Bacon Ranch Potato Salad – Barefeet within the Kitchen

What’s to not love a few totally loaded ranch potato salad stuffed with bits of bacon and chunks of egg? This has been my youngsters’ favourite potato salad for over 10 years now.

It is a tremendous easy-to-make potato salad with bacon, eggs, and ranch dressing and it’s been an enormous hit with everybody who tries it.

Ranch Potato Salad

Sooner or later just a few years in the past, whereas I used to be making a contemporary batch of Ranch Dressing, my eye fell on an unlimited leftover baked potato and some hard-boiled eggs ready within the fridge.

The substances had been virtually begging me to make a potato salad. I gained’t faux that the bacon right here was leftover, I cooked it contemporary. Who ever heard of leftover bacon?!

Even with cooking the bacon, this ranch potato salad got here collectively so simply that I immediately knew it might be one that may present up sooner or later on our lunch and dinner menus. This recipe multiplies superbly and I often double or triple it for get-togethers with associates.

I’ve served this to loads of visitors, introduced it to potlucks, and made it as a dinner aspect dish only for the household. It’s a assured hit each time.

Potato Salad with Bacon

After I determined to make a ranch potato salad that first time, my thoughts instantly turned to bacon. There merely isn’t a foul method to embrace bacon in a salad, proper?

I wished a salad with the flavors of ranch dressing, but additionally with some smokiness from the bacon. I used only a little bit of the bacon grease to season the dressing and the entire salad picked up that barely smoky taste that we love.

With just a few leftover hardboiled eggs and baked potatoes, this salad comes collectively shortly. Reasonably than utilizing a storebought or pre-made ranch dressing, I made an additional thick dressing with mayonnaise and all the standard ranch seasoning suspects like dill and parsley.

Each chew of this potato salad is creamy and stuffed with smoky bacon and herbed ranch taste. Recent inexperienced onions tossed in on the finish added a terrific chew and satisfying crunch to the salad.

Don’t be afraid of the bacon grease, it makes an unlimited distinction within the closing consequence. It’s only a small quantity and takes this from an ordinarily good potato salad to one thing that tastes higher than any potato salad you’ve had from a restaurant or deli. It blows the store-bought salads utterly out of the water.

Potato Salad with Ranch Dressing

Can there be an ideal potato salad? If that’s the case, that is it. I discovered myself snacking on this all afternoon that first time I made it.

You’ll want the next substances to make this recipe:

Each time I walked by way of the kitchen, a fork managed to seek out its method into my hand as I opened and closed the fridge, simply to “style take a look at” this recipe yet another time. I’m fortunate that there was sufficient left for our dinner!

Ever because the first time I made this ranch potato salad, I’ve served it as a aspect dish to numerous principal dishes. We adore it with Crunchy Baked Hen and Filthy Burgers but additionally it’s hearty and filling sufficient to function a lunch or mild dinner all by itself.

And sure, I nonetheless discover myself sneaking bites of it every time I’ve leftovers within the fridge. This potato salad doesn’t want to attend or chill earlier than being served. The flavors of all the pieces come collectively completely straight away and it’s greatest served contemporary. I’ve additionally saved it within the fridge for just a few hours or as much as a day earlier than serving and it’s nonetheless tasted improbable.

Be ready for everybody to ask you on your recipe if you convey this to a potluck. Everyone seems to be at all times blown away by this mix of tender potatoes, creamy ranch, and smoky bacon.

Potato Salad Recipes with Eggs

Nothing says barbecue or picnic like a potato salad. In the event you’re on the lookout for extra nice potato salad recipes, listed here are some extra I’ve made over time you could attempt.

In search of extra potato salad recipes with eggs? Try our Dill Pickle and Bacon Potato Salad and this Roasted Potato Salad.

Jalapenos and cheddar cheese make this Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad a assured win. With a creamy, spicy dressing and smoky bites of bacon and egg all through the salad, it’s a crowd favourite.

Creamy deviled egg filling creates the dressing that coats every chew of this potato salad. Chunks of potato and hard-boiled eggs are tossed with the dressing to make the final potato salad for anybody who loves deviled eggs.

Tender potatoes mingle with crisp contemporary greens in a creamy, herb dressing to take this Loaded Vegetable Potato Salad excessive.

An abundance of lemon and dill make this Lemony Dill Potato Salad the freshest tasting potato salad I’ve ever made. It has an surprising vivid taste that makes you cease and savor the primary chew.

Impressed as soon as upon a time by a little bit of leftover Elote Dip and a spoonful of leftover potato salad, this Road Corn Potato Salad was a enjoyable random creation that I knew I wanted to show right into a full potato salad recipe.

{initially printed 4/16/13 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 4/15/24}