barbecue, bacon, and blue cheese potato salad
Barbecue, bacon, and blue cheese.
My three favorite ‘b’ words. Well, besides Mr. B, of course.
There’s something about the way barbecue, bacon, and blue cheese rolls off the tip of the tongue that makes you instantly HANGRY. You could add this flavor combo on top of dirt paste and you’d be all, “I’ve never had such flavorful dirt paste.” Am I right?
Anyways, I am a huge fan of barbecue, bacon, and blue cheese burgers, hot dogs, nachos, and tacos. And this got me thinking. Since we are knee deep in potato salad season, I thought, why not try this combo out in a tater salad? I high-fived myself and immediately got to work.
Full disclosure: I am a potato salad SNOB. I know, I know, it’s not something I am proud of, but hear me out. The ratio of ingredients in a potato salad are crucial. You have to have the right amount of mayo because you no one wants to dive into a mayo salad. Ewww. The potatoes have to be perfectly cooked through and the crunch from celery is essential to balance texture.
Well, to satisfy my snobbery ways, this barbecue, bacon, and blue cheese potato salad is one for the books, kids. It’s the ultimate comfort food combination that will be a hit at your next backyard party or picnic. Just don’t forget the dirt paste. I kid. Maybe.
Barbecue, Bacon, and Blue Cheese Potato Salad
Ingredients:
7 large red potatoes, washed
5 slices cooked bacon, diced
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
2 celery ribs, diced
1/2 cup red onion, diced
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles, garnish
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Fill a large stock with water. Add the red potatoes and bring to a boil. Boil the potatoes for about 35 minutes or until fork tender. Drain the potatoes and set them aside in a bowl to slightly cool before slicing into quarters.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, yellow mustard, salt and pepper. Add the sliced, cooled potato quarters, celery, red onion, parsley, tarragon, and bacon. Gently fold combine everything. Sprinkle blue cheese on top and serve immediately.
Normally, I stick to my dad’s classic creamy potato salad and never wander off course. This summer however I have already tried two different versions and I think I am staring at #3!
Indeed! Trust me, it’s a win-win!
This is a potato salad that my brothers would go crazy over. It looks amazing!
Thanks, Tori! You can never go wrong with bacon!
This combo would definitely make dirt paste taste awesome! I’m really glad you’re a tater salad snob, we need more of them because there are a lot of gross potato salads out there. This is definitely not one of them! 🙂
Right?! So glad you find my snobbery okay:) I hope you are having a great summer!
This looks so tasty!
I’m with you. Blue cheese, bacon and barbecue sauce are 3 of the best foods!
Pinning this 🙂
Thank you so much, Claire!!
This is my kind of potato salad! Love the flavor combo!
Wow Lauren! This potato salad is some serious stuff! The flavors sound spot on! Can’t wait to make some for the 4th!
Dude. Can you please hand me one of those buckets right meow!?!?
I’m right with you in potato salad snob land. I mean, life is too short to be eating not perfect potato salad. But this potato salad has allllllll of its bases covered!
I just added this recipe to my newsletter for our association. Served it at our lake picnic and it was delish!! Made it twice now. Thanks for sharing.
Yay!! I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe!!
How does this taste chilled?
I made it the night before eating and we ate it cold and it was very good.
yay!! so glad you liked it!
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What is the approximate weight to use for potatoes? I can usually only find smaller ones at the grocery store.
If you do around a pound of potatoes you should be good!