50+ Vegan Potato Recipes

This big list of 50+ Vegan Potato Recipes will supply you with enough amazing side and main dish recipes for a lifetime. From Yukon gold to sweet potatoes to baby potatoes, you’ll find tons of new recipes for this budget-friendly root vegetable.

Most people know that potatoes are pretty cheap (and delicious, of course). But did you know that one medium russet potato contains nearly 1000 milligrams of potassium? It’s true, potatoes of any color are all loaded with nutrients. 

There’s a common misconception that sweet potatoes are the only healthy potato. In reality, all potatoes come with different nutrients. Potatoes are packed with potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, fiber, and more, depending on what kind of potato you’re looking at. They also contain zero cholesterol, virtually zero fat, very little sodium, are low in calories, and are super satisfying.

Potatoes are a high quality carbohydrate, meaning they give your body energy and the fuel it needs to function. Potatoes are my favorite pre-workout food because they give me a ton of energy and keep me from getting hungry while I’m exercising.

Vegan Potato Recipes

So now that we’ve established how amazing potatoes are, let’s explore some amazing vegan potato recipes. I’ve rounded up over 50 of the best vegan potato recipes on the internet. Make sure to bookmark or save this post for future reference!

Gold Potatoes

Gold potatoes (often called Yukon Gold Potatoes) are a type of potato with thin skin and golden yellow flesh. Cooked gold potatoes have a creamy texture and almost buttery flavor even without seasoning. They are a great all purpose potato, meaning they can be mashed, boiled, sautéed, fried or air fried, or baked or roasted. Keep reading to find a bunch of great vegan potato recipes using gold potatoes.

Russet Potatoes

Russet potatoes are likely the most recognizable potato as they are large and oblong in shape with a medium/dark brown thicker skin. These potatoes are very versatile and usually the cheapest and most widely available potato. However, they have a dry, almost mealy texture when cooked so you don’t want to use them as an all purpose potato (unlike the gold potatoes in the section above). Russet potatoes are fantastic for making baked potatoes (or jacket potatoes, as they’re called in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand) and stuffed potatoes.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are, as they sound, a sweet version of the potato root vegetable. There are actually many varieties of sweet potatoes. The most well known sweet potato has medium brown skin and orange flesh.

Other popular varieties include Japanese sweet potatoes (reddish purple skin with white creamy flesh), Hannah/white sweet potatoes (light brown skin with white starchy flesh), and Stokes purple potatoes (medium brownish purple skin with bright purple flesh).

The sweet potatoes with the most colorful flesh are the highest in antioxidants, but all sweet potatoes are healthy. Sweet potatoes are great baked, steamed, boiled, or fried. When cooking pre-cut sweet potatoes, they can dry out unless well coated in oil. Bake sweet potatoes without foil until soft for a delicious side dish.

Baby Potatoes

Baby potatoes are adorable and come in gold, red, and purple varieties. They’re often sold in a medley of colors, too. The size of a large cherry tomato, most baby potatoes cook quickly due to their size and are similar in texture to gold potatoes with thin skin and creamy flesh. They have a mild flavor and are lovely roasted, steamed, boiled, fried, or air fried with a little oil and seasoning.

Red Potatoes

Red potatoes are characterized by thin red skin and white flesh. They are similarly sized to gold potatoes. Their texture is waxy in nature, meaning they hold their shape well. Red potatoes work well in soups, potato salads, and hold up fine to roasting, frying, air-frying, boiling, and steaming.