Warm Potato Salad

What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Country Casual Cravings: Warm Potato Salad! The debate continues. Which is better? Potato salad made with mayonnaise and served cold or potato salad made with vinegar and served warm? One is creamy with hard-boiled eggs, celery, and pickles while the other is tangy with bacon, mustard, and sugar. What a dilemma. I guess it depends on the craving that drives your appetite on any given day. Whatever you choose, in my opinion, potato salad is not just for summer anymore.

WARM POTATO SALAD

Ingredients:

2 pounds potatoes

1 teaspoon kosher salt

12 ounces applewood smoked bacon

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

3 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon onions, finely chopped

1/4 teaspoon celery seeds

Fresh parsley, for garnish

Instructions:

Scrub potatoes and cut into quarters. Place in a large pot. Cover potatoes with cold water and sprinkle with kosher salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer for 20 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender. Drain the water. Allow potatoes to air dry for a few minutes. Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces. Set aside. In another skillet over medium heat, cut bacon into 1-inch pieces. Cook, stirring occasionally, until crispy. Transfer bacon, with a slotted spoon, to a paper towel-lined plate. Warm the reserve bacon drippings (about 1/4 cup) over Low heat. Slowly stir in apple cider vinegar, sugar, and Dijon mustard until combined. Add chopped onions and celery seeds. Cook for one minute longer. Remove the pan from heat and toss in the potatoes. Mix gently. Fold in the cooked bacon. Transfer the warm potato salad to a serving bowl. Garnish with chopped parsley.

21 thoughts on “Warm Potato Salad”

  2. Potato salads in any form, without any meats, is something I could have daily, if I was tall and rake thin, but unfortunately, I am not! Thank you, Gail, for a beautiful picture I could eat of the screen.

    If you didn’t find the email from me, let me tell you here what is in my healthy diet that provides lots of protein, and allows me living without ever visiting a doctor or a dentist.

    I have as many vegetables as possible, preferably organic, some fruits like apples and oranges, legumes, pulses, and beans, raw garlic and red onions, eaten with plenty of parsley takes away the smell of garlic, also, other herbs, and many spices, and nuts, especially walnuts, plus jogurt, kefir and milk, to have with tea and coffee. Plenty of Fiji water.

    Although, I know that my looking decades younger, without any wrinkles or grey hair has to be due to some genetic anomaly, and not to my diet, I hope that all the organic foods will preserve some of my unique for my real age looks.

    As for the maximum amount of protein, Gail, the beans are excellent!

    Joanna

    PS, I hope, Gail, that you don’t mind taking so much space! Thank you!

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    • Thank you so much. I really appreciate your first-hand information. I know I don’t eat much meat, but I can still do better with other options. Thank you so much, Joanna.

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