38 of Our Favorite Potato Recipes, From Smashed to Gratin (and Beyond) (2024)

These Ultra-Comforting Potato Casserole Recipes Are Perfect for Any Occasion

Potato, Broccoli, and Cheddar Soup

Although it takes less than 40 minutes to make this potato soup, it has a rich flavor that would make you think it's been simmering all day. The secrets: shallots, garlic, and lemon juice. Top it off with cheese bread and roasted broccoli florets.

White Cheddar Scalloped Potatoes

Our take on scalloped potatoes calls for white cheddar cheese, which makes the dish ultra-creamy and delicious. Its flavor is deepened by shallots, garlic, and thyme sprigs, which are simmered in a pan of melted butter and mixed in with the sliced potatoes and cheese before being baked to perfection.

Buttermilk Mashed Red Potatoes

To give these mashed potatoes a rustic, not-too-perfect look, use red new potatoes and leave the skins on. Added bonus: the skins lend a bit of crunchy texture.

Potato Hash with Spinach and Eggs

This easy dinner or brunch dish is sure to please, combining tender potatoes, red bell pepper, chopped spinach, and baked eggs. We just might add a dash of hot sauce right before serving.

Salmon and Mashed Potato Croquettes

Russet potatoes make the perfect appetizer when they're cooked until fork tender and mixed with your choice of tinned or smoked salmon, then formed into cakes. Coat in panko and shallow fry for a crispy, golden brown, and dippable finish.

Olive-Oil-Fried Potatoes with Aioli

Of course, we had to include fries in our collection of potato recipes. These crispy wedges have a creamy, fluffy center and are glorious when dipped in our five-minute garlicky aioli, which you can make by mixing lemon juice, mustard, egg yolk, and garlic.

Potato Leek Soup

This comforting bowl is just the thing to warm you up on a frosty night. Half and half and heavy cream give it luxurious heft, and a smidgen of nutmeg adds a bit of piquant interest.

Loaded Potato Bites

Here's the ultimate party appetizer: you boil, smash, then roast peewee potatoes, and finish them off with your choice of toppings. We like to use sour cream, scallions, bacon, and cheddar, which give the dish all the flavors of a loaded baked potato.

Twice-Baked Potato-and-Raclette Casserole

Inspired by fondue, this dish gets its creaminess from raclette cheese, which we use to enrich the potatoes alongside butter, sour cream, and cream cheese. The true highlight, though, is a sage-and-garlic crispy potato skin garnish.

Balsamic Potato Salad

Give this cookout side dish an upgrade by combining a blend of sliced Yukon Gold and red potatoes with pepperoncini brine, which complements the equally tangy Dijon mustard and crisp white balsamic vinegar.

Ham and Potato Bake

This layered potato dish is easier to make than you'd think. Just layer the components into a cake pan, bake, and serve. It's a great make-ahead brunch dish and tastes delicious whether you serve it warm or at room temperature.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes are already relatively easy to make, but this multi-cooker recipe makes it even simpler by steaming the potatoes for you. After the machine works its magic, mash the tender spuds and mix with a warm milk and butter mixture until smooth.

Dill, Potato, and Egg Salad

Lemon juice, vinegar, sliced cornichons, and plenty of fresh dill work to flavor fork-tender Yukon Gold potatoes in this recipe. It's mayo-free, but sliced hard-boiled eggs add a burst of richness.

Asparagus and Potato Gratin

Getting your kids to eat their vegetables won't be difficult when you put this gratin on the table. Creamy potatoes are topped with salty prosciutto, asparagus, and two cheeses—goat, which imparts a subtle sweetness that's cut with sharp Pecorino Romano.

Potatoes with Sesame Seeds

Three seeds—cumin, mustard, and sesame—give these diced potatoes their gloriously crunchy coating. The dish is finished with a sprinkling of cumin and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice for a spicy-tangy bite.

Broccoli-Cheddar Hash-Brown Casserole

The loaded baked potato meets breakfast in this delicious hash-brown casserole that's packed with bacon, scallions, and sharp cheddar cheese.

Potato Kugel Gratin

To make this popular Passover dish, thinly sliced potatoes, shallots, and thyme are layered into a baking dish and topped with chicken broth and matzo in place of the usual cream and breadcrumbs, giving the dish its savory flavor and crunch.

Dairy-Free Smashed Potatoes

Four ingredients are all it takes to make our delicious baby red smashed potatoes recipe. Chicken broth is used in lieu of milk or butter, imparting a salty and savory flavor that penetrates the spud, while rosemary brings a subtle lemony aroma to the table.

