Mutti's Herring Salad Recipe

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My Mutti's Herring Salad is such an easy dish to make for a perfect quick supper. Our kids LOVE this! Really. It's creamy and sweet and sour!   Wunderbar. Aka, Heringsalat, it's such a traditional German food that's so easy and fast to make. For our family, all that's needed are some boiled potatoes and dinner or lunch is ready. Yes, that quick!

This also makes a great German appetizer. Serve it with crackers or crusty bread. 

Mutti's Herring Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 jar (about 500 ml) herring, drained (see hints below)
  
• ½ cup sour cream
  
• 3 - 4 dill pickles, sliced (optional)
  
• fresh dill (optional)
  

Instructions:

• Herring should be in bite-sized pieces.
  
• Stir in the sour cream. Add more if needed.
  
• Add the dill pickle slices and stir.
  
• Serve immediately or refrigerate until needed.
  
• Serves 2 - 3.
  

Hints

• Add some sliced pickled beets for color
  
• I usually use "Herring Fillets in Wine Marinade"
  
• Use low fat sour cream or plain yogurt
• Sprinkle with fresh dill

Oma's Tips

• Use pickled herring that you get in jars. Drain well, keeping the onions with the herring.
• Mix with the sour cream, add pickles if you wish, and that's it.
• Remember to always keep a jar of pickled herring in the fridge for those really busy days when you need a quick dinner idea or as part of your quick and easy appetizer recipes. 

Fast, easy, delicious, and very traditional, why not try it for supper tonight!

Leftover Salad?

Just mix the leftover salad, some leftover cooked potatoes, and some sliced or cubed pickled beets ...

and ...

you have Herring and Potato Salad.  A pretty pink-colored salad that was my Mutti's favorite salad to make for buffets.  For the actual recipe, check it out here.

Quick Dinner Idea ...

Especially useful after a day at work and shopping and in need of something delicious and quick.

First I'd put the potatoes on to boil.

Even faster, though, I'd do them in the microwave. Using new potatoes was best.

While they were cooking, I would start the herring salad. Finished!

A super supper ready in almost no time at all. 

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