Making Homemade Potato Salad 2 Ways » Southern Style and German
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Potato salad is a delicious side dish consisting of cooked potatoes, vegetables, and a dressing. No matter where you are in the world, every country has its own version of potato salad and even then, there are several variations of that specific rendition. Potato salad in America is most associated with the South which is mayonnaise and mustard-based.
Southern-Style potato salad has some discrepancies as well. To add sugar or not, to use relish or not, what potato should be used. My professional recommendation is to make and eat it the way you and your family enjoy it the most. With that being said, if you want the real deal, then this is it.
German potato salad, better known as Schwabischer Kartoffelsalat in Germany, is a vinegar-based salad consisting of cooked potatoes, onions, and crisp bacon. This tasty side dish can be served hot or cold, and both ways are delicious.
Classically German speck, which is their version of cured bacon, would be used but thick-cut bacon is most commonly used here in the United States. In addition, there are several traditional recipes that do not use any meat at all, instead, they would serve this up alongside a schnitzel.
Southern Potato Salad Recipe:
• 3 pounds peeled and thinly sliced russet potatoes
• ½ peeled small diced red onion
• 2 medium diced celery stalks
• ½ cup finely minced bread and butter pickles
• 6 small diced hard-boiled eggs
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• salt and pepper to taste
Serves 12
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 6 minutes
Procedures:
1. Add the potatoes to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 6 minutes or just until tender.
2. Immediately remove them from the boiling water and transfer them to a large bowl of ice water to chill them quickly.
3. Once cool, strain them and set them aside.
4. Take about 1/3 to ½ of the potatoes, add them to a large bowl, and roughly mash them using a hand masher.
5. Add the remaining potatoes along with the rest of the ingredients and using a rubber spatula fold everything together until it is very well combined.
6. Garnish with optional extra paprika and thinly sliced green onions and serve.
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 1 day ahead of time. In addition, it would be best not to dress the potato salad until ready to serve.
How to Store: Cover and keep cool in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. This recipe will not freeze well.
The potatoes should be peeled and cut before boiling them.
Feel free to add or subtract the amount of mustard or mayonnaise to your liking.
Yukon gold, red bliss, or russet potatoes will work great for this recipe.
You can absolutely make this without celery.
If you do not have a red onion, a yellow, sweet, or white onion will do.
Use my hard-boiled egg recipe for perfect results.
My bread and butter pickle recipe makes for an excellent relish
The boiling water should be as salty as the ocean.
German Potato Salad Recipe:
• 3 pounds of sliced Yukon gold potatoes, about ¾” thick
• 1 peeled and medium diced yellow onion
• 6 thinly sliced strips thick-cut bacon
• ¾ cup beef stock
• 1/3 cup white wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons finely minced fresh parsley
• salt and pepper to taste
Serves 12
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Procedures:
1. Add the potatoes to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 4 minutes or just until tender.
2. Remove them from the water and strain them in a colander and hold them there until ready to use.
3. Next, add the bacon to a large frying pan or shallow rondeau pot over medium-high heat and cook for 4-6 minutes or until crisp and browned. Set the bacon aside.
4. Turn the heat to high and add in the strained potatoes and onions and cook for 4-6 minutes or until lightly browned. Stir every minute using a spoon or spatula.
5. Pour in the beef stock, vinegar, ¾ crisp bacon, salt, pepper, and parsley and mix until combined.
6. Serve with remaining ¼ of the crisp cooked bacon and additional chopped parsley.
Chef Notes:
Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 1 day ahead of time.
How to Reheat: Place the desired amount in a small pan or pot and heat over low heat until warm. You can also heat in the microwave until warm.
How to Store: Cover and place in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can freeze this recipe, although you will lose moisture and flavor, for up to 3 months, covered.
This potato salad will actually taste better the next day after to infuse the flavors while in the refrigerator.
German potato salad can be served hot or cold.
This dish will go well with Pork, Sausage, Schnitzels, or at your next backyard BBQ get-together.
You can substitute the Yukon potatoes for russet or red bliss potatoes.
Feel free to substitute the beef stock for vegetable stock.
Make sure the strained potatoes have little to no water on them before frying in the bacon fat.
