Oktoberfest Potato Salad

Description

This is a traditional German-style potato salad good year round, not just in October.

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • 4 slices bacon
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ cup cider vinegar
  • 1 cup diced celery, divided
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender
  2. about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool.
  3. Mix dry mustard with 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl and let stand 10 minutes to develop flavor.
  4. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
  5. turning occasionally
  6. until evenly browned
  7. about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Reserve bacon drippings in skillet. Let bacon cool; crumble bacon.
  8. Cook onion in reserved bacon drippings over medium heat until onion is translucent and soft
  9. about 5 minutes. Stir mustard paste
  10. sugar
  11. 1/4 cup water
  12. and cider vinegar into onion; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer vinegar dressing for 2 minutes.
  13. Peel potatoes if desired; slice 3 potatoes into a salad bow and arrange into a layer. Sprinkle potatoes with half the crumbled bacon
  14. celery
  15. and parsley; season with salt and black pepper. Pour a little of the vinegar dressing over the layer. Repeat layer with remaining 3 potatoes
  16. bacon
  17. celery
  18. parsley
  19. salt
  20. and black pepper; pour remaining dressing over the salad. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 6

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