65 EASY Potato Side Dishes

Calling all potato lovers! Any main course is made better potato sides and we have gathered 65 EASY Potato Side Dishes for your dinner table.

A perfect side dish is a great way to take any dinner party to the next level. Flavorful potatoes are an easy way to create a great side that can compliment whatever you are serving up. 

Potato recipes are often a go-to for a classic side dish and for good reason! They are versatile vegetables that can be prepared in a variety of delicious ways that can suit any appetite. 

Whether you love creamy potatoes, roast potatoes, hash browns, french fries, funeral potatoes, or potato salad, we’ve got you covered! You will find the perfect accompaniment to whatever main dish you are serving up for dinner, 

You don’t need a special occasion to to serve up a delicious side of potatoes that will knock your family’s socks off. We love to serve up melt in your mouth potatoes a couple of times a week!

What Types of Potatoes Can I Use?

Each easy potato side dish uses different types of potatoes so there is something here for everyone! You’ll see us using potatoes like:

• red potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• russet potatoes
• yukon gold potatoes
• fingerling potatoes (baby potatoes)
• and more!

Not sure what to serve for your main dish? Here are our Most Popular Main Dishes we serve with Potatoes:

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Thighs

Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa (Chipotle Copycat Recipe)

Slow Cooker BBQ Spareribs Recipe

Grilled Ribeye Steak Recipe

Slow Cooker Copycat Texas Roadhouse Beef Pot Roast Recipe

Oven Roasted Pork Shoulder Recipe

So, grab your best potatoes and let’s take dinner tonight to a whole new level. Which of these potato side dish recipes are you excited to try first?

Homemade Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

5 from 1 vote

I love boxed scalloped potatoes, but this takes scalloped potatoes to a whole new level. Plus, they have simple ingredients and come together quickly and easily.

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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe

We love these Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with just about any meal during the fall!

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Coconut Pecan Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Our coconut pecan sweet potatoes recipe is absolutely divine! It has the tender sweet potatoes mixed with the refreshing flavors of coconut and a slight crunch from the pecans.

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Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe

These Make-ahead mashed potatoes will make your Thanksgiving preparations a lot easier. They are creamy and delicious.

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Slow Cooker Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe (with Marshmallows)

4 from 1 vote

Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes are so simple and delicious. Throw them in the crock pot in the morning and let them slowly cook all day long while you prepare your other dishes.

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Roasted Parmesan Sweet Potato Recipe

A perfect side dish, our roasted Parmesan sweet potato recipe will be great for Thanksgiving.

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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe

5 from 6 votes

These Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are an easy side dish for any holiday or weeknight dinner. They are creamy, flavorful, and come together so quickly.

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Mom’s Sweet Potatoes Recipe

A family favorite recipe that is the perfect side dish to your holiday dinner. These sweet potatoes are so easy and delicious.

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CHEESY HASHBROWN POTATO CASSEROLE {FUNERAL POTATOES} RECIPE

5 from 2 votes

This Cheesy Hashbrown Potato Casserole (or "Funeral Potatoes" as we call it in Utah) is full of melted cheese and so creamy. It also makes an easy freezer meal- divide the recipe in half and freeze one half for another day.

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Slow Cooker Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

Our favorite potato side dish just got easier- now you can make it in the slow cooker!

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Maple Bacon Sweet Potatoes Recipe

The sweet taste from the maple and potatoes, combine with the savory taste of bacon, to create something truly magical and delicious.

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Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

These Slow Cooker Creamy Mashed Potatoes are so simple to make and have the best flavor. If you need a Thanksgiving side dish, this is one we highly recommend.

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Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

These potatoes can bake away while you prepare the rest of the dinner. They only take a few minutes to assemble and taste amazing.

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Roasted Parmesan Potatoes Recipe

Our roasted parmesan potatoes recipe is the perfect side dish addition to any meal. They are an extremely easy yet flavorful potato side dish!

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Slow Cooker Bacon Cheese Potatoes Recipe

This is the best crock pot recipe you will find! These slow cooker bacon cheese potatoes have everything we love in every bite.

