GERMAN HOT POTATO SALAD

GERMAN HOT POTATO SALAD image

Yield 6-8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup diced bacon Must produce 1/4 cup of fat in skillet. (Adjust bacon to satisfy this requirement, or add olive oil as an alternative - my idea.)
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2/3 cup white sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
Several potatoes

Steps:

Clean potatoes, skin, cut into smaller "chunks", and boil until tender(or use baked potato setting in microwave, then cool in pan of water, peel and cut into slices - my idea). Cook bacon to render fat in a large frying pan. (Add olive oil or more bacon if this does not render 1/4 cup of fat to whatever extent is necessary to compensate - my idea. I suspect you could substitute shredded smoked ham, and use olive oil instead of bacon fat, to make this a little healthier.) Drain oil into a second frying pan, and reserve cooked bacon. Add celery and onion to hot bacon fat in second pan and saute until tender. Add remaining ingredients, except potatoes, and reduce to a sauce. Just before reduction of sauce is complete, add pre-cooked potatoes and heat combination of potatoes and sauce.