Hot Bavarian Potato Salad Food

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Put the potatoes in a large saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons salt and enough cold water to cover by 1-inch. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer until fork-tender, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool slightly.
• 2. When the potatoes are almost done, cook the bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, 4 minutes. Drain the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate. Lower the heat to medium. Add the onion and 2 teaspoons salt and cook, until the onion is translucent, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Whisk in the broth, wine, vinegar, mustard, and sugar and boil until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
• 3. Crumble the bacon into a serving bowl. Using a paring knife, peel the skins off the warm potatoes and cut them into bite-size chunks. Add the potatoes to the bowl along with the hot vinegar dressing and parsley. Toss gently and adjust the seasoning with salt and black pepper, to taste. Serve the potato salad immediately or while still warm.

WARM GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes and cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and, while hot, skin and cut into 1/4-inch slices. You should have about 4 cups. Set aside.
• Place bacon in a skillet and fry until almost crisp. Remove bacon from pan and add onion and celery, cook until tender and transparent, remove from pan.
• Drain off all but one tablespoon of bacon fat; add flour, sugar, salt and pepper to skillet stir until slightly browned. Add vinegar and water and cook until mixture is slightly thickened. Add back the bacon, onion, and celery.
• Pour hot dressing over potatoes; stir gently to blend. The potatoes should look glossy. Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices, sprinkle minced parsley, and chives over top. Serve warm.
• This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

HOT POTATO SALAD FOR 100

Steps:

• In several large skillets, fry bacon until crisp; remove to paper towels to drain. Add flour to drippings; cook and stir until bubbly., In a large kettle, combine the vinegar, water and sugar; bring to a boil. Gradually whisk in flour mixture; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the salt, pepper, onion and pickles., Place hot potatoes in serving pans. Divide sauce among pans and stir to coat. Sprinkle with bacon.

BAVARIAN GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Slice and cook potatoes, place in serving bowl.
• Slice radishes and cucumbers, pour over potatoes in serving bowl.
• chop onion, fry with butter and flour in small fry pan.
• Add cider vinegar and water, allow to thicken.
• Pour hot onion & liquid mixture over potatoes, cucumber and radish, stir together.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

HOT GERMAN POTATO BACON SALAD

Steps:

• Peel potatoes, boil in salted water, then cube and put in large bowl. (You can keep skins on if you like).
• Fry bacon crisp and crumble.
• Sauté onion in the bacon grease, then remove.
• Pour out the grease, but don't wash the pan.
• In the pan, make dressing by add the oil, vinegar, a good dash of Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Over potatoes in bowl, add in bacon, parsley, salt and pepper to taste, paprika (I like a lot of paprika!).
• Pour dressing on and toss.
• Let set all day to let flavors mingle.
• Heat in 350°F oven for about 15 minutes or until hot.

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 inch salted water (1/2 teaspoon salt to 1 cup water) to boiling.
• Add potatoes and return to boiling point.
• Reduce heat.
• Cover and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender; drain well.
• Cook bacon in medium skillet until crisp.
• Remove bacon from skillet and drain on paper towels.
• Cook and stir onion in bacon drippings until tender.
• Stir in flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in water and vinegar.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir for 1 minute; remove from heat.
• Crumble bacon into hot mixture.
• Slice in the warm potatoes.
• Cook, stirring gently, to coat potatoes, until hot and bubbly.

HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD III

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain, cool and slice thin.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving drippings.
• Saute onions in bacon drippings until they are golden-brown.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and pepper. Add to the sauteed onions and cook and stir until bubbly, then remove from heat. Stir in water and vinegar, then return to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Carefully stir bacon and sliced potatoes into the vinegar/water mixture, stirring gently until potatoes are heated through.

AUTHENTIC BAVARIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes, slice while still warm and add broth.
• Mix vinegar with salt, pepper and sugar.
• Sugar and salt should be dissolved before adding the oil.
• Add marinade to the potatoes.
• Add onions and finally the melted butter.
• Garnish with chives or parsley.
• If you want to add cucumber, thinly slice them and salt.
• Drain before adding to the salad.

HOT BAVARIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes for an hour or so.
• Meanwhile, saute bacon until crispy but not burnt. Save the grease and drippings!
• Remove bacon to a paper towel.
• Remove potatoes and peel -- while they're hot -- it's a pain in the butt.
• Slice potatoes 1/4 in thick.
• In an oven safe baking dish, make 4 layers of everything (so do 1/4 of everything in each layer) like this from the bottom up: potatoes, onions, bacon, salt, pepper. Do not toss.
• Pour the bacon drippings evenly over the top.
• Pour the broth evenly over the top.
• Sprinkle evenly with the vinegar over the top.
• Now toss it all together, doesn't have to be perfect.
• Scatter the top with parsley.
• If you made it the night before, reheat in the oven at 250-300, you might need to add some more beef broth if it dries out in the oven.