Potato salad is one of the most popular summer cookout foods, and everyone has their preferred recipe.
Celebrity chefs have put their own spin on the classic side dish with unexpected ingredients and techniques. Guy Fieri grills his potatoes instead of boiling them, while Ree Drummond, better known as the Pioneer Woman, mixes in sweet pickles and hard-boiled eggs for a nostalgic twist on her potato salad.
From classic deli-style versions to bold, flavor-packed takes, here's how 10 celebrity chefs make their signature potato salad.
Ina Garten's recipe for an old-fashioned potato salad uses fresh dill and "good mayonnaise."
To make a Barefoot Contessa-approved potato salad, you'll need small red potatoes, Dijon and whole-grain mustard, fresh dill, celery, and red onion. Garten also recommends boiling the potatoes until they're barely tender, then letting them steam in a colander under a kitchen towel until tender but firm.
She also recommends not serving the potato salad right away. Instead, she says to toss it well, cover it, and refrigerate the salad for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend.
Alton Brown adds garlic, apple cider vinegar, and sliced cornichons to his potato salad.
"Iron Chef" host Alton Brown makes his potato salad recipe with red potatoes, garlic, cornichons, onions, and celery. Like Garten, he recommends letting the salad sit for at least an hour before serving.
Martha Stewart's recipe for a basic potato salad uses only six ingredients, including white wine vinegar and scallions.
Martha Stewart's potato salad recipe is surprisingly simple. It only calls for either Yukon gold or new potatoes, white wine vinegar, scallions, salt, pepper, and light mayonnaise.
Ree Drummond, also known as the Pioneer Woman, adds sweet pickles and hard-boiled eggs to her potato salad.
Drummond's recipe for "perfect" potato salad recommends using russet potatoes, cutting them into halves or thirds before boiling them, and lightly mashing them to make them fluffy.
In addition to pickles, pickle juice, and hard-boiled eggs, she also adds mayonnaise, mustard, green onions, dill, and other seasonings.
Joanna Gaines' creamy potato salad has bacon, Dijon mustard, and hard-boiled eggs.
Joanna Gaines' potato salad recipe calls for red potatoes, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, yellow mustard, and hard-boiled eggs. The "Fixer Upper" star also adds bacon and jalapeño to the potato salad for a slight kick.
Guy Fieri grills his potatoes rather than boiling them.
To make Guy Fieri's recipe for a "smokin' potato salad," you'll need to grill some sliced potatoes until they're puffed and golden brown. Fieri also adds sour cream, mayonnaise, mustard, capers, and lemon juice.
Giada De Laurentiis roasts baby red potatoes to make her lemon-mustard potato salad.
Giada De Laurentiis's recipe adds freshness to a standard potato salad by dressing baby red potatoes with olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, thyme, salt, pepper, and lemon zest before roasting them in the oven. She also recommends topping the salad with gorgonzola cheese and chopped walnuts.
Aaron Sanchez also grills the potatoes in his recipe for potato salad.
Sanchez keeps his potato salad recipe pretty simple — he doesn't even use mayonnaise. Instead, the celebrity chef uses sour cream along with cilantro, lime juice, scallions, and olive oil.
Bobby Flay's German potato salad recipe uses bacon, apple cider vinegar, and two types of onions.
While Bobby Flay's recipe has delicious ingredients, it won't be as creamy as some potato salads you're used to. There's no mayonnaise in this recipe, only a light dressing made with apple cider vinegar and mustard.
Jamie Oliver's potato salad recipe includes pancetta or bacon, breadcrumbs, and sour cream.
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's potato salad recipe includes sour cream, yogurt, breadcrumbs, pancetta, and chives. This savory, slightly crispy potato salad may be a bit unusual, but it will likely still impress the guests at your next summer cookout.
