Bacon Blue Cheese Potato Salad

jaynine's Note:

I'm not crazy about potato salad, but this one is definitely the exception. It's creamy and the flavor is wonderful. I got the recipe from my friend Devon, who got it from somebody else. Don't be put off by the blue cheese - the flavor is not overwhelming at all. I didn't know it had blue cheese until I asked for the recipe.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 1/2 lbs red potatoes, cut into eighths
• 5 slices bacon
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (about 3/4 cup)

Directions:

1. Boil potatoes until tender.
2. Cook bacon until crisp, and cut into one inch pieces.
3. In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, vinegar, salt and pepper.
4. Fold in green onions, cheese, potatoes and bacon.
5. Can be served immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

Reviews

[wildheart]

Just fabulous. I used Yukon Golds, which soaked up a little more dressing, so I had to make more at serving and was out of sour cream. I substituted some blue cheese dressing we had for the sour cream in the second batch (plus, I think I used too many potatoes). But the taste of this is fabulous, exactly like the taste of the blue cheese deli potato salad up here, without the chemicals!
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Wildheart's note the next night: okay, folks, we are here fighting over the leftovers. Fabulous the first night, but the second night it is to die for!! This goes in "the book".

[Cherylcat54]

FAB! FAB! FAB! No tweaking required. Great spin from the traditional mayo/pickle/onion potato salad! Use a good blue cheese - I like Maytag

[Chef Shadows]

This was good and we enjoyed it. I will use stilton cheese next time to give it a little more flavor as well as some cayenne pepper. Thanks for a good recipe! Shadows