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Creamy dill pickle potato salad with yellow potatoes, eggs, pickles and fresh dill. This easy picnic salad recipe comes together quickly.

I’m joining the dill pickle lovers craze, sharing with you this Dill Pickle Potato Salad with chopped dill pickles inside. It’s creamy, cool, and tangy. And the fresh dill in the dressing adds such a fresh savory flavor.

You love our dill pickle pasta salad and dill pickle dip. But if you need to make a new picnic salad for family summer cookouts? This potato salad with dill and egg is the perfect side dish.

About this Dill Pickle Potato Salad Recipe:

Flavor: You have to like dill pickle flavor in order to like the taste of this salad. Dill pickles and fresh dill give that pickle flavor you love. And the eggs and potatoes will remind you of traditional potato salad.
Texture: I’m not a fan of crunchy celery or onions in my potato salad so this is mostly creamy and smooth. However, we do add diced dill pickles which give it just a slight crunch.
Method: This recipe comes together quickly by boiling the eggs and potatoes together on the stovetop. After cooking and assembling the potato salad, you’ll let it chill in the fridge.

The Best Potatoes for Potato Salad

Which potatoes are best for dill pickle potato salad? Normally you want a low starch potato that will hold its shape, even after boiling. That would be red potatoes or new potatoes. Medium starch potatoes such as yellow or gold potatoes are a great option as well. They will break up a little more than the red potatoes, but that makes the salad a little bit creamy and delicious.

If you use Russet potatoes, some pieces will end up more mashed as you mix the potato salad.

yukon gold potatoes cut in half on a cutting board

What goes in dill potato salad?

Here are the ingredients:

Potatoes. I used baby yellow potatoes that only needed cut in half once in order to be bite size. They have a very thin skin so I didn’t take the time to boil the potatoes.
Eggs. Cook the eggs right along with the potatoes, or use pre-hard boiled eggs that you have in the fridge.
Mayonnaise.
Fresh dill. Fresh herbs add great flavor to salads. But if you only have dried, that’s ok. Use about 2 teaspoons.
Cider vinegar.
Sugar.
Pepper.
Dill pickles. Rather than buying large dill pickle spears, I used baby dill pickles because they are firmer.

How to Make Dill Pickle Potato Salad

Fill a large pot with water, then bring to a boil over medium high heat.
While the water is heating, wash the potatoes, then cut them in half to be bite size pieces. (I used baby potatoes so they only needed cut once. Cut more if the potatoes are bigger so that each piece is bite-size.) Add the potatoes and the 3 eggs to the boiling water. Allow the potatoes to boil for 10-15 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.

eggs and potatoes in a saucepan with water

Drain off the water and rinse the potatoes and eggs with cold water. Then drain again and set aside.
In a small bowl, mix together the mayo, fresh dill, vinegar, sugar and pepper. Mix well.

unmixed sauce for dill potato salad in a bowl

Peel the shell off the eggs and dice the hard boiled eggs. Add the cooked, cooled potatoes and chopped eggs in a large mixing bowl.
Then add the dressing and diced pickles. Mix well. Garnish with fresh dill.

unmixed dill pickle potato salad in a saucepan

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours until serving. Serve cold.

Recipe Variations

We like mustard in our classic potato salad recipe. If you’d like, you can add a squirt of dijon mustard for a different flavor.
Looking to cut back on fat? Try using half mayo and half Greek yogurt as the base of your dressing. This will change the flavor, so I only recommend this if you’re used to using Greek yogurt as a substitution.
Running low on mayo? Use half may and half sour cream as the base of the dressing.
Wanting to add more crunch? Try adding green onions, red onions or celery.
Love cheese? Add ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese or parmesan cheese to the potato salad. Cheese makes the best potato salad!

closeup of creamy dill potato salad with fresh dill on top

What to Serve with Potato Salad

Barbecue bacon burgers or bacon wrapped chicken both go great with potato salad.

Potato salad goes great with baked beans and a fruit salad. You could even add some grilled corn.

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