Every summer we have picnics with friends, and sometimes they are at the Hollywood Bowl. Going to the Bowl is a great evening of fun, preceded by a blanket picnic on the grounds with boxed lunches and wine. This potato salad is one of our favorite sides in our picnic basket. A recipe from one of my chef heroes, Michael Chiarello, this dish is perfect served at room temperature.
It isn’t your normal potato salad you get as a side with your sandwich or chicken [our picnic favorite is Thomas Keller’s amazing Fried Chicken], but it is everything potato salad was meant to be. Since you are going mayo free here, you can keep this salad at room temperature for much longer than you normally could and the vinaigrette, made partially with bacon fat, will completely change any impressions you’ve ever had of potato salad.
Cut yukon potatoes, toss with some canola oil, salt and pepper. Put on a sheet pan in a single layer and roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, or until brown and crispy.
Dice bacon and brown in pan on low to render out as much fat as possible. Remove bacon from pan and reserve bacon fat.
Cut scallions into 1/2-inch pieces.
To make the dressing: combine the Orange Champagne vinegar, hot and sweet mustard, Dijon, shallot, salt, and pepper. Slowly drizzle in extra-virgin olive oil and bacon fat, whisking constantly, until combined.
Combine the roasted potatoes, scallions, bacon and dressing. Toss to combine and serve!
Ingredients
Salad:
- 1/2 pound thick cut bacon
- 8 russet potatoes
- Gray salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 bunches green onions , both white and green parts, trimmed
Dressing:
- 1/3 cup Orange Champagne vinegar [Trader Joe's]
- 1 tablespoon Whole Grain Dijon mustard [Trader Joe's]
- 1 heaping tablespoon Hot and Sweet Mustard [Trader Joe's]
- 2 shallots , minced
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup bacon fat
- 4 tablespoons Italian parsley leaves , chopped
Instructions
- Cut yukon potatoes, toss with some canola oil, salt and pepper. Put on a sheet pan in a single layer and roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, or until brown and crispy.
- Dice bacon and brown in pan on low to render out as much fat as possible. Remove bacon from pan and reserve bacon fat.
- Cut scallions into 1/2-inch pieces.
- To make the dressing: combine the Orange Champagne vinegar, hot and sweet mustard, Dijon, shallot, salt, and pepper. Slowly drizzle in extra-virgin olive oil and bacon fat, whisking constantly, until combined
- Combine the roasted potatoes, scallions, bacon and dressing. Toss to combine and serve!
Notes
Ingelhoffer Sweet Hot Mustard
Maille Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
Napa Valley Blood Orange Vinegar (This vinegar is heavenly!)
Nutrition
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If this particular Orange champagne vinegar cannot be found, do you have a substitute recommendation? I so want to try this potato salad. I luv potato salad(s) with or without mayo!! ??
In your Yukon Gold potato salad, the potato in the ingredients is “russet”. However, in directions, Yukon gold is mentioned. Which is correct or does it matter?
Because they’re not being boiled for this recipe, you can use either.
Can this salad be made a day ahead?
Sure 🙂
I’m from and live in Central Alabama. What’s Trader Joe’s? How should I substitute those ingredients?
Any whole grain dijon mustard or spicy and sweet mustard would work great 🙂 Ingelhoffer makes a GREAT Sweet Hot Mustard if you can find it locally (the Amazon price is sort of steep). I added a link to it in the notes of the recipe for you.
I’m drooling over here! I can’t wait to make this!
Haha! That is the goal! Make it droolworthy 🙂 I hope you love it
Your Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad looks and sounds amazing! I would love to try making this sometime.
Thanks so much Shannon!
You had me at Bacon! I know my husband would be so happy if I made this recipe for him.
Yup we are a POP household 🙂 For the non POPs out there, that means Pal of Pork! haha.
This looks like a potato salad I can really enjoy. I favor ones that are tangy without mayo and the addition of bacon…well, bacon makes just about everything taste better.
Thanks! I love the vinegar in the dressing, it goes so well with the fat in the bacon 🙂
Wow what a great recipe. So creative and it looks so good. I will try it!
I hope you love it!
I actually want to eat this right off the screen. No joke – this looks amazing!
thanks! That’s so sweet 🙂
The bacon vinaigrette sounds amazing on it’s own! I am sure with this potato salad it’s such a delicious dish!
Yeah, how can you go wrong with bacon right? haha.
You had me at bacon! Well, actually, you had me at potatoes! I love a good potato salad! This one looks tasty!
Hahaha, you sound like a woman after my own heart!
That’s a perfect potato salad for a BBQ! I love the added bacon of course
This is a really good looking salad. Easy and tasty.
I am going to make a no-bacon version (although that means leaving out the best part). So my vegetarian (but not vegan) daughter will eat it. We are already making brisket she won’t eat.
YUM! Now that’s my kind of potato salad. I’m going to have to make this sooner rather than later. Now, I’m hungry.
Thanks! I hope you love it!
I cannot wait to make this potato salad. When summer actually arrives (I have faith it will be here soon) our menu changes to salads of all types. I am not a mayo person, so this alternative dressing is fantastic.
Me too! Mayo salads are not my thing either.
That looks so yummy. Thanks for the recipe.
This sounds so yummy! Will be adding this to our menu soon… I bet it would make a great side with our Salmon that we will be grilling soon. Thanks!
oh that sounds like a great pairing! I hope you love it!
This sounds like such a yummy and hearty potato salad. I can see the hubby making this as the entire meal. Thanks for sharing!
Not going to lie, I have been snacking on what was left of it ever since. Just out of the container out of the fridge. I look around to make sure no one is watching when I am taking bites of it at 6am, haha.
This looks so good! I love every ingredient in it!
Thanks!
This looks like such a delicious recipe. I will have to try making it this weekend for my BBQ.
I hope you love it!!
That orange champagne vinegar sounds wonderful! I’ll have to look for it the next time I’m at Trader Joe’s now that I have a perfect recipe to use it with!
It is one of my favorite items from Trader Joe’s!
I have never had a Yukon Gold potato. Yes, I live under a rock. I think I need to fix that soon, especially with how yummy this recipe looks!
they’re my favorites! They have a really buttery flavor, you’ll love them!
I prefer potato salads that don’t have mayo in them. So this is right up my alley. I like how you sliced the potatoes and got them crisp. I’m def going to try.
Potato salad is an easy way to my heart, but when you add bacon, you have my heart forever. I will be pinning this to make for as a summer BBQ side very soon!
This looks and sounds really good. Thanks for the recipe. I can’t wait to make this for lunch.
Hope you love it!
Yum this looks incredible! I love bacon and so do my kiddos and I think this would be a huge hit!
Yup, can’t go wrong with bacon!
That’s a nice hearty, filling salad. I think this would be great for Memorial Day bbq’ing. 🙂
That looks so unbelievably good. I need to start making potato salads like this every time.
Thanks!I love mayo free potato salads!
That should be mandatory for a picnic! Going to the Hollywood Bowl sounds like a great summer outing.
We have a blast every time we go. Last time we went was for the blue man group, before that Harry Connick Jr.
I’ve never seen a potato salad quite like this before. It’s much chunkier and less creamy. It looks great!
That looks so good! I love scallops, and this is a great recipe. I love that bacon vinaigrette.
This looks so good and would be perfect for Memorial Day weekend!
Thanks!
How did you know I was looking for a vinaigrette potato salad recipe yesterday?
even though we are 3300 miles apart, we are always connected!
You had me at bacon! That sounds RIGHT up my alley 🙂
haha yay! a fellow bacon lover 🙂
That’s some email address!!!!!