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Cheesy Ranch Potatoes Recipe

This cheesy ranch potatoes recipe is the best potato recipe! It has everything you could dream to be in them; ranch, cheese, and bacon!

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Air Fryer Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Take your sweet potatoes up a notch with this Air Fryer Roasted Sweet Potatoes recipe! The air fryer makes these potatoes perfectly crispy!

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Slow Cooker Parmesan Ranch Potatoes Recipe

Throw these potatoes in your slow cooker and you will have the perfect side dish for any dinner!

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Garlic Roasted Potatoes Recipe

I love easy side dishes that taste amazing!  These potatoes would be great with just about any meal and will only take you a few minutes to make. 

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Roasted Baby Potatoes Recipe

These Roasted Baby Potatoes are so easy to make, and come together in minutes.

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Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes Recipe

This amazingly delicious Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes recipe is the best you’ll find!

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Instant Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Baked potatoes have never been easier, or more healthy! We used sweet potatoes in our Instant Pot for this savory dish and we will never cook them in the oven again! You can use this method on any kind of potato.

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Mom’s Cheese Potatoes Recipe

Mom's Cheese Potatoes were a Sunday staple at our house. It's not hard to see why. They are so yummy, quick and easy to make, and are very inexpensive. You will love this recipe.

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Twice Baked Bacon and Chives Sweet Potatoes Recipe

I love potatoes. Any form of potato, and any type, I am a huge fan of. These Twice Baked Bacon and Chive Sweet Potatoes are the best potatoes I have ever eaten, and that is coming from a true potato lover. You need to try these.

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Skillet Red Potatoes Recipe

5 from 1 vote

This easy Skillet Potatoes recipe is one of my favorites because it comes together so quickly! My kids love it with a little bit of cheese on top . . . but these red potatoes are delicious and flavorful without it.

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Pesto Potatoes Recipe

An easy and delicious side dish with just three ingredients

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Instant Pot Bacon Ranch Potatoes

These Instant Pot Bacon Ranch Potatoes are the perfect side dish for summer! Everyone loves bacon and ranch, but wait until they hear that you didn't have to turn on your oven and heat up your house to make these delicious, cheesy potatoes.

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Cheesy Bacon Potatoes Recipe

These Cheesy Bacon Potatoes make a perfect breakfast side dish. Or you could also make them as a dinner side dish.

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Instant Pot Baked Potatoes (No More Foil!)

Making Baked Potatoes in the Instant Pot is so much easier and faster than cooking them in the oven! Once you make them this way, you will never go back!

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Breakfast Potatoes Recipe

These are my new go to! Way more tasty than hash browns, and they are so easy to make!

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Easy Skillet Breakfast Potatoes Recipe

Looking for a fast easy breakfast? This recipe only needs one pan and tastes delicious!

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Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes Recipe

These Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes are the perfect side dish for any occasion. They come together in no time at all.

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Sliced Baked Potatoes Recipe

The Best Baked Potato you will ever eat, sliced so the flavors seep into the whole potato.

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Smashed Italian Red Potatoes Recipe

These Smashed Italian Red Potatoes make a great appetizer or side dish!

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Smashed Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

These Smashed Cheesy Potatoes have some garlic flavor added and topped with cheesy goodness!

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Honey Roasted Red Potatoes Recipe

These are a super-easy side dish to throw together, and they go great with any main dish!

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Rosemary Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This is a great recipe for sweet potatoes – and with no extra sugar or marshmallows involved! It’s a great healthy side dish.

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Stir-Fried Potatoes and Peppers Recipe

A quick and easy side dish that comes together in a matter of minutes!

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Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe

An easy side dish with ingredients you probably already have!

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Garlic and Dill Smashed Potatoes

These flavorful smashed potatoes are an easy, quick side dish for Thanksgiving (or any meal!)

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Butter-Pecan Sweet Potatoes

My husband LOVES Sweet Potatoes and he was so happy to find these on the table when he came home from work. I’ve been trying new ways to cook sweet potatoes and these are by far my favorite!

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Ranch Roasted Potatoes Recipe

These potatoes are some of our family’s favorites because they are so easy to prepare and use ingredients that you have in your pantry right now.

