Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

Yukon Potato and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

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.

Yukon Potatoes
Dice bacon and brown in pan on low to render out as much fat as possible. Remove bacon from pan and reserve bacon fat.

Bacon Frying


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.

Bacon Vinaigrette
Combine the roasted potatoes, scallions, bacon and dressing. Toss to combine and serve!

Yukon Potato Salad

Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes, crispy bacon and scallions dressed in a bacon champagne vinaigrette.
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Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes, crispy bacon and scallions dressed in a bacon champagne vinaigrette.
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Potato Salad, Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 servings
Calories 302 kcal
Author Sabrina Snyder

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

  1. 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.

  2. Dice bacon and brown in pan on low to render out as much fat as possible. Remove bacon from pan and reserve bacon fat.
  3. Cut scallions into 1/2-inch pieces.
  4. 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
  5. Combine the roasted potatoes, scallions, bacon and dressing. Toss to combine and serve!

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Michael Chiarello

Trader Joe's Substitutions:
Ingelhoffer Sweet Hot Mustard
Maille Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
Napa Valley Blood Orange Vinegar (This vinegar is heavenly!)

Nutrition Facts
Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette
Amount Per Serving
Calories 302 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 17mg6%
Sodium 350mg15%
Potassium 649mg19%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 27IU1%
Vitamin C 9mg11%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

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  1. I’m from and live in Central Alabama. What’s Trader Joe’s? How should I substitute those ingredients?

    1. 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.

  2. Your Yukon Gold and Green Onion Potato Salad looks and sounds amazing! I would love to try making this sometime.

  3. 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.

  4. The bacon vinaigrette sounds amazing on it’s own! I am sure with this potato salad it’s such a delicious dish!

  5. You had me at bacon! Well, actually, you had me at potatoes! I love a good potato salad! This one looks tasty!

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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!

  10. This sounds like such a yummy and hearty potato salad. I can see the hubby making this as the entire meal. Thanks for sharing!

    1. 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.

  11. This looks like such a delicious recipe. I will have to try making it this weekend for my BBQ.

  12. 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!

  13. 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!

  14. 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.

  15. 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!

  16. This looks and sounds really good. Thanks for the recipe. I can’t wait to make this for lunch.

  17. Yum this looks incredible! I love bacon and so do my kiddos and I think this would be a huge hit!

  18. That’s a nice hearty, filling salad. I think this would be great for Memorial Day bbq’ing. 🙂

  19. That should be mandatory for a picnic! Going to the Hollywood Bowl sounds like a great summer outing.

    1. We have a blast every time we go. Last time we went was for the blue man group, before that Harry Connick Jr.

  20. I’ve never seen a potato salad quite like this before. It’s much chunkier and less creamy. It looks great!

  21. That looks so good! I love scallops, and this is a great recipe. I love that bacon vinaigrette.