Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

Get your taste buds fired up with our loaded potato salad recipe – perfect for camping! The combination of creamy potatoes, crispy bacon, and cheddar cheese is a campfire favorite.

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

A traditional potato salad recipe is the ideal side dish to make and take camping! Tender potatoes are easy to prepare and travel well when packing and preparing for a camping trip.

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This delicious potato salad is a must make variation on the traditional recipe. It contains no eggs, for those with allergies or aversions, and basically tastes like the inside of potato skins.

Who doesn’t love double stuffed potatoes?! Well now you can put all of your favorite potato toppings into a salad for the best flavor combination you’ve ever tasted!

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

We love that this creamy loaded baked potato salad only needs a few simple ingredients from the grocery store! And it makes the perfect make-ahead dish for summer, great for pairing with smoked baby back ribs, smoked brisket or beer can chicken.

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

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Loaded Potato Salad Recipe Ingredients

Loaded potato salad recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds white potatoes, cut into quarters
  • 5 pieces of bacon, cooked and diced
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup caesar salad dressing
  • 1/2 cup (2 stalks) green onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 3 Tbsp sour cream
Classic Potato Salad Recipe Process

Directions:

1. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water.

2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce to a simmer and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes.

3. Strain the water from the potatoes and rinse with cold water. Allow to cool.

4. Cook bacon in a frying pan until crispy. Chop into pieces.

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe Process

5. Combine mayo, caesar dressing, sour cream and potatoes in a large bowl.

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe
Loaded Potato Salad Recipe Process

6. Add bacon, cheese, green onions and dressing.

7. Mix well and serve.

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

Recipe Substitutions:

  • Use fresh chives
  • Red potatoes, russet potatoes
  • Sharp cheddar cheese
  • Greek yogurt may be used in the place of sour cream.
  • Ranch dressing may be substituted for ceasar.
Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

Tips & Tricks:

  • This makes a large portion of salad that is great for feeding a crowd. You can halve the recipe for smaller groups or small family dinners.
  • Store potato salad in an airtight container or covered in plastic wrap in the fridge for up to 3 days.
  • This can be served with warm potatoes and kept at room temperature for an hour or so.
  • If the creamy dressing starts to bind, add 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or olive oil to the mix.

This is one of our favorite side dishes for the warm summer months because it’s easy to prepare in advance and bring to an event. It makes the ideal cold salad to bring to summer picnics!

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

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Tips for camping meal preparation:

  • Prepare meals in advance at home whenever possible.  Leave most of the mess at home where running water is more accessible and clean up is easier.  Trust me on this one!
  • Create “one pot” family style meals for quick dinners that don’t require a lot of thought. 
  • Use tinfoil packets, foil pie pans or pie irons. These tools help to make clean up a breeze!
  • Pack ingredients in 1 gallon size ziploc bags for flexible storage in small fridges and coolers.
  • Plan meals that use similar ingredients to help make packing and planning easy.  These Cheesy Vegetable Campfire Dip, Loaded Campfire Potatoes and Tinfoil Packet Taco Salad recipes are some of my favorites.
Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

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Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

Loaded Potato Salad Recipe

Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Get your taste buds fired up with our loaded potato salad recipe - perfect for camping! The combination of creamy potatoes, crispy bacon, and cheddar cheese is a campfire favorite.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds white potatoes, cut into quarters
  • 5 pieces of bacon, cooked and diced
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup caesar salad dressing
  • 1/2 cup (2 stalks) green onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 3 Tbsp sour cream

Instructions

1. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water.

2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce to a simmer and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes.

3. Strain the water from the potatoes and rinse with cold water. Allow to cool.

4. Cook bacon in a frying pan until crispy. Chop into pieces.

5. Combine mayo, caesar dressing and sour cream in a small bowl.

6. In a large mixing bowl combine potatoes, bacon, cheese, green onions and dressing.

7. Mix well and serve.

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