Kicked-up Potato Salad

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This kicked up potato salad is so creamy and delicious perfect for your next BBQ, picnic, or just a nice side dish.

Summer time is for backyard BBQs with friends and family which means lots of food. A staple BBQ food is potato salad here in Texas. I always like to do things a little bit different and came up with this kicked-up version of potato salad.

What is kicked-up potato salad?

Potato salad is great in itself, but whenever I can I like to add a little more spice to stuff. That’s where the jalapeno mustard and cayenne pepper come in.

Now neither of this actually make this kicked up potato salad spicy, just gives it a little more flavor. If you are wanting a little more of a spicy potato salad add extra chopped jalapeno and a little more cayenne pepper.

What ingredients you need

• Potatoes– I prefer red potatoes and leaving the skin on, but any potatoes will work skin on or off
• Boiled eggs– because no southern potato salad would be complete without them
• Dill and sweet pickles– this gives the potato salad a salty and sweet flavor. You can either use relish or chop up some pickles really small
• Celery– to give an added crunch
• Cream Cheese– this gives it a creamy texture
• Mayo– because mayo is always the 2nd main ingredient in potato salad. You can use regular mayo, but prefer miracle whip
• Jalapeno Mustard– this is what gives this potato salad its kick. It doesn’t make it spicy just gives it an extra boost. You can always use regular mustard and chop up some pickled jalapenos
• Red Wine Vinegar– I prefer red wine vinegar over any other for my mayo based recipes. It really has such a great flavor
• Milk– to thin out the salad
• Cayenne Pepper– to give it a little more spice
• Salt & Pepper– just a little of both

Prepping the Potatoes

Wash and scrub all the potatoes and slice them into bite slices pieces (Photo 1) Boil a large pot half full of water (Photo 2) and add all the chopped potatoes (Photo 3)

Cook for about 15 minutes until you can easily pierce with a fork (Photo 4) Drain and strain and rinse with cool water in the strainer

Also boil another pot of water to cook your eggs. I like to bring to a boil then remove from heat with the lid on. After 12 minutes drain and run in cold water and peel.

Making the kicked-up potato salad

Add the cooked potatoes to a big mixing bowl and use a potato masher to mash them a little bit (Photo 5) I like to leave some chucks of potatoes so I don’t mash them completely

Add milk to the potatoes (Photo 6) then the chopped celery (Photo 7) and the sweet pickles (Photo 8) and the dill pickles (Photo 9) and the red wine vinegar (Photo 10)

Next add the soften cream cheese to the potatoes (Photo 11) and then the salt and pepper (Photo 12) and cayenne pepper (Photo 13) Add the chopped boiled eggs (Photo 14)

Then add the mayo (Photo 15) and last add the jalapeno mustard (Photo 16) and then mix together really well (Photo 17) and cover and refrigerate until ready to serve

Tips for this recipe

• If you can’t get a hold of jalapeno mustard use 2/3 a cup of regular mustard and 1/4 of a cup of chopped pickled jalapenos
• This recipe is not spicy, but when I want it to be a little bit spicier I add about a half of a cup of chopped jalapenos and a little more cayenne pepper
• Be sure to let your cream cheese sit out for 30 minutes to a hour to soften up. Makes it so much easier to mix
• You can always cook and mash your potatoes a day before and refrigerate overnight and add all the remaining ingredients the next day
• The best way I have found to boil eggs is place the eggs in a pot and fill over top with water and set the stove to high and once they start to boil, cover and remove from heat and time 12 minutes. After that run under cool water and peel
• I am not a raw onion fan, but a lot of people add onions to their potato salad. Just add the same amount of onions as you did celery.
• Another great addition to this recipe is add bacon. Either cook up a pack of bacon or buy some real bacon bits and mix it in right before serving

Do remember!

Food shouldn’t be left unrefrigerated more than 2 hours and only 1 hour if the food is outside in temperatures over 90 degrees.

Other recipes to go with this kicked up potato salad

Oven Baked BBQ Ribs
Ranch Coleslaw
Bacon Wrapped Ranch Chicken Jalapeno Poppers
Banana Pudding Pie

Or check out my side dishes to find the right one for your meal

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Update Notes; This recipe was originally posted in November of 2016, but was republished with new photos, cooking tips, step by step picture instructions and a recipe tweak in August 2019