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My quick and easy potato salad recipe, aka Kartoffelsalat, can be made from scratch within 30 minutes! Best of all, this salad tastes delicious hot, warm, or cold! My whole family loves potato salad (especially me!).
I just didn't like the traditional way of making it. It would take "forever". First, boil the potatoes. Cool. Peel. Slice. Prepare and gently mix in dressing.
This salad mimics the ones made by my Mutti from the northern part of Germany. That's why there's mayo in this German Potato Salad!
What, you say? Mayonnaise?
Yes, absolutely. Just the way it's made in many homes in the north. Check my comments below about this.
Someone may be thinking, "This isn't German!" ... but it is. It's fashioned after the potato salad my Mutti made, and she's from Berlin.
In northern Germany, many of the potato salads are creamy (mayonnaise-based) and in southern Germany, the salads have a bacon/vinegary/broth based dressing. However, this is not always the case. Some in the south use mayo, and some in the north like the bacon/vinegary ones.
Two completely different types of dressings. Both totally traditionally German!
You'll love my method. This really quick and easy potato salad recipe has it all. It's tasty; it's quick; it's traditional; and, oh, so German!
Raw potatoes to finished salad in less than 30 minutes!
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Be careful when boiling cut potatoes, because they foam. You are losing some of the nutrients by cooking cut-up potatoes.
That happens anytime you cook cut vegetables. So, don't throw out the cooking water - refrigerate and save for soups.
Potato cooking water is especially good to use as liquid in gravies.
My quick and easy potato salad recipe, aka Kartoffelsalat, can be made from scratch within 30 minutes! Best of all, this salad tastes delicious hot, warm, or cold! My whole family loves potato salad (especially me!).
It's a northern German variation, because it uses mayonnaise. My fav!
Prep Time
15 minutes |
Cook Time
10 minutes |
Total Time25 minutes |
Makes 6 - 8 servings
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