My Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad recipe is very possibly my favorite potato salad! So savory and delicious! It is a must make! Save the recipe for you can make it!
When I was a child, we would have a family picnic each summer. It would be a large party at a local forest preserve and include distant and extended family we would only see that one time a year. It was something I looked forward to, similarly to Christmas. My cousins and I would spend the day exploring the woods, looking for snails in the lake, catching lighting bugs and top it all off by making s’mores on a warm grill. It was everything summer should be.
And there was so much food. You would bring your meat, a cooler for drinks and everyone would bring a side. If we still did this today (and writing this I’m sad that we don’t), I would bring this Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad recipe as my side.
Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad savory flavors
I was never a huge fan of of traditional potato salad with celery, pickles and raw onions. But this blue cheese potato salad recipe is like a modern, savory version of an old favorite. It’s hands down my favorite way to eat and serve potato salad.
My Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad is simple to make and combines fresh ingredients and its full flavor is unequivocally delicious. Fresh herbs, bacon, chives and blue cheese and more make this dish really unforgettable. It’s one that people will ask that you make time and time again.
Tips for making my Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad
- You will cook the potatoes in this recipe for about 15 minutes. I recommend using Baby Dutch potatoes in my Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad recipe. They have wonderful flavor and will give you a fun Red White and “Blue” potato salad!
- Make life easy and cook the bacon in the oven all at once. Instructions for doing so are below! Use a baking sheet lined with tin foil to make life easy. If you have a baking sheet with a wire rack like these ones {HERE}, it will be even better.
- The Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad should be served warm. However, you don’t want it too warm when you begin to mix otherwise you’ll have mashed potatoes. Make sure to run the potatoes under water and then give them just a little time before mixing.
- You can save this in an air-tight container for a day or two after making it. However, I do not suggest making it ahead of time and then reheating.
Looking for more summer recipes?
Try these recipes if you’re looking for more summer dinner ideas or side dishes!
- Honey Mustard Pork Chops on the Grill
- Crunchy Apple Coleslaw {HERE}
- Instant Pot Pulled Pork {HERE}
- Kielbasa Skewers {HERE}
- Chimichurri Shrimp Skewers {HERE}
- Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon {HERE}
- Watermelon Lemonade {HERE}
- Red White and Blue Lemonade {HERE}
Thank you so much for visiting today, friends! Get the full recipe below and make sure to watch the video above to see how simple the steps are to make this soon-to-be family favored.




Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Bacon & Blue Potato Salad Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds of Baby Dutch yellow potatoes
- 3/4 cup of sour cream
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup bacon, crumbled
- 1/2 cup blue cheese (about 4 oz)
- 1/2 cup chives, finely chopped
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. salt
Instructions
Bacon & Blue Potato Salad Instructions
- Boil about 5 cups of water on the stove in a large pot.
- Cook the bacon. I like to bake my bacon so I can cook all of it at once and without me having to watch it. Cook it at 425 for about 15 minutes. Just keep an eye on it the first time you do it since oven times vary.
- While the bacon cooks chop your chives, squeeze your lemons fo juice and chop your potatoes into quarters. Measure out your other ingredients at this time too.
- Once your water is boiling, add your potatoes and cook until you can put a fork through them easily. it should only take about 15 minutes.
- Combine the mayo, sour cream, chives, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
- Once your potatoes are done, run them under some cold water for a minute to cool them down. This dish should be served warm but you don't want it hot.
- After they've cooled, add the potatoes to a bowl and pour the sour cream and mayo mixture over them. Mix slowly with a wood spoon. You want things mixed well but you don't want the potatoes to completely fall apart on you.
- Top with the crumbled bacon, blue cheese and any extra chives. Serve immediately, warm.



So I think I need to make this for dinner tonight LOL. My stomach is growling just looking at it. Oh my gosh does it look good.
That is the fanciest potato salad I’ve ever seen. It has bacon, so I’m sold!
I do love potato salad but have never made one myself. This might just be my first one to make.
You can never go wrong with bacon! This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
My girls are HUGE potato salad lovers. I think they’d love this recipe. I will have to try it with them! Looks great!
Oh, how I love bacon. This sounds delicious with or without bacon, but I’ll be sure to add the bacon.
This looks amazing! I am so going to make it the next time we grill out. I tend to love all things with bacon.
This looks amazing. I’ve never had a salad like this one before. I definitely want to make this soon. I really can’t wait to give it a try.
There is nothing better then potato salad in the south and this one looks especially good. I know my hubby would love this.
This would be a great dish to make for a family gathering! I don’t personally eat meat or blue cheese, but everyone in my family loves both!
Wow this looks and sounds incredible! I mean is there really any better combo? I picture eating this with a delicious burger too!
This is going on our menu for dinner sometime next week. I am darn near drooling here thinking about how delicious this must taste!
This is one delicious-looking potato salad! I have my fork all ready to dig right in!
I have yet to try blue cheese. Serving it in a potato salad is a smart idea. I’ll have to give this salad a try.
This will be a sure hit at my house!!
yeah, that looks amazing. Im sure everyone would love this. has a cobb salad vibe
I am drooling over this salad! It’s on my next week menu! Love how easy this is!
I am all about blue cheese so this salad is totally up my alley! I need to try this one out because it seems perfect for the season.
Bacon & cheese? yum! I bet this is delicious, love the presentation!
Looks so good. I just learned to make macaroni salad. I am going to try your recipe love the idea of adding bacon.
This sounds so good except for the blue cheese LOL. Is there another cheese you could sub out?
My fav potato salad is made with cilantro, jalapeños and new potatoes. YUM!
This looks delicious! There’s nothing better than a great potato salad recipe and I can’t wait to try it out.
Such a great recipe! I’m always looking for new salad recipes! Thanks for sharing it!
This looks like a really yummy potato salad! I would love to make this sometime.
That looks like delicious potato salad. perfect for get together. I love the bacon in salad.
Bacon is my fave so this is thumbs up for me. But can I just appreciate your presentation and flat lays. Everything on your photo is like perfect.
Looks like such a refreshing and delicious salad!! Going to make it, thanks!
Okay, you got me at bacon. We love bacon and to add it to potato salad is always a winner. I will try your recipe with blue cheese. That sounds so delicious!
The bacon and the blue cheese is an interesting combination. This sounds delicious!