Name: Italian Potato Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 6 to 8 cubed boiled potatoes with no skins Italian Potato Salad Recipe; 1 can of pitted large black olive or kalamata olives; 3 chopped plum tomatoes; 1 can chickpeas drained; 1 bell pepper finely chopped; 1 cucumber chopped seeds removed; cubed mozzarella cheese; fresh chopped basil leaves optional; Optional Additions and Suggestions: chopped celery, finely chopped onions, sliced radishes, fresh spinach, cabbage slaw, fresh peas, cubed avocado, corn cut off the cob, chopped fresh broccoli, julienne carrots, hot peppers, cherry peppers, genoa or hard salami, provolone cubed, pepperoni, dried Italian sausage, prosciutto, hot capicola chopped. Artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, cooked artichoke, cooked or raw zucchini cubes or other squash, arugula or cooked escarole, freshly cooked beans of any kind, fresh cauliflower or broccoli florets.

This basic Italian potato salad is simple to make no mayo, with all the makings of an antipasto salad except with a combination of potatoes.

Here is a wonderful cold potato salad with simple seasoning, and vegetables, tossed with a little vinegar, and olive oil dressing and makes the perfect side dish with anything you serve it with.

Just about anything can go into the salad an Italian platter of cold-cut meats, olives, tomatoes, and cheeses can be mixed and matched to your personal preference.

I love how much lighter the classic mayonnaise-style potato salads and, plus with all the additional ingredients this one can really be a whole meal in itself.

Potatoes absorb the dressing and meld wonderful fresh flavor plus leftovers are even better the next day or chilled overnight, so no problem making this ahead of time.

If you are a potato fan, you may want to try two other favorites, Air Fried Potato Fan or Oven-Roasted, and our Salt and Vinegar Potato recipes then.

This recipe is a nice alternative to the heavy mayo-ladened salad and a great side dish no matter what bbq or event you bring this to.

Scroll all the way down to the recipe card for how to make this great recipe!

this is all Italian style potato salad with vinegar and oil lots of vegetables salami and pepperoni

Mom's Recipe

Growing up in an all-Italian household, we had a wonderful vegetable garden.

Our salads, especially this Italian style, had many fresh garden vegetables in it in the summertime.

We loved to add new additions to ours and it seemed mom would get so creative as it tasted different every time she made this differently.

As many know, from my other recipes, Mom always added a little of this and that, and Dad was never a fan of mayo, everything was made from scratch and Italianized.

I am pretty sure I got her potato salad on point with this recipe and it's delicious with no mayo along with her No Mayo Pasta Salad as well.

There is no doubt fresh vegetables are the best when making salads, although we loved the chickpeas in our salad canned, mom often made them from dried beans and boiled them for her salads.

Below I will give you many suggestions you can try in the salad of substitute.

Ingredients You Will Need

cubed boiled potatoes with no skins Italian Potato Salad Recipe
pitted large black olive or kalamata olives
chopped plum tomatoes
chickpeas drained or make fresh from dried beans boiled
bell pepper finely chopped or use pepperoncini
cucumber chopped seeds removed
cubed mozzarella cheese
freshly chopped basil leaves
optional suggestions: chopped celery, finely chopped onions, sliced radishes, fresh spinach, cabbage slaw, fresh peas, cubed avocado, corn cut off the cob, chopped fresh broccoli, julienne carrots, hot peppers, cherry peppers, hard salami, provolone cubed, pepperoni, dried sausage, prosciutto, genoa salami strips hot capicola chopped. Artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, cooked artichoke, cooked or raw zucchini cubes or other squash, arugula, or cooked escarole. Chopped fresh cauliflower or broccoli florets any canned or freshly cooked beans, white, red, black, chickpeas etc.

Dressing:

extra virgin olive oil
red wine or balsamic vinegar
lemon juice
minced garlic
garlic powder
dried basil, oregano, parsley Or use fresh when possible
salt and pepper to taste
cayenne pepper

sliced and chunks of pepperoni and genoa salami

Full of Italian flavors!

If you want a delicious side dish for an all-Italian meal, this potato salad is the one.

Italian potato salad is full of vegetables and meats if you prefer all of one or the other that fine too.

It's actually a meal in itself, but everyone loves how it compliments any meal, even a side dish when you're making pasta!

This is a versatile delicious Italian potato salad.

this is a potato salad made with vegetables and Italian dressing

Try Some Of Our Other Favorite Recipes

Best Potato Roundup
Festive Potato Salad
Southwest Potato Salad
German Potato Salad

Tips

Keep salads cold by placing ice in a ziplock bag in another bowl and set your salad on top if eating outdoors
Add pepperoni, chunks of ham crumbled bacon, or sliced Italian sausage for a meat lovers salad
Other vegetables chopped like raw broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, cucumbers, artichoke hearts are all nice additions
Try mixing greens baby greens, spinach, shredded red cabbage all nice additions also
Make a creamy garlic parmesan dressing for a change or use whatever you prefer
We also like to add cubed boiled potatoes
Croutons can be served on top
Assorted olives make this colorful also
Any kind of fresh snap peas, green beans or chickpeas are perfect in this salad
Use fresh lemon greek style dressing for a change or blue cheese
To keep potatoes from browning while cut keep them in cold water and lemon juice and also brush avocado if using with lemon juice after cutting

potatoes in a can to stay fresh these are russet

Italian Potato Salad Pin for later

Salad Can Be Anything

Mix and match whatever your family likes and adapt away.

This easy potato salad keeps for up to 5 days in the refrigerator and the potatoes taste better the next day after it sits with the blended flavors.

I like putting boiled sliced eggs on top of mine but not everyone likes them and I do that only when it won't be for an outdoor picnic.

Be safe and smart on adding things that can become spoiled quickly in the sun.

Stick to everything that will hold up outside and keep it cold on the ice always.