Chunky German Potato Salad Recipes

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.

GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Serve the salad warm or chilled: This salad can be made up to a day ahead.

CHUNKY GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook potatoes- with skins on until tender.
• Let cool and cut in bite size chunks.
• Fry bacon in pan- drain and cool bacon on paper towel- reserve fat.
• Saute onion in bacon fat until soft.
• Add flour sugar, water and vinegar.
• Boil and then reduce heat- should become a nice thick sauce.
• When sauce is thick add potatoes back in and crumble bacon over.
• Serve immediately- while hot!

CLASSIC GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil peeled or skins-on (according to your preference) potatoes in water and bouillon for 15-20 minutes. (This may take longer if you are at high altitude). Don't let them get too soft - a fork should go in but the potatoes should not fall apart.
• Fry bacon and crumble bacon into small pieces.
• Dice the white onion and fry it in the bacon grease.
• Chop the potatoes into cubes.
• Mix the bacon, white onion, oil, mustard, and vinegar together in a bowl that will be large enough to hold your potatoes.
• Chop the green onions.
• Toss the cooled potatoes in your sauce along with the green onions.
• Sprinkle with parsley, salt and pepper to taste.

CHUNKY POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• - Cook potatoes in a large pot of salted water - about 30-45 minutes or until tender. (do not peel - cook with skins on).
• - Cook eggs in a pot of salted water until done - about 20 minutes.
• - Drain potatoes and eggs and allow to cool enough to handle. Remove skins from potatoes and shell the eggs.
• - Cut the potatoes into about 1" cubes and place in a large bowl. Chop the eggs and add them to the potatoes.
• - In a separate bowl combine the chopped/minced onion and gherkins and all remaining ingredients (except the potatoes and eggs).
• - Fold the "dressing" into the potatoes and eggs just to cover - don't over mix.
• - Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld. Stir once more before serving.

RESTAURANT STYLE CHUNKY POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, sugar, onion, mustard, vinegar, celery, pimentos, carrot, parsley, pepper and salt. Mix well, chill and serve.
• My Note: I used to throw out potato salad after a few days but I never have any leftover now. I never add the carrot or pimento or parsley and only add the celery when I have it. I have though, taken to mixing this dressing in a small bowl beforehand. I have always had a bit of a time, either making my potato cubes too hard, undercooked, or too mushy and they mash up too much when trying to blend in the dressing ingredients. Pre-mixing the dressing in the bowl, I can cook my potato cubes fairly soft and then gently fold in the pre-made dressing only to toss the onions, celery and potato cubes and eggs togehther and just coat with the dressing. A perfect chunky potato salad!
• For my family's personal preference I used 5 hard boiled eggs, mashing up the yolks into the mayo mixture, for a eggy tasting dressing. I also added another teaspoon of grey poupon mustard, left out carrots.