65 Perfect Potato Side Dish Recipes Everyone Will Love

These bite-sized spuds are crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside, well-seasoned, and gilded with fresh herbs. With minimal effort to get them on the table, they’re simple enough for a weeknight dinner, yet have just enough pizzazz to feel special for when guests are over (or even for your holiday table!).

Here’s how to make an absolutely perfect baked potato every time, from choosing the right type of potato to how long to bake it for.

Melted Parmesan cheese takes these roasted fingerling potatoes to a whole new level.

Thick Yukon gold potatoes rounds become meltingly tender when roasted slowly in butter and broth.

Thick chunks of red potatoes are tossed with a generous dusting of garlic powder, then finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon before they hit the table.

These Yukon gold potatoes are melt-in-your-mouth creamy and packed with a big savory, lemony flavor.

These super-crispy roasted potatoes have a magical sauce of butter, mayonnaise, and ranch seasoning mix.

These mouthwatering smashed potatoes are tossed in a garlic butter mixture and baked until golden and crispy. Once you've mastered this technique, you can make other versions like hot honey butter smashed potatoes and grilled smashed potatoes.

An easy, impressive recipe for restaurant-quality fondant potatoes made with just five staple ingredients. Serve them with seared steak or roast chicken for a restaurant-quality dinner at home. Or serve them alongside prime rib for an impressive holiday meal.

When it comes to St. Patrick's day classics, these twice-baked colcannon potatoes even outshine corned beef.

Inspired by melting potatoes, thick slices of potatoes get tossed with a lemony herb butter and cooked in a hot oven, creating a crispy, snappy crust on the outside.

Not only do these red potatoes have the ultra-crispy, crackly edges you love, but they also have a little added tang from Dijon mustard.

If you're making these for a holiday dinner, you can cook both these and Brussels sprouts at the same time. It also works wonderfully alongside roast chicken or as part of a weeknight meal.

The secret to the best ever baked potatoes? Cook them like the British do.

Red potatoes are coated in Cajun seasoning and a few dashes of cayenne pepper hot sauce, then baked until hot and crisp.

This easy method for crispy smashed potatoes will be your new go-to side dish.

Roasted potatoes tossed with rosemary is a classic combination that we'll never, ever get tired of eating. The real key is roasting the potatoes past mere tenderness and all the way until they’ve turned golden and crispy on the outside.

Boiling the potatoes in a salt and vinegar bath allows them to soak up all of that briny flavor before you dry them off and crisp them up in the oven. The result are soft-in-the-center, crispy-on-the-outside fingerling potatoes that are loaded with flavor.

These roasted potatoes are crispy on the outside, but are tender and buttery on the inside. Grandma's secret? Canned whole potatoes.

Despite their frilly fancy-pants appearance, hasselback potatoes take no more time and little more effort than your average foil-wrapped baked potato. To make them, you may use any type of potato and slice straight down into the potato, but stop just short of cutting all the way through.

Here's our recipe for how to make the best classic mashed potatoes, with recommendations for potato type, dairy additions, and mashing methods.

Mash tender Yukon Gold or russet potatoes with garlic-infused milk and melted butter for the creamiest garlic mashed potatoes.

Stir onion soup mix and sour cream into mashed potatoes for an easy side dish that will outshine the main course.

Cream cheese upgrades classic mashed potatoes into the creamiest, dreamiest side.

Inspired by potato stuffed pierogi, these sour cream and onion mashed potatoes deserve a spot at your dinner table.

Mashed potatoes just got a bit more sophisticated. Rather than milk or half-and-half, this recipe pairs tangy buttermilk with buttery Yukon Gold potatoes for a just-as-creamy, but lighter, take on the classic side dish.

Garlic confit improves just about everything, including these buttery mashed potatoes.

If you're looking for a seriously impressive way to upgrade your classic mashed potatoes, take inspiration from loaded baked potatoes with all the fixings.

Traditional mashed potatoes get an extra dose of luxe flavor from sour cream.

Creamy homestyle mashed red potatoes made with rich, garlic-infused milk.

The creamy, cheesy sauce (which there is just enough of) kind of gives this dish scalloped potato vibes, and starting with a bag of frozen shredded potatoes keeps it super easy.

A classic French side dish made with slices potatoes, heavy cream, and Gruyère cheese. It's simple yet indulgent, and pairs perfectly with showstopping mains like roasted beef tenderloin, glazed ham, or prime rib.

Thin slices of Yukon gold potatoes are doused in a cheese-bolstered cream mixture and baked in a skillet until it becomes a crispy and tender gratin-like dish that everyone will love.

This cozy casserole bakes up with a golden-brown top and super-tender sliced russet potatoes that are suspended in a creamy, thyme-flecked sauce.

An easy homemade version of the classic comforting side dish, in which tender boiled russet potatoes are tossed in a creamy cheese sauce and baked until warm and bubbling.

