Hot German Potato Salad

Submitted by bert2421

"This is without a doubt, the best potato salad I have ever had. I make it mostly in the summer when I BBQ but you could make it anytime. It looks fussy but really quite easy to make and just delicious."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 9 medium potatoes
• 6 slices bacon
• 3⁄4 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄3 cup vinegar

directions

1. Cook potatoes in the skins and set aside.
2. Fry bacon until crisp; remove from pan and place on paper towel to drain.
3. Cook and stir onions in bacon drippings until golden brown.
4. Blend in flour, sugar, salt, celery salt and pepper.
5. Cook over low heat until mixture is bubbly.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Stir in water and vinegar.
8. Heat to boiling; stirring constantly.
9. Boil and stir 1 minute.
10. Crumble bacon.
11. Slice potatoes.
12. Carefully stir bacon and potatoes into the hot mixture.
13. Heat through, stirring lightly to coat potato slices.

Reviews

[T. Woolfe]

DURN but that's GOOD. Made a half recipe and it scaled well. I had no Celery salt and used lightly smashed Celery seed. Please understand, 4 stars is the top of my taste meter. That elusive fifth is reserved for suprises. So,this would rate most folks 5. We shall see how well it rewarms for tomorrow. T.

 

[Jill Keeler]

I made a triple batch of this (my family LOVES potato salad) and found that this recipe was a little too salty. Other than that, it was a big hit!

 

[Heather ND]

This is the first hot potato salad that I ever had and it was great. I used red wine vinegar, that is what my Aunt said she always uses it was wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[Bliss]

I love hot german potato salads, but some of them have so much vinegar that they overpower the rest of the ingredients. This one has just the right amount of everything, and makes for a delicious version that warms nicely the next day. It's an absolute keeper.

 

[Mysterygirl]

Based upon T.Woolfe's review I decided to make this recipe when I went looking for a German potato salad. I am sooo glad that I did. This was a hit with the whole family - the picky eater even went back for seconds. This is one of those recipes that I will make again. The bacon flavor was great. I too subbed celery seed for the celery salt simply because I don't use stuff like celery salt, garlic salt or onion salt. By doing so it wasn't too salty at all.