These crave-worthy potato sides dazzle every time.

There’s a potato dish for every cooking method and every cuisine.

There are creamy potato dishes and crispy potato dishes.

crispy parmesan potatoes (close-up)

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Some sop up sauce; others beg to be snatched up with your fingers and devoured.

None of the recipes below are afterthoughts.

They are all stars, enough so that they just may eclipse the protein portion of your three-point landing.

Potato confit in white casserole dish.

Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas

Pack the cream cheese-enriched mashed potatoes in a dish and refrigerate it for up to 2 days.

Or bake and freeze for up to two weeks.

Look out as you are frying batches, because they are also very snackable.

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

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Be sure to leave some for the table!

They’re especially tasty withsauerbraten.

Twice Baked Potatoes

A baked potato is just a baked potato.

Potato Croquettes on a Plate with One Croquette Broken in Half, and Next to the Plate, a Small Saucer with Sauce

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Atwice-baked potato has cheese, bacon, and a mashed potato filling going for it.

Steaks are sad and lonely without them.

Reader Tanya raves, “This is our familys absolute favourite potato dish.

Sweet Potato Yukon Gold Bake

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I dont change a thing!

It is perfect as is.

Thanks for a keeper!”

Leftover mashed potato pancakes stacked on a plate and topped with sour cream and chives.

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Hasselback potatoes are an evergreen favorite for a beef roast, baked fillet ofsalmon, or roasted chicken.

Try them for a memorable change of pace.

You mix mashed potatoes with egg yolks and pipe them into rosettes, then bake until their edges brown.

Garlic rosemary sauce spooned onto fondant potatoes (both are in the same skillet)

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

What you wind up with is an adorable savory potato cake that’s make-ahead friendly.

It’s nearly impossible to wait for these, but the payoff is giant.

It’s guaranteed to delight garlic lovers!

Twice baked potatoes on a piece of parchment paper

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

Funeral Potatoes

Cheesy funeral potatoes are a welcome sight at big gatherings.

It’s freezer-friendly and serves a crowd so easily!

17. Pepper Jack Potatoes

These rich potatoes ooze with cheese.

Scalloped Potatoes Gruyere Caramelized Onions

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Serve them in ramekins to hold the creamy sauce.

Crispy Hasselback Potatoes

Sally Vargas, Elise Bauer, Trent Lanz, Lisa Lin, and Megan Keno

Plate of batatas a murro

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Duchess Potatoes

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Smashed Potatoes and Two Small Bowls (One with Cracked Pepper and Another with Flaky Salt) on a Baking Pan

Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas

Too Much Garlic Mashed Potatoes in a brown bowl with a spoon on the side

Simply Recipes / Shilpa Iyer

Funeral Potatoes with Real Potatoes

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A wooden spoon lifting a serving of twice baked potato casserole from a baking dish

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A fork pulling a cheesy bite from a ramekin of Pepper Jack Potatoes

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

Bombay Aloo (Bombay Potatoes) in a large bowl

Simply Recipes / Shilpa Iyer