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Potato salad: 3 creator recipes compared

Most use yogurt, mustard and soy sauce. Some add onion or japanese mayonnaise.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 4 November 2026.

Japanese Potato Salad by Alberto Ugarte, a frame from the Instagram video

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We put the most-saved version first: Alberto Ugarte’s. A creamy Japanese‑style potato salad that mixes tangy Greek yogurt, mustard, and soy sauce with tender potatoes, hard‑boiled eggs, crisp cucumber, and smoky bacon, creating a refreshing side dish perfect for lunch.

Japanese Potato Salad from Alberto Ugarte’s Instagram video

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Japanese Potato Salad

Recipe from Alberto Ugarte, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 35 min
  • Serves 4
  • 10 ingredients

The only one of the 3 with eggs, boiled potatoes, bacon and chives.

Ingredients

  • 2Greek yogurt
  • 1 tspmustard
  • soy sauce
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper
  • 3eggs
  • 1 cupboiled potatoes
  • 1/2cucumber
  • a handfulbacon
  • chives

How it goes

  1. Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender, then drain, let cool, and cut into bite‑size pieces.

  2. Place the eggs in boiling water, cook for about 10 minutes until hard‑boiled, then cool, peel, and chop.

  3. In a large bowl combine the Greek yogurt, mustard, soy sauce, salt, and black pepper, mixing until smooth.

  4. Add the boiled potatoes, chopped eggs, sliced cucumber, fried bacon pieces, and chopped chives to the dressing.

  5. Toss everything gently until well coated and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before serving chilled.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 potato salad recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Alberto Ugarte’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Japanese Potato SaladAlberto Ugarte · make this one first35 min410Not clear from the stepseggs, boiled potatoes, bacon and chives
Summer Potato SaladAyyüce Kamit1 hr414Oven, Pan-friedonion, capsicum pepper, rice and mayonnaise
Japanese-Style Potato SaladSeafood Network30 min410Not clear from the stepsjapanese mayonnaise, rice vinegar, sugar and scallions

What they share.

  • All 3use cucumber.
  • 2 of 3use yogurt. Seafood Network’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use mustard. Seafood Network’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use soy sauce. Ayyüce Kamit’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use potato. Alberto Ugarte’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use carrot. Alberto Ugarte’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Only Ayyüce Kamit uses the oven. Only Ayyüce Kamit pan-fries or sears.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Alberto Ugarte is the only one to use eggs, boiled potatoes, bacon and chives. Ayyüce Kamit is the only one to use onion, capsicum pepper, rice and mayonnaise. Seafood Network is the only one to use japanese mayonnaise, rice vinegar, sugar and scallions.

  • Time and list length

    Seafood Network takes the least time (30 min); Ayyüce Kamit the most (1 hr). Alberto Ugarte uses the shortest ingredient list (10); Ayyüce Kamit the longest (14).

All 3, with their videos.

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How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 4 November 2026.

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