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German Potato Salad

German Potato Salad

12 medium potatoes
2 teaspoons salt
pepper to taste
2 onions, chopped

12 slices bacon
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup water
1 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar

Cook potatoes in skins. When tender, drain, peel and cube. Season with salt,
pepper and onion. Set aside. Dice bacon and fry until crisp. Reserve 3 tablespoons
drippings, pour off rest. Stir flour into reserved drippings, stirring constantly for
1-2 minutes. Add water, vinegar and sugar. Cook until mixture bubbles. Pour over
potatoes and toss gently. Serve immediately (while still warm). Serves 10.

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23 Comments / Recipes / February 18, 2011

Once again, it’s the first Thursday of the month so that means it’s time for another recipe box swap. Randi over at I Have to Say is hosting and this time there is no theme, so I can post any recipe that I want. Thanks for hosting again, Randi!

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Since summer is in full swing around here (apparently we just skipped spring altogether) I thought I’d post one of our summer favorites: German Potato Salad. We love to throw some bratwurst on the grill, cook up some corn on the cob and make a batch of German potato salad. I found this recipe many years ago, shortly after we returned from living in Germany. One bite and I’m instantly reminded of evenings spent at a favorite gasthaus dining on fabulous German food. I hope you like it as much as we do!

German Potato Salad

German Potato Salad

12 medium potatoes
2 teaspoons salt
pepper to taste
2 onions, chopped
12 slices bacon
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup water
1 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar

Cook potatoes in skins. When tender, drain, peel and cube. Season with salt, pepper and onion. Set aside. Dice bacon and fry until crisp. Reserve 3 tablespoons drippings, pour off rest. Stir flour into reserved drippings, stirring constantly for 1-2 minutes. Add water, vinegar and sugar. Cook until mixture bubbles. Pour over potatoes and toss gently. Serve immediately (while still warm). Serves 10.

Have a great weekend — if you’re in the northern hemisphere, I hope you make it out to your grill!

XOXO,
Anna

23 thoughts on “German Potato Salad”

  1. meggie

    Hi Anna, I am definitely going to try this recipe. OK, I know it is not summer here, but something different is always welcome.

  2. rohanknitter

    I should really try this — the husband really loves German potato salad and I don’t know if I’ve ever made it! His Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother used to make it for him.

  3. Erin

    Wow – that sounds different, but good! I have lost my appetite all together today and Potatos sound YUMMY right now in any form! :)

  4. Camilla

    Quite possibly, you have made Herr Becher’s week. I won’t have a chance to make this until Sunday, but what a Sunday dinner it will be. I always want loads of bacon the GPS… I might have to go overboard. Also, more research was done on the bakery-front… you will definately be taste-testing the chocolate bars (like cake, but flatter) with peanut-butter and fudge frosting. Come hungry… in stretchy pants. ooxxoo Cami

  8. Marianne

    I might give this interesting recipe a go…I have to say, I don’t really like the sound of most German food. Do you have any other recipes you can recommend?

  9. christina

    Oh, you’re making me hungry! I love potato salad made that way. That must be a recipe from southern Germany ’cause up here in the north it’s usually done with a mayonnaise dressing, dill pickles and hard-boiled eggs. I sometimes throw in a chopped apple as well.

    We’re having our neighbours over for a barbeque tonight – the weather has been just stupendous. Enjoy your weekend!

  12. noblog brigette

    liebschen! thanks for the german potato salad recipe. i’ll make some this weekend. when do you toss in the onions? do you cook them first in the drippings, or toss them in raw?
    hey, we’re ALWAYS grillin’ around here!
    :sits outside and tans her legs for a few minutes this afternoon
    (okay FINE, so my legs are so white, they are BLUE, but one can at least pretend now and again!)

  13. Nanette

    I haven’t had German potato salad in years! Growing up in the heart of pennsylvania dutch country that was something I had from time to time but haven’t thought about in years! I’ll have to make it. I don’t know what my family would think of it. I’ve never made it before for them. Your receipe looks delicious. I’m working on getting that banana split cupcake recipe and I’ll post it when I get it.

  14. Lesley

    Your potato salad looks yummy – and for once I have all the ingredients in the house!!

    I had to get the barbeque out tonight to cook our sausages for dinner as the grill on my oven has died!

    They did taste lovely though :)

    xxx

  15. kim

    Anna, i love potato salad, something we could both eat together at last (except for the bacon!). Hope you got my comment on your last post that went AWOL, my two cats loved reading it
    Kimx

  18. Gumbo Lily

    Ummm Yummm! I’ve had this before but have never made it. I think I’ll try soon. Thanks for sharing your tried-and-true recipe.

    Jody

  19. KBG

    We love, love, love German Potato Salad. I’m so ready to get back the the states – and my stuff – and make some more!

  20. ally

    Not quite potato salad weather here in NZ but my hubby was pretty keen on the recipe. He lived in Germany for several years and loves Bratwurst

  21. Maggie

    Hi Anna, I have had German Potato Salad but have never made it. Now that I have your recipe I will make it this week. My friends mother use to make it when we were growing up and I loved it. Actually, I love almost every potato dish I have ever tried since potatoes are one of my favorite things.

  22. marigold

    Mmmm, you know it’s summer when people break out their potato salad recipes! I’ve never put bacon in before but I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why not!

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