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Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

My husband loves mashed potatoes. This is a twist on mashed potatoes our whole family can agree on! They are packed with flavor, so you don’t even need gravy!

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Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe

I think this new twist on the sweet potato may possibly be my new favorite way to eat them!

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Baked Tater Wedges and Utah’s Famous Fry Sauce Recipe

These seasoned, crunchy potato wedges are baked instead of fried. Paired with Utah’s famous Fry Sauce, you can’t go wrong with this recipe!

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Mom’s Easy Potato Salad Recipe

Mom’s easy potato salad is the perfect side dish that everyone will love. The ingredients make this salad so flavorful!

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Red Potato Salad Recipe

This easy red potato salad is perfect for your next BBQ or potluck! Learn all the tips and tricks for the perfect potato salad.

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Deviled Egg Potato Salad Recipe

This Deviled Egg Potato Salad combines two classic recipes for one ultimate side dish. This easy potato salad has so much flavor!

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Guacamole and Bacon Potato Salad Recipe

This recipe is a delicious twist on your regular potato salad! It is amazing!

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Loaded Baked Potato Salad

If you love the original Potato Salad, this salad is going to knock your socks off! It is delicious and east to make!

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Melt in Your Mouth Potatoes

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH POTATOES — Thick potato slices roasted in butter and herbs, then finished off with chicken broth and garlic.

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Crispy Garlic Roasted Potatoes

Crispy Garlic Roasted Potatoes are a super simple side dish perfect with anything! Buttery, garlick, fluffy inside and and crispy edges!

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Garlic Roasted Potatoes

These Garlic Roasted Potatoes are perfectly baked in the oven. They’re crisp on the outside, tender on the inside and loaded with a cheese and garlic flavor

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Steakhouse Potatoes Romanoff

Chef John’s potatoes Romanoff feature shredded potatoes fluffed up with sour cream and Cheddar cheese, Serve it as a holiday gratin or steak side dish.

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Melting Potatoes

The name for this potato recipe hints at the creamy interior. Serve them with roasted chicken and a salad for an easy weeknight dinner.

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Hasselback Potatoes

Hasselback Potatoes are russet potatoes cut into thin, fanned-out slices that are baked coated in butter and seasoned with salt and pepper.

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Parmesan Roasted Potatoes

These Parmesan Roasted Potatoes are a super quick side dish recipe that’s prepped in minutes! No one can resist these golden nuggets!

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21 Easy and Delicious Potato Side Dishes

There is so much to love about potatoes. They’re nutritious, satisfying, and go well with almost everything. From casseroles to salads, and soups, we’ve put together 21 Best Potato Side Dishes that your whole family will love!

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Oven Roasted Potatoes

How to make the best oven roasted potatoes that turn out perfectly crispy every time, plus all the best ways to season roasted potatoes.

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Twice Baked Potato Casserole – Ultra Cheesy!

Twice Baked Potato Casserole, loaded with cheddar cheese and crispy bacon, a delicious potato side dish that is creamy, filling, and oh so good! Get full loaded baked potato casserole recipe!

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Garlic Thyme Fondant Potatoes a homey yet elegant side dish!

Garlic Thyme Fondant Potatoes – a homey yet elegant side that proves delicious taste never goes out of fashion. Perfect for dinner parties or Sunday dinner.

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Perfect Mashed Potatoes | Kay’s Clean Eats Side Dish

These Perfect Mashed Potatoes are creamy, velvety smooth, and downright dreamy! They will become a staple in the kitchen for Thanksgiving!

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Butter Potatoes on Stove – a quick and easy potato side dish

This simple butter potatoes on stove recipe takes less than 20 minutes and is an easy side dish you can serve with almost any main meal.

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Garlic Potatoes (Best BBQ Side Dish)

You can prepare these Homemade Garlic Potatoes in less than 40 minutes. The easiest and best 2 ingredient potato side dish recipe you will ever make.

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Korean Stir Fried Potato Side Dish

How to make Korean stir fried potato side dish. This is made with shredded potatoes, salt and ground black pepper. An easy and popular Korean side dish!

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