I love a good typical Southern potato salad, but I tried this German potato salad once when I was serving bratwursts and WOW! This is so good!! If you’re needing a side dish to go along with hardy German food, this is great.
German Potato Salad
Love potato salad? Try this German style that is very easy!
Ingredients
- 3 cups diced potatoes I prefer red or yellow potatoes so I don't have to peel them! If you use russet potatoes, peel them first
- 5 slices bacon
- 1 small onion diced
- ¼ cup white vinegar I sometimes do half apple cider vinegar and half white vinegar - or all apple cider vinegar. Your choice!
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 ½ tablespoons cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley or about 1/2 TB dried parsley
Instructions
- Place potatoes in a large pot and add water to cover by at least 1 to 2 inches; bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, about 10 minutes. Drain, and set aside to cool. It's a potato salad - so cook potatoes the way you like them, but this is generally cooked where potatoes still hold their shape, but just soft enough to eat.
- While the potatoes are cooking, place bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry until browned and crispy. You're basically making bacon bits, just not AS crunchy unless you like it that way. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. When cooled slightly, chop up bacon or crumble into small pieces. Leave bacon grease in the skillet.
- Cook onion in the bacon grease over medium heat until browned and soft about 6 to 8 minutes. Add vinegar, sugar, water, salt, and pepper to the pan and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, add potatoes, and 1/2 of the crumbled bacon. Cook until heated through, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer warm potato salad to a serving dish and sprinkle remaining bacon over top. Garnish with parsley to your liking. Don't skip the parsley because it makes the potato salad look so pretty! Serve immediately. German potato salad is best when it's served warm!
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 135kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 764mgPotassium: 56mgFiber: 0.01gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 11IUCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.1mg
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Haven’t tried it yet but will! My grandma (She was German) used to make the best German potato salad and we have never been able to recreate it. The one thing I know she did differently was to slice the potatoes not dice them.