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
- 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 and let cool.
- Mix dry mustard with 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl and let stand 10 minutes to develop flavor.
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned
- about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Reserve bacon drippings in skillet. Let bacon cool; crumble bacon.
- Cook onion in reserved bacon drippings over medium heat until onion is translucent and soft
- about 5 minutes. Stir mustard paste
- sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- and cider vinegar into onion; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer vinegar dressing for 2 minutes.
- Peel potatoes if desired; slice 3 potatoes into a salad bow and arrange into a layer. Sprinkle potatoes with half the crumbled bacon
- celery
- and parsley; season with salt and black pepper. Pour a little of the vinegar dressing over the layer. Repeat layer with remaining 3 potatoes
- bacon
- celery
- parsley
- salt
- 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