It’s a little more mild in flavor than white vinegar and not quite as sour, so try using 1 1/2 cups of cider vinegar to just 1/2 cup water when you stir together the hot German potato salad. A coarse ground or stoneground mustard is key to flavoring this salad and the better the quality, the better the salad.
German Potato Salad can be served warm or at room temperature. We also love cold German potato salad. This potato salad is delicious served both ways. Give it a try! Feel free to serve warm or cold as the perfect side dish to any meal. Potato salad goes with so many different things.
German potato salad is distinctly different from American potato salad; most notably, it is completely mayonnaise-free. However, it has one very important thing in common its American counterpart: no two potato salad recipes are quite the same!
Tossed with mayo, celery, hard-boiled eggs, onion and relish, this is one of the most simple and traditional potato salad recipes around. Sprinkling the still-warm potatoes with vinegar infuses them with more flavor than if you had added the vinegar to the dressing.