Bayrisher Kartoffel Salat Bavarian Potato Salad Recipes

BAVARIAN POTATO SALAD (BAYERISCHER KARTOFFELSALAT)

Steps:

• Add scrubbed potatoes, water, salt, and caraway seeds to a large pot. Cook potatoes for about 30 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through.
• Rinse cooked potatoes with cold water. Set aside and let them cool.
• Peel potatoes and cut into thin slices. Add potato slices to a salad bowl.
• Peel and chop onions. Fold into the potato slices.
• In a separate bowl mix the chicken broth, vinegar, sugar, and oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour over the potatoes and gently fold into potato mixture. Allow to sit and marinate for 2 hours.
• Fold parsley into potato salad.
• Cut bacon into small pieces and fry in a frying pan until crispy.
• Pour bacon and optionally the grease over the potato salad.
• Serve salad immediately.

BAYRISCHER KARTOFFELSALAT (BARVARIAN POTATO SALAD)

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in broth with 1/4 t salt for 5 to 8 minutes, until tender.
• Drain.
• Toss warm potatoes with vegetable oil and onions.
• Dissolve remaining 1/4 t salt and the sugar in lemon juice.
• Pour over potatoes.
• Marinate salad 1 to 2 hours before serving.
• Serve at room temperature.

BAYRISHER KARTOFFEL SALAT (BAVARIAN POTATO SALAD)

Steps:

• Place the potatoes and stock in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook until the potatoes are tender but still retain their shape. Drain the stock, reserving some.
• While the potatoes are cooking crisp the bacon in a skillet. When it is browned and crunchy pour off and reserve the bacon fat. Reserve the crisp bacon.
• Whisk together until smooth the lemon juice, sugar, Dijon and 4 tablespoons of the warm bacon fat. Toss with the potatoes, onions, crisp bacon and parsley. Add a bit of the reserved chicken broth to moisten if needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and let rest for two hours at room temperature before serving.

KARTOFFEL SALAT (GERMAN POTATO SALAD)

Steps:

• Place unpeeled potatoes in cold salt water and bring to a boil. Boil gently until potatoes are tender, but still firm. Do not overcook.
• Pour off the boiling water and allow potatoes to cool until easy to handle. (The drained, unpeeled Potatoes can also be placed in a refrigerator overnight.)
• Peel cooled potatoes, slice, then place in a large bowl.
• Slowly sauté the bacon in a skillet until the bacon pieces are crisp and golden brown. Do not drain the fat in the skillet.
• Remove the skillet from the heat and add the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Pour this mixture over the sliced potatoes in the bowl.
• Add the green onions and the chives. Gently toss the potatoes so all ingredients are evenly blended. Taste and adjust seasonings, if necessary.
• This recipe is excellent served either cold or warm.