52 Versatile and Quick Potato Side Dishes for Dinner Tonight

Southern Living Editors

Tue, February 26, 2019 at 1:30 PM UTC

**Recipe:** **Sweet Potato Stacks**

This grown-up, gorgeous version of your favorite sweet potato casserole is perfect for personal portioning.

Cheesy Mashed Potato Casserole — **Recipe: Cheesy Potato Casserole**

A mashed potato casserole without cheese? Once you've tried this, you wouldn't dare.

Twice Baked Potatoes — **Recipe: Twice-Baked Potatoes**

These cheesy boats of heaven will have you rethinking basic baked potatoes.

**Recipe:** **Hasselback Sweet Potato Casserole**

You're going to love this tasty twist on sweet potato casserole. It's not overly sweet, and the added texture will be much appreciated.

**Recipe: Herbed Potato Stacks**

Baked in a muffin pan, these potato towers are easier than you think—and only require a short ingredient list. Expect them to come out wonderfully crispy on the outside, yet creamy and tender on the inside.

**Recipe:** **Potato Hash**

This hash goes easily from brunch to dinner, which puts it high on the list of "greatest-ever."

**Recipe: Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes Recipe**

You'll be wondering why you haven't been putting goat cheese in your mashed potatoes all along. It's a game changer.

**Recipe: Skillet-Toasted Gnocchi with Peas**

This simple side dish will be ready in 30 minutes. Usually just boiled, gnocchi is so much better when the pillowy potato bites are toasted in a skillet.

**Recipe: Deviled Potatoes**

Two Southern classics, deviled eggs and potato salad, join forces to create these two-bite wonders.

**Recipe: Fennel-and-Potato Gratin**

This fancy-ish version of potato gratin packs its weight in flavor, thanks to the addition of fennel and the tiniest touch of nutmeg.

**Recipe:** **Crispy Potatoes**

Pair all-purpose potatoes with sweet potatoes for a more interesting version of weeknight roasted spuds.

**Recipe:** **Tangy Potato-Green Bean Salad**

This potato salad is spring-ready. We replace the usual mayo-heavy dressing with a zingy lemon-dill vinaigrette.

**Recipe: Zucchini-Potato Casserole**

Serve this beautiful centerpiece of layered vegetables at every affair, from spring party to holiday feast.

**Recipe: Baby Hasselback Potatoes with Blue Cheese and Bacon**

This recipe is already to-die-for, but a duo of blue cheese and bacon tips the scale over into side dish greatness.

**Recipe:** **Potato-Bacon Hash**

Enter: the perfect hash. With bell peppers and bacon, this potato recipe works just as well served with fried eggs for brunch as any hearty, simple protein for dinner.

**Recipe: Slow-Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Bacon**

This oh-so easy side dish is a crowd-pleaser. (And not just thanks to the bacon.)

**Recipe: Potato Gratin with Rosemary Crust**

This herb-filled recipe looks just as good as it tastes.

**Recipe: Potatoes Patio**

This recipe is the dressed-up version of your cheesy potato casserole, with a mixture of Gruyère and Parmesan cheeses.

**Recipe: Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes**

If you never thought "make-ahead" and "mashed potatoes" could go together in a sentence, think again. This recipe will save you so much stress.

**Recipe: Hot Potato Salad**

This warmed-up casserole version of potato salad is just the refresh the classic Southern side needs.

**Recipe: Classic Parmesan Scalloped Potatoes**

This recipe is a weeknight classic. Hint: You'll know it's done when it's bubbly, melty, and golden brown. Yum.

**Recipe:** **Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries**

All you need to enjoy crispy sweet potato fries is olive oil, salt, and cooking spray.

**Recipe:** **Scalloped Potatoes with Ham**

This versatile, comforting potato casserole is the perfect vehicle for your leftover Easter ham.

**Recipe:** **Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole**

We love having our slow cooker on hand for the busy holiday season.

**Recipe:** **Potato Salad with Dijon and Scallions**

This is the most colorful and flavorful potato salad you'll make for cookout season.

**Recipe:** **Sweet Potato Soufflé**

This creamy soufflé is topped with a crunchy, sweet pecan mixture.

**Recipe:** **Mashed Potatoes and Rutabaga with Collards**

Three vegetables meet in one creamy side dish that tastes indulgent but is actually packed with some good-for-you nutrients.

**Recipe:** **Creamy Whipped Potato Casserole**

Our Test Kitchen said this is the fluffiest mashed potato casserole they've ever created.