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I'm all in for the German, the way Grandmother made it, and the way I make it. Serve it warm, then cold for the next day lunch! YUM!
@Stoffmonster467
3 жыл бұрын
I'm Bavarian, we would cook the entire potatoes and then peel and slice, but I will surely try this method, also the roasting of all ingredients in a pan. Thank you!
@Praecantetia
2 жыл бұрын
@@Stoffmonster467 pre-boiling them is always nice because it saves time on peeling
Love that German potato salad with vinegar...yum.
German style any day! Very very delicious
Both look delicious. I have to eat potato salad at room temp…no biting into cold potatoes for me. I also love a lil buttermilk and fresh dill….room temp of course.
Very appetizing salad! You're great chef!
Ha!!! ELEVENTY BILLION !! I thought I was the only one who used that expression!! Thank you for the recipes!!
They both look amazing! I would eat both all day long ☺️ Can you please share the info on the pot with the basket you used to boil the potatoes? I’ve never seen one like that. I would like to buy one.
Gotta have the celery crunch in potato salad! Looks perfect 👌 🤜🤛
Exactly how my grandma made German potato salad!
I really like your German potato salad. The only thing I do different is add sugar when adding the vinegar. Obviously I don’t get crazy with it. The sugar makes something like a glaze but not enough sugar to make it too sweet. Really appreciate you and your videos. I learn something every time. Thanks!
Potato salads are my love language, both of those. Thanks chef.
Both takes look delish and of course make potato salad interesting for once.
Sorry,guy.Here in germany we just peel the cooked potatoes.How you made it we do it for"Bratkartoffeln"roasted potatoes.After cooking and peeling the potatoes,we slice them and make a marinade ,first step roast the "Speck" and the onions softly ,than some mustard and a little beefbroth,some picklewater,salt and pepper ,cool down a little bit and put it over the warm potatoes,mix well and some fresh chopped parsley.Ready. So good luck and take care.Gretings from cologne germany.P.S: this recipe is a classic bavarian style.Here in cologne we like to use mayonaise.Beye....
There was a lady that we went to church with and she was from Germany ,I remember her making some German potatoes salad and it was so good ! I never could make German potatoes salad like her.
I’ve come to love adding horse radish to my cold potato salad....adds a lot of zing!
I made a mountain of this southern recipe for a bbq today (added dill, olives and capers, just cuz I had some), and not speck was leftover! It was a hit! Thanks!
Thank you for teaching I very Appreciate it
One of my favourite’s just the best. No creamy dressing
Love that potato German salad 😋
After my potatoes are done, I drain them in a colander, then put them back in the pot and back on the stove to dry them (just like when you’re make in mashed potatoes) …While they’re drying for a few seconds, I sprinkle malt vinegar on them and stir. The potatoes suck the vinegar in. I cool them on a cookie sheet while I chop up the rest of the ingredients. The only other deviation from your recipe is that I add crumbled bacon and more sugar to balance the vinegar.
Great recepies, thanks!
My German grandma was vegetarian and made her German Potato Salad with cucumbers and served it cold with red wine vinegar and olive oil (instead of bacon) and it was incredible!
We have a family recipe for potato salad, using new potatoes (boil in their skins, then dice when cooled), a good (home made!) vinaigrette, some chopped spring onions or scallions, and a good handful of chopped herbs including parley and mint. It’s a good alternative to a Mayo based dressing.
I'll take a little of each please!
I made this today for a Labor Day group meal and it turned out great! I haven’t made potato salad in a very long time. This recipe was pretty easy. I do not make homemade pickles but used Bubbie’s bread and butter pickles. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I’m definitely going to make it again!!
I’m originally from PA , we ate potato salad both ways and cole slaws too ! I miss those sort of dishes 🥘 😌😋
Both look awesome, Thanks Chef!
I’m an expat overseas and going to be home with my family for the Fourth of July. I am definitely making the Southern style version for the cookout!!! 🥔🍔🌭
My dad loved German potato salad I am going to make this next family dinner my mom will love this
Tasty and delicious this recipe! Thank you for sharing your special recipe
Hello Chef Billy, I am a new subscriber to your channel. I am loving your classic from-scratch homemade style cuisines. TQ
The perfect German housewife would add marinate from the pickles glas into the potato salad to round the flavour.
