How To Make an Old-Fashioned Hot German Potato Salad

Cook with me and make a classic hot German potato salad. It's the perfect side for all your Frankfurter sausages and summer meats. I'll show you how to choose the best potatoes, cook them the right way, and make a delicious, tangy dressing.

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[justinehyre]

My Mom's German potato salad is my favorite!!
She lived in NY after graduating from college. She lived with her aunt who had a house next door to a German restaurant. My Mom knew the family and would often help out at the restaurant when they were busy.
The old German woman who owned it with her husband was the cook.
Mom learned how to make cabbage rolls(my very favorite food) and German potato salad from her.
In the recipe we use you fry bacon for the grease and the bacon for the salad. Remove the bacon and set aside
Then you add sliced onions(not chopped) to the grease and cook until tender.
Next you add flour to the onions and cook for about 2 minutes. Next you add vinegar, sugar, water and a touch of mustard to the onions and cook until it thickens. Salt and pepper to taste .
Finally you add the contents of the skillet to cooked sliced potatoes. Add the crumbled bacon and fold all together.
Serve warm but it is delicious cold too!!
Now I think I will make some!!

[sourgummiez]

i have to try this. Over a decade ago i went to this tiny little german shop in san Francisco and i dont even remember the name but i had the oil and vinegar based german potato salad for the very first and only time and it totally blew my mind. No mayo. It was sooo good i never forgot about it!

[siameezers]

My German grandmother came to New York in 1907 when she was 16, from Zwickau an Sachsen. My mom didn’t speak English until she started school. Our family potato salad is vinegar based and cold or warm. I’ve made it that way or even with mayonnaise. Sometimes I add a variety of fresh herbs. I miss my mom and grandmother and also their cooking. My grandmother worked as a baker in New York. Some of her recipes were Czech influenced because Zwickau is close to the border. I love watching your videos ❤️

[denisemessier]

Brought back memories of my Nana making German potato salad. Delicious!

[queenbuzybee]

Hi from Germany! I love both sorts of potato salad, but my favorite remains to be Essig und Öl. My grandma came from Bavaria and later moved to Mainz, where I was born. She always made vinegar and oil potato salad. Sometimes she‘d use broth and sometimes she‘d use some pickle brine. It was always a treat. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive!

[susanhammitt]

I grew up in central PA where a lot of germans settled. My family name is Deibler and we came from the Rhineland area. We always had a hot potato salad with the slightly sweet oil and vinegar dressing. Another family favorite is warm dandelion salad, where we use the bacon grease for the oil in the salad. It very simple you take the dandelion, fry the bacon and pour the warm bacon grease mixed with vinegar and some sugar to wilt the greens, then add the bacon bits. Always a sign spring was here. Thanks for sharing your family info.

[lorendickens]

My late grandmother was born in Stuttgart and always made this kind of potato salad minus the bacon. She never used a recipe but I watched her make it many years ago and I have attempted to recreate it. She used chicken broth also. Thank you for your videos reminds me of my grandmother Elisabeth (Liesel). ❤️

[Barbdaisey]

So I remember seeing your creamy German potato salad video and it really had me stumped. My great grandparents immigrated from Germany and my grandmother always made the vinegar based potato salad. Your vinegar potato salad really isn’t a lot of vinegar like I was taught. We didn’t go by a recipe but do remember my grandmother say the she made it lighter but her mother used a lot of lard. I now I’m in charge of making the potato salad in our family. It’s a wonderful memory of my grandmother. I guess my grandparents came from southern Germany.
I am so very thankful for your channel because you have taught me so much about the German culture.

[sandragruhle]

Saxonie in the former East Germany is where my family is from. The influence there was to use small red potatoes, peeled after cooking. I personally see no need for that and leave the peels on. Our version has the onion sautéed lightly in the bacon grease, which is also used in the dressing, other than oil. My mother, who learned the recipe from my father’s mother, always served it warm with lots of crumbled bacon in it and on top. Bratwurst and German potato salad were the main part of our American summer family meals.

[barbaravfields]

Being American, I grew up with the mayonnaise potato salad. Having lived in Germany two tour with my Army husband, I was taught how to do the warm German potato salad and love it. Summer I’ll make the cold mayo potato salad but love the warm in winter.

[lorimcmichael]

Hi love both kinds! My Nan used to make potato salad( mayo based) and she made my Grandfather’s “ German” potato salad- vinegar based, served warm. My Grandfather was from SW Germany! Both are awesome!

[davidbear]

Our family roots are from 🇩🇪 Germany and growing up my Grandparents and parents always made the warm version of potato salad, we actually went to Germany this last fall and traveled all around Germany and every where we ate NO ONE had the warm version!! Everyone had the cold version, but personally I LOVE the warm version best!

[frankstrausbaugh]

I served in the American Army at Boblingen, Germany (just outside of Stuttgart) from 1975-1979. I ate both kinds of potato salad and my favorite is the oil and vinegar potato salad. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. Danke.

[SeldimSeen]

First time watching. I really needed this recipe. Thank you so much. Lived in Basel, Switzerland for a year, so have many good memories of South West Germany. Love from Raleigh, NC, USA.

[mburton]

One of my favorite warm salads. I learned to make this using the bacon grease. Everything else is the same, but I must admit the bacon grease adds a rich flavor.

[rosannafranchi]

Molto brava. Grazie per questa deliziosa ricetta❤
In Italia la tradizionale insalata fredda di patate è condita con olio, sale, prezzemolo tritato e uno spicchio d'alio.
In una seconda versione le patate lessate e tagliate si condiscono soltanto con olio e aceto e sale.😊

[johnwyatt]

My grandmother made this when I was a child. It was my favorite potato salad and I can remember her slicing the potatoes, not cubing them. Delicious!!

[okiejammer]

Stuttgart! Such beautiful memories of 1987 performances onstage at a 'Kindergaarten' auditorium as pianist for a traveling 'chor'. Receptions, keys to the city, Lovely people, all. AND THE OMG FOOD! So, yes, absolutely, I will be making your delicious recipe - which is how I recall this favorite of mine. Thank you so much!

[douglambert]

Thank you for sharing this potato salad which I plan to add to my summer menus and share with my daughter.

[susannalollighetti]

There are potato salad recipes all over the world, but yours reminded me of my childhood....