Potato Salad with Sweet Potatoes

It’s tender, crunchy, creamy, all the good stuff in a salad bowl. Enjoy it as a side dish or a light meal!

Can You Make Potato Salad with Sweet Potatoes?

Yes! Sweet potatoes are a more colorful and nutritionally dense alternative to regular potatoes, and they are not just meant to be a side dish. I often use them for morning Sweet Potato Toasts, Tater Tots, and this salad. 

Benefits of Sweet Potato Salad

Whenever you need a simple meal or a side dish that is light, tasty, and can please a crowd, this Sweet Potato Salad is both! Plus, it’s packed with veggies, meaning tons of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

Most American potato salads include a heavy mayo dressing, but this recipe with sweet potatoes cuts it in half with nonfat Greek yogurt. The yogurt adds a tangier flavor and more protein along with the hard-boiled eggs because they, too, belong in potato salad.

Ingredients

You’re not going to believe the combination of the flavors from the sweet potato, red onion, and crunch from the celery that’s going to make your tastebuds do a happy dance. It’s a delicious combo that even the skeptics will want a second helping. Here’s what you need to make this sweet potato salad happen:

• Sweet potatoes: colorful, nutritious, and a healthy swap for potatoes!
• Hard-boiled eggs: add volume, flavor, and protein.
• Red onion: tasty, crunchy, and fresh!
• Green onion: both for the salad and for garnish.
• Celery: adds crunchiness and flavor.
• Thyme: delicious! Italian seasoning makes a good swap if you don’t have dried thyme.
• Paprika: adds a wonderful flavor and a bright color to the dressing.
• Salt and pepper: the classic duo for seasoning.
• Plain nonfat Greek yogurt: makes the dressing lower in fat and still tangy and creamy!
• Mayonnaise: since we’re adding Greek yogurt, we won’t use too much!

How to Make Potato Salad with Sweet Potatoes

Making this tasty salad doesn’t take long if you follow these tips and cooking steps:

1. Prep
First, you wash, peel, and dice the sweet potatoes. 

2. Cook the eggs
I recommend boiling the eggs while the potatoes cook so you can add them to the salad at the same time.

3. Cook the sweet potatoes
You can cook the sweet potatoes in a large pot with water for 15 to 20 minutes or microwave them covered with plastic wrap for 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Make sure not to overcook the sweet potatoes so they don’t fall apart. If using this microwave method, be super careful when removing the plastic wrap from the steamed potatoes; the trapped steam is HOT!

4. Allow to cool down
Once the sweet potatoes are done cooking, you drain them and allow them to cool completely.

5. Make the salad
Now, in a large bowl, you combine the onions, celery, thyme, paprika, salt, and pepper. Then, you add the yogurt and mayo, and mix again until well combined.

6. Combine
Finally, you add the cooked sweet potatoes and diced hard-boiled eggs to the bowl. Fold them gently into the dressing until they’re nicely coated with it.

7. Refrigerate
Refrigerate the salad for 2 hours or up to 3 days. Right before serving, garnish with additional fresh green onion and paprika, if desired.

Watch the video to see how this simple potato salad with sweet potatoes comes together fast:

How Long does Sweet Potato Salad Last?

Sweet potato salad can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. If you’re thinking of doubling the batch and using it to solve dinner fast and pack it for lunch, go ahead!

What to Serve with Sweet Potato Salad

If you have grilling plans, this salad is a great side for kabobs and matches perfectly with other tasty and healthy sides such as Watermelon Feta Salad, Carrot Fries, and Cobb Salad Dip.