German Potato Salad

A simple vinegar based sauce with chopped onion is cooked in bacon drippings to make a classic warm German Potato Salad recipe.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine German

Keyword German Potato Salad, Old Fashioned German Potato Salad

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings 1/2 cup servings

Calories 146kcal

Author Jennifer Osterholt

Wash, slice and cube gold potatoes (no need to peel) into smaller than bite sized pieces. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add small cubes of potatoes and cook for 12 minutes. The potatoes will be just barely tender and should NOT fall off of a fork.
6 cups gold potatoes
In a large skillet cook bacon. Remove bacon from skillet before it crumbles or becomes burnt. Keep the drippings in the skillet.
6 slices bacon
Turn skillet down to medium heat and add chopped onion to the bacon grease. Cook and stir and until tender.
1 cup onion
Season with celery seed, salt and black pepper if desired. Stir well.
1 teaspoon celery seed, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Add vinegar and bring to a boil. This only takes 1 or 2 minutes. Stir well and pour over cooked potatoes.
2/3 cup white vinegar
Stir sauce into the potatoes and sprinkled chopped bacon on top. Serve warm.