Garlicky Roasted Potato Salad Recipe on Food52 (2024)

My son made this for me, followed the directions exactly. It was so delicious and he was so proud. A winner.

ik13 July 22, 2023

This is outrageously delicious. Yes very garlicky but that's why it is so good. We ate it the next few days also and it was even better. Highly recommend. Great summer side dish.

Teri June 29, 2023

I ended up with too much of the dressing, so I saved the rest of it and used it the next day when I made up some egg salad. It was a very tasty stand-in for some of the mayo!

Simple and easy and always streaks the show even as a side!

I tossed the fresh out of the oven potatoes in the sauce in a bowl and it turned into a fabulous HOT side. New favorite salad. I did add some fresh oregano and basil as well. An absolute ‘licking their plates’ hit!

I’ve made this recipe a lot and it’s been a hit every time. It reminds me of skordalia, which also uses raw garlic to add a bit of “heat” to potatoes. It works almost like horseradish and adds a lovely bite. If you’re not into garlic, make a regular potato salad. If you are, use the four cloves raw. As the name implies, the garlic is the point!

This is simple and delicious! Made for the first time while visiting my brother and sister-in-law! Rave reviews all around. Am home and making it again to serve with salmon! Fantastic!!!

idea: roast a head of garlic, in foil and covered with oil, in the oven with the potatoes. Use that instead of fresh diced in the aioli.

Great recipe with great ingredient but I made some changes after reading the reviews - My suggestion ( after making this 3 times) , use only 3 cloves of garlic , bake just the garlic and the potatoes together and then for the sauce - toss the rest of the ingredients in a bowl ( use 1/2 tsp of salt instead of 1 1/4 ) and in my opinion it's comes out perfect!! 4 cloves of garlic & 1 1/4 tsp of salt was WAY too much, 2 cloves of garlic was not enough and made it too salty.

Soooo freaking good. Easily best potato salad I’ve ever had. I made some adjustments this time, in part because I didn’t measure my dressing ingredients and had too much for the amount of potatoes. I added a couple handfuls of arugula and mixed greens, and plenty of assorted chopped herbs (cilantro, mint and chives) and an additional piece of beauty is adding some sliced red onions to roast along with the potatoes.

MRowe September 1, 2020

I wanted to like this, but...the potatoes don't soak up the dressing at all, and the garlic is overwhelming. I think even a single clove or two, because it's raw, would yield the same unpleasant taste. Also, to be honest, it's not visually appealing, not that potato salad is ever a work of art.

This recipe was fantastic. I roasted the garlic with the potatoes and thew it in at the end with the dressing after reading the reviews about the powerful raw garlic. This was a hit in my household and finished in two sittings. I liked that it had only a few ingredients and was easy to make. I also added dill from my garden and roasted some onions as well. Will definitely be making again.

*If you like potatoes with your garlic, then stick to this recipe....It's great, I've been using it all summer; however, I half the garlic and it's still quite garlicky. Love me some garlic but even with half, I'm still tasting it the next day. In fact, I roast half (of the half) with the potatoes and use the other quarter raw. I will always roast my potatoes for potato salad from now on. Thanks for a great recipe.

If you like potatoes with your garlic, then stick to this recipe....It's great, I've been using it all summer; however, I half the garlic and it's still quite garlicky. Love me some garlic but even with half, I'm still tasting it the next day. In fact, I roast half (of the half) with the potatoes and use the other quarter raw. I will always roast my potatoes for potato salad from now on. Thanks for a great recipe.

We aren't that big on potatoes and I don't care for potato salad at the best of times, but since making this a couple of weeks ago, I've been waiting for an occasion to make it again! An absolute winner of a recipe, even using just half of the garlic - will try roasting some of it this time. We used tarragon mustard instead of the dijon - FABULOUS!

OMG this is the best potato recipe ever! Once I made it I couldn't stop making it. Now my nephew and boyfriend request this dish alllll the time. We are making it tonight in fact. Thank you for sharing!

This was delicious and easy! I used one small clove fresh garlic and two large cloves roasted garlic (based on suggestions from other reviews) and it was plenty garlicky without being over the top. I’m going to be making this recipe again - thank you!

Yum!
(I don't like Mayo, so I used sour cream.) Otherwise, the only minor change I made was to garnish it with bacon.

Roast some onions with the potatoes - great addition.