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Dill Pickle Potato Salad

Name: Dill Pickle Potato Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: picnic
Ingredients: 1 3 lb. bag The Little Potato Company Little Charmers Red; 3 celery ribs, finely chopped; 6 scallions, finely chopped; 2 medium dill pickles, finely chopped; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional for non-vegan version); 1 cup mayo (regular or vegan); 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice; 3 teaspoons mustard; 1 teaspoon celery seed; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

By Alexandra Caspero on July 15, 2019

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Dill Pickle Potato Salad! A fun-twist on traditional potato salad! Tangy dill pickle potato salad that’s perfect for your next picnic, potluck or cookout.

My husband grew up very rural Wisconsin, where the nearest grocery store is 30 minutes away and most recipes start with either mayo, cream cheese, sour cream and/or a brick of cheddar cheese. It’s dairy country through and through and spending so much time up there over the last decade has introduced me to a new way of cooking and a plethora of recipes that I didn’t know existed.

Last month, I pulled one of his mom’s old church cookbooks and started flipping through. Does anyone else read cookbooks like they are books? I’ve almost always got a pile of cookbooks on my nightstand that I flip through before bed. Anyways, I landed on one that I knew I’d be recreating once we got home: Dill Pickle Potato Salad.

Are you a pickle fan? I wasn’t growing up, until my pickle-obsessed husband convinced me that a sandwich tastes better with a pickle and chopped pickles work in more recipes than I’d ever imagined.

This dill pickle potato salad is exactly as it sounds: dill pickle spiked dressing with more chopped pickles folded into the potato salad. It’s a little-bit tangy, a little-bit briny and super creamy. It’s become my new favorite dish to take to potlucks and picnics. Everyone loves potato salad and now, everyone loves dill pickle potato salad.

To make this potato salad even easier, I used The Little Potato Company’s Little Charmers. This 3 lb. bag of red Creamer potatoes makes for the best potato salad, with very little prep needed. The delicate red skin has a hint of sweetness and doesn’t need to be peeled. Simply open the bag, throw them in boiling water and in 15 minutes, your potatoes are ready to be dressed.

As the Little potatoes are smaller than regular potatoes, they also cool much faster and don’t become over-boiled mush, which can happen with baking potatoes.

Fellow flavor lovers, I know you are going to love this salad as much as we did!