I like my potato salad w chives. Orrrr shved carrots and red onions w mayo 😍
Just finished making your German Potato Salad, followed your procedure as you stated, it is excellent!!! Really liked your addition of beef broth after roasting the potatoes & onions into hot bacon grease, Delicious! Thanks for taking the time and posting this video! Cheers !😋Subscribed
So Yummy!!! Gonna try!!!
I love both recipes I make my southern potato salad the same as you but with the sweet pickle relish. And I enjoy amd love the German Potato Salad. My girlfriend is German and she taught me . Everyone loved both. I made both and won 1st Plcace. Kuddos for me...😍🥰
Looks wonderful!
I cook my potatoes whole with skin on. Cool, then peel and cut in 3/4” pieces. They are never mushy, Not changing. Thank you anyway. 😉👍🏼
@wolfgangscorset2855
2 жыл бұрын
You do it right. I know it, because I'm from Bavaria.
I like it I will try it thank you and may God Bless 🙏
Both look totally delicious. There are so many potato salads made that just don’t taste right. It’s a shame, because it’s hard to beat a good potato salad. Thank you for sharing your recipes. The Southern Potato Salad looks perfect!!
Delicious. Now let’s do slaw
Can't wait to make these! I had not heard of potatoes in the ice bath before. Very cool.
I do 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup of sugar, add bacon/drippings and onions which were cooked in the bacon drippings. Bring to boil add a couple tablespoons of flour to thicken then pour over potatoes and salt to taste.
It’s taste great but I suggest whisking all the ingredients together before adding the potatoes just blends better.
I’m going to make a mayonnaise/mustard/horseradish paste and add to this. I’ll Letcha know...
Chef’s Billy I love ur Recipe of Potato Salad I am impressed👍 Ur new friend here Stay blessed and connected 🙏🌺🌷❤️
Hot potatoes absorb the flavors of the dressing. (:
Nice. Thanks for posting.
I am Australian and love potato salad. Usually it is done here with bacon, onion, mayo and (sometimes) sliced boiled egg on top. HOWEVER, I had two short business trips to Vienna where they do the South German (Schwabian) potato salad, similar to the one you did. I was in heaven. Over the years I have tried to reconstruct this, and now youtube is my friend! Whilst we don't do American style crispy bacon, I am going to try your version with "normal" bacon. Thanks Chef Billy!
@olympiahendrix4392
Жыл бұрын
Try "Potee Liegeoise" for something new. Belgian goodness.
Good Lord : you have obviously never been to Germany or Austria , none of us would EVER make our potato salad like this.
Loved watching my dog play muffin tin game
WOW,makes my mouth watering,i love it,
Perfect Southern Style
Wow! Looks delicious.🍃
I have taken great notes. I am trying both.
Everything looks so delicious going to try that German potato salad I have all the ingredients lol tfs love your recipes and channel. Prepap is the best way to get it done .trying desperately to install it in to my son in laws head..!!!!
Made the German style today with red potatoes, So tasty, I've had it both hot and cold years ago while living in Germany. Having a taste now hot but wonder if the next day those flavors will be more pronounced.
Can't wait to try both of these recipes 😋😋😋
Love!!!!
You just made Bratkartoffeln and let it cool. I've never seen someone making a potatoe salad with the skin on. But the kind with the vingar is nice.
@lisabishop6266
3 жыл бұрын
I never peel potatoes for anything lol. Not even for mashed. The skins are good for you, so waste time and food?
@jersens6242
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisabishop6266 hahaha! Yeah sometimes i'm too lazy and won't peel them either.
Nice homemade salad I Food Leveling
Chef, do you have a cookbook? Love your channel!
I always boil whole with the skins on and peal the potatoes when there hot with a knife . I don't like mushy feel and the water in the potatoes . Lite and fluffy not water logged mush .
Thanks chef❤️🙏
If you use russets for the German style, should they be peeled first?
Where is that pot from I like it I need one
Can't wait to try these. Was expecting some sweetner, though, in the German salad, to balance the vinegar, no?
I think the salads would look more appetizing if you removed the eyes from the potatoes. Interesting to see two different versions of potato salad neither of which is like the English one. Thank you for the video.