**Recipe:** **Red Potato Salad**

Fresh herbs balance out the rich flavor that bacon gives this new potato salad recipe.

**Recipe:** **Hash Brown Patties**

Frozen shredded hash browns become something beautiful when made into crispy, golden patties.

**Recipe:** **Melting Sweet Potatoes**

If you're over the usual sweet potato casserole you serve on holidays, try serving something new and beautiful.

**Recipe:** **Simple Mashed Rutabagas and Potatoes**

With just a handful of ingredients, you can put a totally new version of mashed potatoes on the table.

**Recipe:** **Deviled Egg-Potato Salad**

We combined two Southern favorites—deviled eggs and potato salad—in this side dish that will be the star of every summer supper.

**Recipe:** **Fried Skillet Potatoes**

These crispy potatoes are delicious at breakfast, brunch, or dinner.

**Recipe:** **Andrew's Potato Latkes**

This no-fuss latkes recipe will be your go-to way to whip up a batch.

**Recipe:** **Perini Ranch Steakhouse Southern Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar Pecans**

Tom Perini of the Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap, Texas, shared his family recipe that's been feeding happy guests for more than 37 years.

**Recipe:** **Mashed Potato Casserole**

This mashed potato casserole will go with basically any main dish you serve. Instead of one or the other, we topped it with breadcrumbs and crispy fried onions.

**Recipe:** **Oven-Baked Sweet Potatoes**

A little bit of seasoning and butter make for an easy, delicious way to cook sweet potatoes at dinnertime.

**Recipe:** **Charred Okra-Potato Salad**

Smoky grilled okra is the potato salad ingredient all your summer cookouts have been missing.

**Recipe:** **Crispy Potato Galette**

Crispy, creamy, and totally Instagram-worthy side dish will impress your family.

**Recipe:** **Air Fryer French Fries**
What's the point in having an Air Fryer if you don't use it to make French fries that are better-than-takeout?

**Recipe:** **Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes**

This easy side dish only takes 10 minutes of hands-on time and six ingredients.

**Recipe:** **Potato Salad with Sweet Pickles**

Sweet pickles add a zesty, tangy kick to this simple potato salad recipe.

**Recipe:** **Make-Ahead Sweet Potato Casserole**

You can prep this sweet potato casserole up to four days in advance to help you out before a big holiday.

**Recipe:** **Mashed Potato Cakes**

We'd happily enjoy these patties at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

**Recipe:** **Instant Pot Potato Salad**

Your Instant Pot helps make classic potato salad quicker than ever.

**Recipe:** **Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries**

You don't need a deep-fryer or even an air fryer to make crispy sweet potato fries in a flash.

**Recipe:** **Dairy-Free Mashed Potatoes with Caramelized Vidalia Onions**

For family members who are lactose-intolerant, holidays can feel unbearable with all the heavy cream-laden food. Treat them to classic mashed potatoes with a dairy-free, caramelized onion-filled spin.

**Recipe:** **Lemon Dill Potato Beet Salad**

This bright potato salad recipe will perfectly complement your Easter table décor.

**Recipe: Melting Potatoes**

Melting potatoes have become an internet sensation—and now you'll understand why. These are deliciously crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.

**Recipe:** **Grilled Sweet Potato Fries**

Sweet potato fries are transformed when cooked on the grill and topped with honey and queso fresco.

**Recipe: Basic Baked Potato**

Every cook needs to know how to make a Basic Baked Potato, and this recipe will be your guide.

Here's the thing about potatoes: They deserve every ounce of praise we give them. Whether they're mashed or hashed, baked, or battered—or, yes, even frittered—potatoes can fill in the gaps of any weeknight supper, dinner party, or holiday meal. And that's a pretty impressive feat, considering all they really need is cheese, cream, and something crunchy on top. Simply put, the potato is the perfect vessel for dinnertime success.

In the South, no summer cookout is complete without potato salad, and every Christmas gathering needs a potful of buttermilk mashed potatoes. Not to mention, you haven't lived until you've tried to make our Melting Potatoes. We've rounded up some of our greatest potato side dishes of all time, and you'll find all of your classic favorites and plenty of new ones, too. From Classic Parmesan Scalloped Potatoes to Twice-Cooked Sweet Potatoes with Citrus and Honey, these potato sides are easy, delicious, and downright spud-tacular—and they're serving you many days of weeknight dinner inspiration.

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