Potato Salad Bites - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

Traditional potato salad gets a makeover with these delicious Potato Salad Bites! Simply made by stuffing homemade potato salad inside cooked potato halves, this classic side dish is made a little extra special and turned into a portable appetizer, so it’s perfect for entertaining!

I’m a little bit weird when it comes to food preferences.

You already know I have to trick myself into eating vegetables.

I’ve never liked mayo, salad dressing, sour cream, or anything along those lines.

But I’ve always LOVED potato salad. I don’t get it. My brain knows it’s got mayo, but my tastebuds are so happy.

I usually don’t even eat hard-boiled eggs. But for some reason, when it’s all together in potato salad, it just doesn’t bother me at all.

These potato salad bites are so perfect for summer entertaining.

They’re one of my favorite finger foods, actually!

They’re easy to make, and they’re also great for making the day before your event.

You can use any potato salad recipe to stuff the potatoes, but this is a really easy recipe to follow if this is your first time making potato salad.

I think these would be great with bacon, cheese, or a number of other things I’ve seen in other recipes.

I’ve kept it pretty simple here as a basic recipe you can get creative with!

If you love the taste of these potato salad bites, you need to try my Easy Instant Pot Potato Salad, my German Potato Salad, and this Southwest Potato Salad too!

Ingredients Needed:

• Potatoes: I used small red potatoes for these potato bites, but you can use any kind of potato.
• Eggs: we’ll use hard-boiled eggs for the potato salad filling – you can buy boiled eggs to make this recipe even easier and quicker if you need to!
• Mayonnaise: this is the base of the sauce in the potato salad. You can use your favorite brand of mayonnaise for this recipe, or make your own! Whole-fat mayo will have a creamier taste, but you could try lower-fat mayo too.
• White Vinegar: adds a delicious tang to the potato salad.
• Seasoning: use a mixture of kosher salt, dried parsley, onion powder, paprika, and freshly ground black pepper for a spiced savory flavor.
• Garnish: we’ll top the bites with some sliced green onion for extra flavor.

How to Make Potato Salad Bites

This recipe is quick and easy to make! Full instructions are included in the recipe card below.

1. Cook potatoes: Boil potato halves until cooked through then set aside to cool.
2. Scoop out potato: Scoop out the inside of 12 of the potato halves.
3. Make potato salad filling: Chop leftover potato halves, putting them in a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, eggs, vinegar, salt, parsley, onion powder, paprika, black pepper, and green onion. Stir to combine, then spoon into hollow potato halves.
4. Garnish: Garnish with green onions for serving as desired.

Potato Salad Bites FAQs

Tips and Notes

• Wash potatoes. You’ll need to wash potatoes but there’s no need to peel them. The potato skin actually contains a lot of nutrients that are great to eat!
• Melon baller. Use a melon baller or small cookie scoop to portion the potato salad mix into the potato skins if you have one.

Potato Salad Bites Variations

• Slices. You can slice your potatoes into 1-inch thick slices instead of using potato halves if you prefer. You can do this if your potatoes will be too big even after halving them.
• Mix up the seasoning. You can use your favorite herbs and spices in these potato salad bites to compliment other appetizers in your spread. Red pepper flakes, garlic powder,
• Add more veggies. Add some chopped olives, finely chopped dill pickles, or chopped red onion to the potato salad filling for an added zing!
• Bacon. Everything is better with a bit of bacon. Sprinkle some chopped crispy bacon on top for an added smoky bacon flavor.
• Cheese. Add some shredded cheddar cheese or mozzarella cheese into the potato salad mix, or sprinkle some on top of the bites before serving.
• Garnish. Try using some fresh herbs to garnish like freshly chopped cilantro or some sprigs of parsley if you like.
• Mayo. Use your favorite kind of mayo here, or try this recipe with my homemade Spicy Mayo for a spicy kick!

Serving Suggestions

Serve these Potato Salad Bites warm, immediately or after chilling them in the refrigerator for up to a day.

They’re great as a side dish for a summer BBQ along with my Homemade Coleslaw Recipe, this Homemade Creamed Corn, or my Instant Pot Baked Beans.

Or serve these bites as an appetizer with other finger foods at a party with some Cheesy Garlic Bread, Jalapeno Poppers, these Baked Chicken Wings, or my Bacon Wrapped Smokies.

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