Test Kitchen's Favorite Baked Potato

This recipe is the test kitchen's favorite for a reason! One hour in the oven gives the skins of russet potatoes all the crispiness they need, while the center becomes nice and fluffy. Once cooked, cut each potato open and pile them high with butter, sour cream, and chives.

Classic Latkes

This simple latke recipe makes enough for everyone at your party to enjoy. We love the festive starter topped with fixings like crème fraîche, trout roe, smoked trout, and lingonberry jam.

Buttermilk and Steamed-Potato Soup

Perfect for dinner parties, this soup pairs ice-cold buttermilk with tender new red potatoes, caramelized fennel, golden brown shallots, and shredded kale.

Baked Potato Chips

Skip store-bought and try making your own potato chips! Ours are crafted by sprinkling thinly sliced potatoes with cayenne pepper, salt, and freshly ground pepper and baking them in an oven until nice and crispy.

Golden Potato Gratin

The secret to this luxurious potato gratin? Caramelized onions that are flavored in a pan with cream, saffron, and nutmeg before being spooned between two layers of potatoes and topped with nutty Gruyére.

Test Kitchen's Favorite Potato Salad

Our test kitchen created the ultimate summer side dish by mixing russet potatoes with vinegar and mustard and balancing the tangy flavors with mayonnaise. Chopped celery, scallions, and cornichons add the ideal crunch.

Shepherd's Pie

Make potatoes the star of your feast with this favorite easy beefy entrée. The potatoes are mashed and spooned over a filling of ground beef and cooked frozen vegetables for this comforting entree that comes together in just 35 minutes.

Potato-Crusted Herb Quiche

Instead of the usual pastry crust, thinly sliced Yukon Gold potatoes are layered into a baking dish and used as the gluten-free base for this spectacular and delicious quiche. The custard filling is flavored with mixed fresh herbs.

Cheddar, Beef, and Potato Casserole

This mixture of sautéed onions, ground beef, mushrooms, cooked frozen vegetables, and cheddar cheese is delicious on its own, but what really takes it to the next level is a generous helping of hashbrowns, which crisp up gloriously when the dish is baked.

Crispy Potato Roast

The secret to getting your potatoes super crispy in this roast is to slice them until they're about paper thin before layering them into a baking dish. Shallots are studded throughout, and the entire dish is coated in a butter mixture and baked until golden brown.

Big Martha's Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese

Martha's mother shared her recipe for rich and creamy mashed potatoes. It calls for enriching the potatoes with cream cheese, butter, milk, and heavy cream and mixing them until they're smooth and fluffy.

New Potato Salad with Red-Wine Vinaigrette

This dairy-free potato salad skips the mayonnaise and relies on olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon zest, and juice for its bright flavor. Fresh parsley and oregano add a herby bite.

Twice-Baked Sour Cream and Chive Potatoes

Prepare this make-ahead side the night before and then assemble and bake before you're ready to serve. The flesh from baked potatoes is turned into a chive mash, then spooned back into the hollowed-out potatoes and baked until the exterior is crispy and the center is nice and tender.

Potato and Celery Root Rosti

A giant crispy potato and celery root pancake is an easy alternative to making latkes. Potatoes and celery root, which adds a welcome brightness to the dish, are cooked in a skillet and finished off in the oven until golden brown and crispy.

Braised Potatoes

We boil them, we roast them, we bake them, but how often do we braise potatoes? As this recipe shows, it's a technique we should be using more. The flavor of the potatoes is maximized by braising them in chicken stock in a skillet alongside onions, shallots, and rosemary.

Roasted Red Potatoes

In this simple recipe, red potatoes are quartered and mixed with olive oil and thyme, which adds a pine-like flavor to the side dish. Then, they're cooked in the oven until their skins are crispy and their centers are tender.

Scalloped Potatoes with Leeks

When morels and potatoes meet cream in this rich and comforting casserole, something incredible happens. The nutty, earthy mushrooms are combined with leeks and thinly sliced spuds before being baked. The dish is finished with a sprinkle of lemon zest, which adds a pop of acidity.

Potato Pancakes

You don't need a long list of ingredients to make great latkes—this simple recipe is proof of that. Shredded potatoes are mixed with salt and pepper and cooked in oil until crispy and golden brown on both sides—that's it!

Fennel and Potato Bake

Fennel and russet potatoes come together in this creamy casserole for a truly decadent meal. The vegetables are layered with grated Asiago cheese, which provides a welcome burst of nutty, velvety richness.

Test Kitchen's Favorite German Potato Salad

Our take on German potato salad combines diced Yukon Gold potatoes with apple cider vinegar, melted butter, crumbled cooked bacon, caraway seeds, and sliced shallots. It's tangy, salty, and peppery—everything the side dish should be.