How to Make German Potato Salad | The Stay At Home Chef


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Old Fashioned German Potato Salad is dressed with a dijon vinegar dressing and can be served either hot or cold.

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  1. Wolfy Daddy
    Wolfy Daddy says:

    You might also try Austrian potato salad. The main difference to German potato salad is that soup (beef or vegetable broth) is poured over the sliced and still warm potatoes and diced onions, which then are left for a few hours (or over night) to allow the potatoes to absorb the soup. It then is finished with a creamy vinaigrette of white-wine vinegar and dijon mustard.

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  2. S. H.C
    S. H.C says:

    This is not genuine German Potato Salat!! we dont use sugar in our cooking. Furthermore, this salat is horriable to look at. German food is very tasty and good. PLEASE DONT DISGRACE MY HOMELAND

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  3. Yabba Dabba Doo
    Yabba Dabba Doo says:

    There must be 100's of versions of German / Prussian / Bavarian spud salads.
    Because I go kosher I add Salmon and kapers to my mix. I add boiled eggs, raw white onion, egg based mayo with teaspoon balsamic , salt, pepper and German mustard.
    One pound of spuds and the mix will feed 4 easy.

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  4. Pat Riley
    Pat Riley says:

    Thanks so much for the recipe. I made it today and it was great ! The only thing i did wrong was to let the bacon get too crispy ( almost burnt ) because I was boiling the potatoes inside the house and frying the bacon outside on the BBQ burner. Going in and out is not the best idea, but it it easier to deal with spattered bacon outside. I may add a little bit more vinegar next time as I like sour stuff. Thanks again. I really like the way you present the recipes and your quiet soothing voice. I subscribed and hit the notification bell. I am looking forward to more great recipes.

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  5. mary Montes
    mary Montes says:

    Thank you for the recipe. I needed the measurements as I haven't made this in years. We had this growing up. But we never added olive oil. Think I will leave that out because of using all the bacon grease.

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  6. Sir Jhonson
    Sir Jhonson says:

    I make that . I dont use any sugar and cook about 3 lbs of beacon .Two in the morning for breakfast and one for them potato salad . Save all the little burnt specks in the bottom to mix with it . I also add fresh dill .

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  7. D
    D says:

    I made a version of this over the weekend and everyone seemed to like it but I thought it lacked flavor. I used these ingredients except not the bacon drippings to make it vegan friendly (bacon on the side) I'll have to try the drippings and see if that's the missing link. Thanks for your videos, they're great 🙂

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  8. Simon S
    Simon S says:

    Potatoes should be cooked whole, then sliced while warm! And what's with the ton of bacon?? Way too much. I stopped the video when you added sugar. i use sugar to cut the edge of vinegar, sure … but 2 tblsp for that small bowl of salad? I can't imagine the taste of this salad….

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  9. adrian simionescu
    adrian simionescu says:

    The Stay at Home Chef's policy shows: you have no idea of what the German potato salad should look and/or taste like. Travel to Europe and you'll hopefully understand what I mean.
    Disappointing, to say the least.

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  10. arnokhess
    arnokhess says:

    As being born and raised in Germany, the potato salad has always been a part of my life. What I commonly see here in the US is not at all to be compared to "authentic"!!! To begin with, authentically, there are no peels in a German potato salad, and the potatoes are sliced and not diced. There is the option with the "Swabian Potato Salad" to also eat it warm but very uncommon in Germany. Potato salad is eaten as a cold side dish with a variation of food, from hamburgers or "Frikadellen" to Bratwurst to fish sticks… that's a personal decision, because it's simply delicious. Oh, and to clean up with another "myth"… there is nothing "light" with a bacon drippings dressing. Dressings for authentic German potato salad might be vinaigrette based or mayo based, depending on the region of Germany, or the individual taste. Each family has its own "private" recipe. What I always have a problem with is calling things "authentic" after changing half the ingredients and taking the "authentic" out of it.

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  11. Rhonna Marsden
    Rhonna Marsden says:

    I love this potato salad as well. Hot or cold. My friends mom made it with green onions and bunch of parsley, I don’t recall if they used Dijon or not. It’s been 30 years since I had any. It was so different from American potatoe salad but I loved it. I was 25 years old.

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  12. Cecil Lawson
    Cecil Lawson says:

    Looks much like the German potato salad I've tried before that was so good. Use green onions instead of parsley.
    May not be authentic "German", but what the heck, it's delicious!

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