Since I posted the recipe for my Mama’s Southern Potato Salad I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the other potato salad. The one I loved so when we traveled in Germany. Warm, bacon-y, light, and oddly enough it had no mayonnaise, eggs, or mustard. I decided as soon as I published the Southern Potato Salad that I would work until I created a recipe as similar to the one I enjoyed on that trip as possible.
Ladies and Gentlemen, after trying and trying again and again, I finally have it!
The best part?
It couldn’t be any simpler to make and since it doesn’t contain mayonnaise and eggs, it travels incredibly well. Perfect for picnics, days at the beach, and camping.
Boil your red potatoes until they are fork tender, about 20 minutes. Drain your potatoes and cut into large wedges. Add to a very large bowl.
For the last 15 minutes or so that your potatoes are cooking, cook bacon until crispy and crunchy. Then using a slotted spoon, remove your bacon from the skillet and add to a large bowl with your potatoes.
Now, throw a diced onion into the skillet with the bacon grease to cook until just tender. Remove them from the skillet with a slotted spoon and add to the bowl with the potatoes and bacon.
Now it’s time to make the dressing!
In the skillet, add white vinegar, water, a little sugar, celery seed, and salt and pepper. Cook until it has thickened and then pour over potatoes, bacon and onions.
Toss until all well-coated and serve warm.
Here’s my recipe you can easily print or save to your recipe box. This is a potato salad you’ll definitely want to try this summer!
- 3 pounds red potatoes
- 8 slices of bacon, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- Boil red potatoes until fork tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and cut potatoes into wedges. Add to a large bowl for mixing.
- In a large skillet, add diced bacon and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and add to potatoes.
- Add diced onion to skillet and cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and add to potatoes and bacon.
- Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt, pepper, and celery seed in a small bowl. Pour into skillet with the bacon drippings and cook until it thickens, about 1-2 minutes. Pour over potatoes and toss until all ingredients are well-coated. Serve warm.
Of course, my first potato salad love will have to be that I grew up eagerly taste-testing and gobbling up, but I dare say, this version filled my craving for that elusive potato salad from our trip and will definitely be made time and again.
I hope you have a great weekend!
Enjoy!
Love ya,
Robyn xoxo
For more great Potato Salad recipes, you might like:
- A Very Southern Potato Salad from endlesssimmer.com
- Southern Potato Salad from Add a Pinch
- Potato Salad Recipes: 14 Twists On The Classic Side from huffingtonpost.com
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Whoa momma. That’s a whole lotta bacon!! LOVE it.
This sounds amazing, however I do have one question. Do you use the bacon grease as part of the dressing or is it removed from skillet prior to making the dressing? Thanks for posting it!
Thanks so much, Wendy. Yes, you use the bacon drippings for the dressing. I hope you enjoy it!
I can’t even begin to explain how much I want this! I always want to like potato salad but hate mayo so this is the best!
I just recently discovered warm potato salads… They are just fabulous! Can’t wait to give this one a try!
I could eat this for breakfast! So yummy. I’ll share on FB and Twitter. Happy weekend, Robyn!
This is a great potato salad, Robyn! I love your addition of crisp bacon and caramelized onions. Great flavors!
This type of potato salad is my favorite. Like I could eat it all day everyday
Yup, I’d eat that in a heartbeat! Anything with bacon and I’m there. Thanks for the recipe! Saving!
Lawdy, lawdy, you had me at the bacon and caramelized onions! As much as I love mayonnaise, I don’t really care for mayonnaise based potato salads. This version, however, I’d happily dig my face into!
That looks absolutely delicious! Thank you for this great recipe this morning!
YUM! Love this served warm, would be a great side. I’m tweeting the recipe!
Thanks so much! It does make a great side dish. Hope you enjoy it!
I should probably eat something before stopping by here Robyn. My stomach is growling now. Potatoes are a fave and this is something I need to whip up soon. This would be perfect for Memorial Day.
Looks so delicious!! This will be excellent for a picnic…cause you gotta have potato salad for a picnic!!!!! Thanks Robyn!
Wow! This would be so perfect for this weekend – and I just bought bacon! Thanks for sharing, Robyn.
I can’t count the times I’ve eaten this dish, it’s also highly used here in Denmark were we have a tradition of eating a lot of potatoes and bacon.
Although many are now using turkey bacon as an healthier option, instead of pork bacon.
Your Chocolate Sheet Cake looks so good, but I have one question before I try making it. And that’s the stick of butter it’s the standard 113 grams right.?
Hi there!
I just want to thank you for sharing this awesome recipe. I am featuring your dish on my blog today. Thank you again!!