Best Moms Hot German Potato Salad Recipes

WARM GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes and cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and, while hot, skin and cut into 1/4-inch slices. You should have about 4 cups. Set aside.
• Place bacon in a skillet and fry until almost crisp. Remove bacon from pan and add onion and celery, cook until tender and transparent, remove from pan.
• Drain off all but one tablespoon of bacon fat; add flour, sugar, salt and pepper to skillet stir until slightly browned. Add vinegar and water and cook until mixture is slightly thickened. Add back the bacon, onion, and celery.
• Pour hot dressing over potatoes; stir gently to blend. The potatoes should look glossy. Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices, sprinkle minced parsley, and chives over top. Serve warm.
• This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD III

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain, cool and slice thin.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving drippings.
• Saute onions in bacon drippings until they are golden-brown.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper. Add to the sauteed onions and cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar, then return to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Carefully stir bacon and sliced potatoes into the vinegar/water mixture, stirring gently until potatoes are heated through.

MOM'S HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in their jackets; cool, peel, and slice into 1/4 inch pieces.
• Slowly fry bacon in skillet until crisp, drain on paper towels, and crumble.
• Saute the onion in bacon fat until golden brown.
• Blend in the flour, salt, pepper, sugar, and celery seeds.
• Cook over low heat, stirring until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in water and vinegar and bring to a boil, constantly stirring.
• Carefully stir the potatoes and crumbled bacon inches.
• Remover from heat, cover, and let stand until ready to serve.

MOM'S GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place potatoes in a casserole dish, season with salt and pepper.
• Cut bacon into smallish pieces.
• Brown in a large skillet.
• Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, and place on top of potatoes.
• DO NOT drain skillet!
• In skillet add the onion, vinegar, water, flour and sugar.
• Mix well, bring to a boil and stir until thickened.
• Place sauce mix over bacon and potatoes.
• Mix well.
• Bake for 30 minutes.

MOM'S GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until just tender when poked with a fork, but not too soft.
• When potatoes are cool, peel and slice thin.
• Add salt, pepper, and celery salt to taste.
• Add chopped onion; set aside.
• Fry bacon slowly in skillet until crisp; crumble when cool.
• In separate bowl, combine vinegar, water, and sugar.
• Add liquid to bacon in skillet.
• Blend in flour and additional salt, pepper, and celery salt to taste.
• Add potatoes and warm through.

AUTHENTIC GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a pot, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until easily pierced with a fork. Drain, and set aside to cool.
• Place the bacon in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry until browned and crisp, turning as needed. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add onion to the bacon grease, and cook over medium heat until browned. Add the vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pepper to the pan. Bring to a boil, then add the potatoes and parsley. Crumble in half of the bacon. Heat through, then transfer to a serving dish. Crumble the remaining bacon over the top, and serve warm.