I am not a huge fan of the typical mostly mayo potato salad because it is often pretty boring, but I absolutely love potato salad with vinegar based dressings like this German potato salad and also this Bacon Blue Cheese Potato Salad.
German potato salad is slightly sweet, a bit tart from the vinegar with a punch of Dijon mustard, tasty bacon and some pepper and celery seed. It is super easy to make and really good served warm or room temp. We ate this as a side dish with some sandwiches I will posting soon as well.
German Potato Salad
Delicious German potato salad with bacon, parsley and dijon vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 2.5 lbs waxy potatoes I used small yellow potatoes
- 1 pack bacon
- 1 onion diced
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp celery seed
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until fork tender. I boiled my small potatoes about 10 minutes.
- Drain and cut into chunks. Chop bacon and cook over medium low in a large skillet until crispy. Remove bacon and drain and remove all but 2 tbsp of the fat.
- Add the onion and cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add in the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, pepper, and celery seed along with the mustard and allow to come to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook, stirring until the sauce has thickened a bit. Move to a bowl and toss with the bacon and parsley and serve warm or room temp.
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