Bacon Blue Cheese Potato Salad

Submitted by jaynine

"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."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 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

[ksimala03]

Great blue potato salad recipe! I've made it half a dozen times and never been disappointed. Tweaks were just 3: turkey bacon,1/2lb.,(for pork to loose fat and calories), Roquefort 4.5oz.or Danish Blue 4.5oz.in place of domestic blue for a upgrade,(use the cheese YOU like!) and last use only 2 green onions to allow more cheese flavor through. Chilling for 8hrs.will really bring out the flavors and you can always add more onion if you want. Make it. You'll like it. Make it now!

 

[Michelle545]

I'm not a fan of blue cheese at all, but bought some deli-made blue cheese/bacon potato salad for my boyfriend, tried a bite and really like it. So I figured if deli-made was good, homemade must be fantastic! Found this recipe, made it and we both LOVED it. He really raved about it. I followed others' suggestions to add more blue cheese than recipe calls for and also added more bacon (no such thing as too much bacon), and also added chopped celery for texture (I like crunchiness in my potato salad). At this moment, I'm making another batch (doubled recipe) to bring to a cookout tomorrow night. With this batch, I added extra green onions - didn't really taste them in the last batch, so adding a little more this time.

 

[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!<br/>------------------------------------<br/>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".

 

[Heatherly]

Soooo loved this. I am not a fan of mustard popato salad, and this was the perfect alternaive. I actually added extra bleu cheese because I love it. Made as written the bleu cheese flavor is subtle as noted in the description. So very good, thanks for posting! A new favorite!

 

[G6960]

I enjoy this salad. It's quick and easy. Have you ever thought about adding dill weed? Tasty!