Nice recipes-enjoyed the video. FYI, whatever title layer you’re using has some weird LUT attached to it that’s washing out the image when the title is on-screen.
Where did you get that great pan and strainer?
Anyone recognize the strainer basket with handle he uses to boil then drain the taters? I asked on his kitchen gear website but got no answer.
I think the only thing I would do different is add the dressing to the mash mix then the little bits mix and then the big pieces of potatoes then fold.
I have never cared for American potato salad of any variety, Southern or Northern, period. The turn-off is, I suspect, the boiled potatoes. On the other hand, I first tasted den Schwäbischen Erdäpfelsalat (South Germans and Austrians use Erdapfel for "potato," those North and Central Germans use Kartoffel for "potato") around 1974 when I was a teen and a German lady, member of my Catholic parish in north Florida, had made it for a special supper at the parish social hall. That salad was downright upright!
I also add Dijon mustard to the non-mayonnaise version and skip the bacon. Thanks.
Aawwhhh that's not the way my great grandmother taught me NO ice water
The pot with the strainer
Your southern version is almost exactly like my grandmothers except she used slightly more mayo with a tad of cider vinegar.
Yummy yummy
Of course there are many different recipes for german potato salad, but no german will ever fry the potatoes or leave the peel on. This is no salad at all. Other than that: Great video, as always!
Damn I just realised you look like actor Ray Romano (from movie "the big sick"). So much so that I got so confused that I opened Google image of him from movie and realised you look alike alot. (I'm new on this channel)
I just subscribed
None of my southern family and/or friends add bread and butter pickles to their potato salad. Quick way to be thrown out of the family.
@Stoffmonster467
3 жыл бұрын
The right and only potatoe salad recipe is a religious topic 😉
@dr86688
3 жыл бұрын
i HATE bread and butter pickles
@valeriebrown4769
Жыл бұрын
Personal choice, your opinion doesn’t make it right and saying your family would throw it out is disgraceful. In a world where millions are starving. Shame on you.
Hi!What watch are u wearing looks nice
Can you please advise what size pot you used to cook the german potatoes and where the potato basket with the handle could be purchased? I tried to find the basket for the potatoes on amazon, could not locate it?! Thanks!
That's more of a fry potato salad than it is an ordinary potato salad.
I prefer NO EGGS, NO MUSTARD. I do like in addition to chopped celery, chopped red bell pepper.
"Fancy egg slicers"? Those things were invented in the early 1900s.
I suppose there is no wrong or right way to make potato salad but to mash the potatoes put egg in it pickle and all that just no go for me. In England we normally make a potato salad with small new potatoes onion sugar vinegar mayonnaise onion granules and herbs
I lived in Germany for 20 years and never saw that stuff anywhere. Nowhere. If it is not creamy white, with tons of mayo and gherkins, then it is simply not potato salad.
German potato salad is my favorite (because mayo is evil). Can't stand mayo in anything.
Where can I get the strainer, you’re using in the video, I could use it for potatoes n pastas?
Thank,s and happy gooday
Well I am from germany but I have never seen someone here doing potatoe salad like this... This is very uncommon
The southern version is what i call " home fries" not potato salad😂
• • • This is not potato salad (Kartoffelsalat) These are Bratkartoffeln / Pan Fried Potatoes. There is are two diferent other recepies that are Potato Salad: One with Mustart and Mayonaise and one with vinegar and oil • • •
never knew you americans don't have speck dices ready to buy.
Try some crispy bacon in the southern style
I use a grater for my eggs
@drifter1dc
2 жыл бұрын
I used to make 50 lb for our club picnic, I just peeled them and used my hands to break them up. 10 dz eggs it would be too much work.
There is about as many ways to make potato salad as there are to make kimchi
@catyhell724
2 жыл бұрын
In germany basicly every family has its own 😂😂
Where is this German one from? The one my mom from Germany makes is never anything fried in it, raw onions, boiled potatoes, an egg or two on top of the warm potatoes with some herbs and spices and vinegar mixed in to make a nice potato salad sauce.
@xxklesx1
Жыл бұрын
He made "Bratkartoffeln". It's a popular dish in Germany, but not a potato salad, it's different :D