16 Potato Recipes You’ll Choose Over Mashed Every Time
Mashed potatoes may be a classic, but there’s so much more you can do with them. This collection of 16 recipes brings out new textures, flavors, and ways to enjoy potatoes beyond the usual. From crispy to creamy to everything in between, each dish offers something a little different. If you’re ready to switch things up, these are the recipes you’ll keep choosing instead.
Parmesan Potatoes
Imagine: roasted potatoes that are crispy outside, tender inside, and covered in crunchy Parmesan cheese. Yes, you need these Parmesan potatoes stat.
Steamed Potatoes
Here’s how to make steamed potatoes: an easy side dish that’s bursting with flavor! Mix with butter and garlic for a tasty simple side.
Brabant Potatoes
Crispy potatoes drizzled with rich garlic butter! These Brabant Potatoes are a New Orleans classic and will quickly become one of your family’s favorite side dishes.
Crispy Skillet Potatoes with Bacon and Herbs
These Skillet Potatoes are perfectly seasoned and pan fried to golden perfection.
Pan Fried Potatoes
Here’s how to make the best fried potatoes, perfectly seasoned and browned to perfection! They’re great as breakfast potatoes or an easy dinner side dish.
Dill Potato Salad
This tasty dill potato salad is just like Grandma’s: it’s bursting with fresh herbs and flavored with olive oil and vinegar.
Crispy Greek Fries – The Ultimate Side!
These crispy Greek fries are the ultimate side dish! They’re showered with Mediterranean-style toppings: feta cheese, onion, and herbs for a major upgrade to that side of fries.
Mustard Potato Salad
Creamy and tangy, this Mustard Potato Salad is loaded with chunky potatoes and crispy veggies. It’s egg and mayo-free yet still creamy with Greek yogurt.
Potato Galette
This Potato Galette is such a beautiful side dish for the holidays. It’s pretty much just potatoes, garlic, thyme and ghee but the presentation of the galette makes it very special and memorable for special dinners.
Jeera Aloo (Easy Cumin Potatoes)
Jeera Aloo is a spicy potato side dish bursting with flavor from cumin and fresh herbs. It’s a great way to taste the flavors of India and Bangladesh!
Potato Pancakes (Draniki)
This blog post will teach you all about the best potatoes to pick, the best seasonings to add, and, most importantly, how to make sure you end up with crispiest, most delicious Potato Pancakes (Draniki).
Salt Crusted Baked Potatoes with Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Butter
Baked potatoes might seem basic, but these Salt Crusted Baked Potatoes with Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Butter are anything but. Simple and easy, yes! But elevated too, thanks to a couple of baking tricks and an amazing compound butter that melts all over the fluffy insides of a perfectly baked Russet potato!
Caramelized Potatoes Recipe
Enjoy this Caramelized Potatoes recipe from Iceland! In this recipe, waxy potatoes are coated in a homemade caramel to make a sweet and unique side dish perfect for any fancy meal.
Crispy Garlic Smashed Potatoes
This Crispy Smashed Potato recipe is flavorful, fluffy, and covered in garlic butter and cheese. Made on a sheet pan, these crispy potatoes are a great side dish for any occasion.
Cottage Potatoes
Cottage Potatoes are the perfect side dish for any meal. Creamy, cheesy, and topped with a crunchy topping, this is going to be your new favorite potato recipe for sure.
Fondant Potatoes
With their crispy edges, these Fondant Potatoes are a classic French side dish that will elevate the elegance of your next family dinner. This absolutely amazing and wonderful recipe is worthy of being on the dinner table of any dinner party and will leave your guests thinking you’re a classic French chef.
