Best 6 German Style Potato Salad Recipes

SCHWABISCHER KARTOFFELSALAT (GERMAN POTATO SALAD - SCHWABISCH STYLE)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain; allow potatoes to cool slightly. Peel and slice potatoes. Mix potatoes and onions in a bowl; stir in mustard, salt, and black pepper.
• Bring vegetable stock to a boil in a small saucepan, pour over potato mixture and stir to combine. Stir in vinegar and let rest for 10 minutes. Stir in vegetable oil and season with salt and black pepper if desired.

GERMAN-STYLE POTATO AND HAM SALAD

Steps:

• Steam potatoes in a vegetable steamer set over 1 inch of boiling water in a wide 4- to 5-quart pot, covered, until tender when pierced with a paring knife, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board.
• Meanwhile, cook asparagus in a wide 4- to 5-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, until just tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer asparagus with tongs to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking, then drain and pat dry. Cut off and reserve tips, then cut stalks into 1-inch pieces. Add tips and stalks to a large bowl.
• Cook bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving bacon drippings in skillet.
• Once potatoes have cooled to warm, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Add to bowl with asparagus, along with bacon, ham, celery, onion, parsley, and pickle.
• Return skillet with bacon drippings to moderately high heat. Add oil, then whisk in vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 30 seconds. Immediately pour hot dressing over potato salad and toss to coat.

GERMAN-STYLE HOT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• In a steamer set over boiling water steam the potatoes, covered, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are just tender, and transfer them to a bowl. While the potatoes are steaming, in a heavy skillet cook the kielbasa over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until it is golden, add the onion, and cook the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the onion is golden. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the vinegar and the broth carefully. Bring the mixture to a boil, scraping up the brown bits, and boil it until the liquid is reduced to about 2/3 cup. Add the kielbasa mixture to the potatoes with the parsley and combine the salad well.

GERMAN STYLE HOT POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Precook potatoes, unless you happen to have some left over.
• Cook bacon pieces over med-high heat until crisp, remove from pan, reserving about half the fat.
• Add butter to bacon grease, melt.
• Add onion, cook until translucent.
• Add potatoes, cook until slightly browned.
• Salt to taste, and pepper generously. Top with reserved bacon.

WW GERMAN-STYLE POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan; add enough water to cover potatoes.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain potatoes and allow to cool. Cut potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices; set aside.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until slightly brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet; set aside.
• Add oil to pan and cook over medium heat until sizzling.
• Add onion and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in arrowroot, Splenda, salt, celery seed, dry mustard and pepper; cook about 1 minute. Add water and vinegar; stir and cook until thick and bubbly, about 1 minute.
• Stir in potatoes and bacon; toss to mix.
• Cook, stirring gently, until mixture is heated through, about 1 to 2 minutes more.
• Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with egg and parsley.
• Yields about 1/2 cup per serving.

GERMAN POTATO SALAD FRANCONIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes with skin, cool, skin and dice. Set aside.
• Dice onions, pickles and sausage and mix together in a bowl.
• Ad mayo and vinegar (or pickle juice) to the pickle mix and season with salt and pepper (be very liberal with the seasoning since the potatoes take out a lot of the seasoning).
• Ad this mayo pickle mix to the potatoes, stir and chill for at least 1/2 hour.