German Potato Salad

Name: German Potato Salad
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 as a side dish
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 2 pounds, medium red potatoes (1 to 2 inches in diameter), unpeeled, scrubbed, and halved if smaller or quartered if larger; , Table salt; 8 ounces, bacon (about 8 strips), cut crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 , medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup); 1/2 teaspoon, sugar; 1/2 cup, white vinegar; 1 tablespoon, whole-grain German-style mustard; 1/4 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 1/4 cup, chopped fresh parsley leaves

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2003

Side Dishes

Eastern European & German

Potatoes

Salads

Tired of cold potato salads? German potato salad is best served warm and offers a balance of big flavors from bacon and vinegar—when made correctly.

SERVES6 to 8 as a side dish

TIME35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a warm German potato salad recipe that would avoid the common problems of disintegrating potatoes and a flavorless vinaigrette, we used low-starch potatoes (e.g., small red potatoes) cut in half and cooked in heavily salted water. To fl...

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