Potatoes are delicious but you know this already which is why you are here. You want to find the best of the best potato recipes to add to your arsenal of side dishes. Well, I’ve tried a lot of different potato recipes and I’ve narrowed it down to 17 of the best.
Potatoes are versatile, go well with most main dishes, and they are super filling. They can be baked, fried, air fried, deep fried, and mashed. They are good cold as a potato salad and you can add any number of types of seasoning to make them taste how you want.
Potato Types
Russet Potatoes are great for fries, frying, and baking. Red Potatoes are great for potato salads and mashed potatoes. The skin from red potatoes holds more nutrients too so if the texture doesn’t bother you, leave the skins on in your mashed potatoes.
Sweet potatoes paired with savory flavors like garlic and cheese are amazing. Swap in sweet potatoes to some of your favorite recipes to get a sweet kick in your side dish.
All other potatoes are great for roasting, mashing, and baking. So choose your favorite type of potato and get to cooking.
The Best Potato Recipes
Below are 17 delicious potato recipes that you need to add to your recipe collections. They are great as side dishes and if there is extra, great of a quick snack too.
Instant Pot Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

Garlic Parmesan Fries

Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes

Sweet Potato Cakes

Air Fryer Potato Wedges

Cheesy Garlic Sweet Potato Smash

German Potato Salad

Hasselback Potatoes

Muffin Tin Potato Stacks

Garlic Parmesan Potato Wedges

Potato Pancakes

Twice Baked Potatoes

Loaded Scalloped Potatoes

Garlic Roasted Potatoes

Au Gratin Potatoes

Steakhouse Potatoes Romanoff

Deviled Egg Potato Salad

Potato Side Dishes
Most of these recipes tell you which potatoes to use, however if you prefer certain types of potatoes try them out. You might find a new type of potato you prefer or you could have an even better recipe.
Which recipe are you most excited to try? Let me know in the comments below. Follow me on Pinterest for more like this and pin this to your favorite side dish boards.