There are countless ways to make a great potato salad. At its most basic, the dish is made by boiling potatoes, tossing them with a dressing, and throwing in a handful of other tasty ingredients like herbs, chopped veggies, bacon, and even crumbled hard-boiled eggs. The dressing is most often mayonnaise-based, which gives the dish lots of creamy richness, or mustard- or vinegar-based, which adds tang and makes a lighter and zippier potato salad. However you make your potato salad, it’s usually one of the first things to go at a summer cookout. We rounded up the absolute best potato salad recipes, with different dressings and add-ins to give you plenty of options for your summer outing. This is summer eating at its best!
