Crispy smashed potato salad brings a fresh new spin to traditional potato salad by using seasoned potatoes baked until golden brown and crispy.

Crispy Smashed Potato Salad

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

Crispy smashed potato salad is exactly what you need to be making this summer.

It’s an incredible spin on traditional potato salad that’s sure to be an instant hit with friends and family.

I recently started making this for BBQ’s and get togethers and received so many compliments and requests for the recipe.

Everyone just absolutely loved it. Even the picky kids!

The crispy potatoes add so much flavor and texture to the dish that’s it’s hard not to love.

Those little crispy bits of potatoes are my favorite part of the whole recipe.

It’s the perfect side to pretty much anything you’d serve in the warmer weather months from picnics to barbecues or even causal family dinners at home.

I hope you give this recipe a try. If you do, I know you’ll love it just as much and my family and I do.

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Crispy Smashed Potato Salad Variations

I love this recipe as it is, but here are some ways to change it up if you’d like to.

• Flavor- If you’d like to add more flavor to the potatoes, try boiling them in chicken or vegetable broth instead of water. You can all so add whatever additional seasonings that you’d like.
• Potatoes- Any kind of baby potatoes works for this recipe.
• Add Ins- Make this recipe your own by adding whatever you’d like such as bacon bits, chopped boiled eggs, chopped pickles or whatever else you’d like.
• Air Fryer- You can make these potatoes in the air fryer, too. if you'd like. Follow the directions as you normally would but pop the smashed potatoes into the air fryer at 425 degrees for about 10-15 minutes or until they're crispy. Flip them half way during cooking for extra crispiness.

Other Easy Side Dishes

If you like easy to make side dishes like this one, here are some others that I know you’ll love, too.

• Classic Macaroni Salad
• Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
• Moms Famous Tortellini Salad
• Easy Baked Beans

Crispy Smashed Potato Salad Ingredients

• Baby yellow potatoes
• Olive oil
• Mayonnaise
• Sour cream
• Dijon mustard
• Lemon juice
• Fresh dill, chopped
• Fresh scallions, chopped
• Fresh parsley, chopped
• Salt, pepper & garlic powder

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425°

First, boil the clean potatoes in salted water until fork tender.

Then, drain them from the water, and add them to a parchment paper lined baking sheet that’s been drizzled in olive oil.

Now, place a small piece of parchment paper on top of each potato and gently press down with a flat bottom glass just until the potatoes are smashed down.

Next, drizzle the tops of the potatoes with more olive oil and generously season them with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Then place them into the oven until the potatoes are brown and crispy then set them aside.

Now, in a large bowl, add all of the other ingredients and stir them together until they’re evenly combined.

Next, place the crispy smashed potatoes onto a cutting board and give them a rough chop.

Then, place most of the potatoes into the bowl (save some potatoes for the top) and toss them into the sauce.

Finally, sprinkle the rest of the potatoes onto the top and serve. Enjoy!