Description
Delicious, tangy German potato salad is a great side dish for bratwurst.
Ingredients
- 5 pounds red potatoes, diced
- 1 pound bacon
- 2 sweet onions, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup white vinegar
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; season water with salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender
- about 20 minutes; drain. Put potatoes in a slow cooker.
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned
- about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon slices to a plate lined with paper towels. Crumble bacon and add to potatoes.
- Return skillet to medium heat and reheat bacon drippings. Cook and stir sweet onions in the drippings until translucent
- 5 to 7 minutes; add garlic and continue cooking until fragrant
- 1 to 2 minutes more. Pour onion mixture over the potatoes and bacon.
- Stir vinegar
- water
- sugar
- and salt together in a bowl; pour over the potato mixture. Stir potatoes gently to mix.
- Cook on Low
- stirring occasionally
- 3 to 4 hours.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs 40 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 55 mins
Servings: 10