18 Potato Recipes That Go Beyond Fries and Mashed Potatoes
Potatoes can do far more than become fries or a simple side of mash. These 18 potato recipes include everything from crispy roasted potatoes and creamy baked casseroles to hearty soups, flavorful salads, loaded dinners, and globally inspired dishes. They’re perfect for family meals, holidays, cookouts, or whenever you need a dependable side with plenty of flavor. With so many different ways to prepare them, potatoes never have to feel repetitive.
Chili Baked Potatoes
This easy chili baked potato recipe works for weeknights or family dinners for a crowd! This trick lets you cook the potatoes in half the time.
Hasselback Potatoes (With one SECRET Ingredient!)
If you like crispy potatoes, you are going to love these EASY Hasselback Potatoes! And my SECRET ingredient sends them over the top!
Scalloped Potato Beef and Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie
Irish comfort food at it’s finest, this Scalloped Potato Beef and Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie puts a heartier spin on the classic. Ground beef, onions, and diced veggies are mixed with chopped mushrooms, then topped with mashed potato, then another layer of scalloped potatoes.
Parmentier Potatoes Mini Roasted Spuds
Parmentier potatoes are mini roasted spuds and they are delicious, I roast mine in beef dripping and flavour them with rosemary and garlic. They are simple to make, taking around 35 minutes and they can be roasted in the oven with anything from fish to chicken!
Best Potato Salad
Here’s how to make our best potato salad recipe! Our version of the American classic is creamy, crunchy, and tangy. It has just the right pop from pickles, and the creamy dressing is a burst of flavor. It’s a keeper: it’s become our family favorite for picnic tables and cookouts!
Loaded Baked Potato Toppings
Mix and match baked potato toppings for the best easy dinner, a loaded baked potato! It’s customizable to any diet and eater.
Potatoes au Gratin
Potatoes au Gratin is the ultimate comfort food. Thin slices of potato are bathed in a cheesy, creamy sauce and then baked to bubbling, golden brown perfection.
Simple Irish Potato Soup
Cozy up with this traditional Irish Potato Soup! It’s made with a handful of simple ingredients and is a tried-and-true comfort food to warm you up any time of the year.
Dauphinoise Potatoes
Dauphinoise potatoes are simple and cheesy thin-sliced potatoes layered with cream, butter, and cheese for an incredible side dish! This easy potato dish is so elegant and beautiful, it almost looks too good to eat! The flavor is so mouthwateringly delicious, you’ll never want to make potatoes another way!
Boulangère Potatoes
Boulangere Potatoes combines tender sliced potatoes layered with onions, herbs, and gruyère cheese and baked into a golden, bubbling side dish. It’s a lighter alternative to creamy gratins but still tastes indulgent.
Twice Baked Potato Casserole
Twice baked potato casserole is all the goodness of a twice baked potato in an easy to eat and easy to assemble form!
Potato Galette
Everyone knows that I love potatoes, I could eat them day in and day out and never get tired of them. Ever. They are a blank canvas waiting to be painted and absorb all of the delicious flavors you pair them with. This is the type of dish that you will dream about and can make for a spectacular side or even and entree.
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.
French Onion Potatoes
Thinly sliced potatoes, smothered in a French Onion mixture coated with plenty of cheese and baked to perfection. Onion soup meets scalloped potatoes in this French Onion Potatoes recipe, for a dish you’ll want over mashed potatoes any day.
Warm Potato Salad
Comforting, warm potato salad with bacon and a tangy sauce complements just about any main dish meat. This easy side dish is bursting with flavor!
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.
Beet and Potato Salad from Ethiopia
This Beet and Potato Salad is a yummy side dish from Ethiopia. It is both vegetarian and vegan, is perfect for balancing out the spiciness of an Ethiopian meal, and can be served either warm or cold.
Aloo Matar Indian Pea and Potato Curry
Aloo matar or mutter is an easy-to-make Indian pea and potato curry; it is naturally vegan, my version is medium-hot and heady with fenugreek.
