Blue Cheese and Bacon Potato Salad

Description

This is a scrumptious combination of a favorite Southern restaurant’s green bean side dish and potato salad. It’s fabulous and your family will thank you. You can serve it right away, but it does well for a few hours in the fridge. Eat cold or at room temperature.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups iced water, or as needed
  • 1 pound small red potatoes
  • ½ pound fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 4 slices bacon
  • ¼ cup white wine vinegar
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. Fill a large bowl with iced water. Line a baking sheet with a dish towel.
  2. Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender
  3. about 18 to 20 minutes. Add green beans to the boiling water; blanch for just 1 minute. Drain potatoes and green beans; transfer to bowl of iced water to stop cooking process
  4. about 5 minutes. Remove from iced water with a slotted spoon and place on prepared baking sheet to dry. Cut potatoes into quarters.
  5. Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
  6. turning occasionally
  7. until evenly browned
  8. about 10 minutes. Drain and cool bacon slices on paper towels; crumble.
  9. Whisk vinegar
  10. olive oil
  11. mayonnaise
  12. and mustard together in a large bowl. Season with salt and black pepper. Add potatoes and green beans; stir to coat. Top with bacon
  13. blue cheese
  14. and green onions; stir once to incorporate.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 6

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