dash for taste.
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Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad
Bacon Pimento Cheese Potato Salad is the BEST potato salad you will ever make! It will be your new go-to for all your cookouts!
Ingredients
- 3 pounds potatoes peeled washed, diced
- 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 3/4 cup mayo
- 2 Tablespoons diced pimento peppers
- 1 teaspoon minced onion
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- dash of hot sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Peel, wash and dice the potatoes.
- Boil in salted water until just fork tender. (you don't want them so tender they fall apart)
- Mix the remaining ingredients together.
- Mix the cheese mixture and cooled potatoes together using a fork to help squish the mixture together.
- Chill and serve.
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