German Potato Salad
This is a warm potato salad, German-style! Slices of boiled potato are tossed in a warm, tangy-sweet bacon vinaigrette while hot so they absorb the flavor. They’re then showered with crispy, golden bacon bits and hit with freshness from dill and green onion. This excellent combination of flavours and textures makes this quite possibly my all-time favorite potato salad!
What’s so good about this German Potato Salad? For one, it’s the hot slices of boiled potato that are tossed in a slightly sweet, warm bacon-studded vinaigrette so they soak up the flavor. The whole lot then gets a hit of green and fresh flavor with a good helping of green onions and dill. The combination of salty-sweet-savory with herby freshness turns an otherwise ordinary potato salad into something magic! You’ll find that this recipe has a good dose of green onion and fresh dill. It needs it, for a boost of fresh flavour to counter the richness of the sweet bacon vinaigrette!
Ingredients:
- 1 kg / 2 lb baby red potatoes or other small waxy potatoes (Note 1)
- 2 tsp salt
- 100g / 3oz streaky bacon , chopped into 2cm x 4mm (0.8 x 0.15") lardons
- 1/4 red onion , sliced
- 1/4 cup canola oil (or grapeseed)
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 2 green onions , finely sliced
- 3 tbsp fresh dill , finely chopped (sub parsley)