Cacio e pepe, a beloved Roman pasta dish made with lots of Pecorino Romano and plenty of freshly ground black pepper, is a fan favorite for a reason. We bring the flavors of this iconic pasta to a creamy potato gratin.

Twice-baked potatoes overflow with gooey, melted cheese and crisp bacon. When every bite is this warm and comforting to start, there is only one way to take this classic side dish to a whole new level. Turn it into a casserole.

Mashed potatoes meet stuffing in this new classic Thanksgiving side dish.

Au gratin potatoes are one of the greatest casseroles of all time. Tender, fluffy potatoes are bathed in a rich and creamy cheese sauce, then baked in a hot oven until bubbly and crisp.

This retro casserole tastes kinda like potato mac and cheese. (We guarantee they'll haunt you for life!).

You can never go wrong with the comforting combination of ham, cheese, and potatoes — especially in the winter when you want something hot and cozy to eat. Here, russet potatoes and diced ham bake away in a mild cheddar cheese sauce until the potatoes are tender and every scoop is creamy and delicious.

A make ahead-friendly casserole recipe for baked creamy mashed potatoes topped with lots of Parmesan cheese.

Tartiflette is a cozy casserole made with Yukon gold potatoes, Reblochon cheese, bacon, and onions originating out of Savoy in the Alps.

A classic, creamy potato gratin gets a chili crisp twist.

French-style Chantilly potatoes are the ultimate fast and fancy side dish. The addition of whipped heavy cream makes them extra light and fluffy.

This cheesy and decadent steakhouse dish is perfect for steak dinners and for the holidays.

Casserole adjacent is this tart-like potato flatbread that's as equally delicious served as an appetizer as it is served next to charred steak or tender roast chicken.

By adding sour cream and freshly chopped herbs to the cream mixture, this new twist on potatoes au gratin is packed with zesty ranch flavor.

A easy, step-by-step guide to making creamy mashed sweet potatoes sweetened with maple syrup.

The easiest, simplest way to make the best baked sweet potatoes every time.

In the hierarchy of all the ways to cook a sweet potato, perfectly roasted chunks will forever sit at the top of our list. It's the perfect side when you’re in a hurry to get dinner on the table.

You know and love sweet potato casserole. Here's how to make it even easier. In less than an hour (and with barely any dishes to wash), you’ll be rewarded with buttery mashed sweet potatoes piled under a layer of creamy, tender-crisp marshmallows.

To further amp up the sweetness of roasted sweet potatoes, these spuds are bathed in a buttery brown sugar glaze that leaves them with a glossy sheen.

With a fluffy, just-sweet-enough filling and crackly streusel topping that'll remind you of candied nuts, this sweet potato casserole will become an instant classic on your Thanksgiving table.

These fries are so crispy, you’ll never guess they weren’t fried to begin with. These crispy snacks hit the right note between savory and sweet and are delish with your favorite dipping sauce, such as a creamy aioli, spicy mayo, or the always-reliable ketchup.

As the sweet potatoes roast, the naturally sweet vegetable — slicked with olive oil and tossed in garlic, dried herbs, and plenty of salt and pepper — begins to caramelize and brown. And the sprinkling of Parmesan cheese creates a crunchy topper on every round, almost like a little frico to go along with every bite.

An elegant take on sweet potato casserole made with whole eggs, spices, and brown sugar, and baked until light and puffed.

Inspired by classic twice-baked potatoes, we switched out the standard russet potato with sweet potatoes. We mashed the sweet potato flesh with butter, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and green onions, but that wasn’t enough to match the sweet potato’s assertive flavor — so we topped it off with cream cheese, hot sauce, and garlic powder to get the filling just right.

Mixed with nutty brown butter and deeply savory miso paste, these fluffy potatoes will be the Thanksgiving MVP.

Thick chunks of sweet potato are roasted, then dusted with a snowy layer of nutty Parmesan cheese that crisps up under the broiler.

If you can't have sweet potatoes without a marshmallow topping, this is your recipe. While the sweet potato component of this dish remains quintessentially classic — tender potatoes swirled with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg — the topping is where we deviate from tradition. Instead of the sticky-sweet marshmallow layer, whipped egg white meringue becomes a lusciously light cloud of sweetness atop the sweet potatoes.

Cooking cubed sweet potatoes into a bath of butter, milk, and sweet fragrant cinnamon is a super simple way to enhance the fall veggie.

Sprinkling pecans on top of these whipped sweet potatoes lends surprising crunch to the side dish.

This holiday side takes everything you love about a traditional potato gratin — the bath of butter and cream — and tweaks it to play off the flavors of sweet potatoes. A bit of thyme and nutmeg are added to bring out the savory side of sweet potatoes, and sprinkle of nutty Gruyère cheese tops the dish before it goes into the oven.