The potato salad is a classic that always goes - for dinner, for a birthday dinner, or as a side dish for grilling. Here is a particularly simple recipe.
- Potatoes are very popular in Germany.
- The tuber is suitable as a side dish, as a main course and of course for salads.
- This potato salad recipe is quick and tasty.
When has there been such a warm April in recent years? Barbecue fans are delighted at what makes farmers and garden owners scold because of the lack of rain. Of course, in this case the start of the barbecue season was also postponed for a few weeks.
In addition to the classics such as sausages and meat (this is how you grill it particularly juicy) * you also always need a few side dishes. The salad bar doesn't want to be naked! And what is always good in addition to cucumber salad, tomato salad , green salad or beetroot salad? Right, perhaps the most popular salad: the potato salad . Here comes a quick variant ...
The potatoes for the potato salad
Here it makes sense to fall back on predominantly stuck specimens . The reason: soft-boiling potatoes quickly result in a mashed potato when mixed vigorously. Therefore, the following also applies: Please do not boil the hard-boiled potatoes until they pulverize . But only until a fork slides in without much resistance.
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Fast potato salad: individual adjustments are possible and sometimes necessary ...
The quantities below relate to the individual taste of the author - this should be said with a wink. Because usually the information in recipes relate to the taste of the person who presents or implements it. With potato salad, however, a small change in the quantity of vinegar and oil can lead to a different taste and consistency . It is impossible for the salad to become too mushy and moist according to the recipe at hand. So feel free to follow the instructions and add more oil and vinegar if necessary.
What is special about this potato salad?
That the potato salad is prepared very quickly. That he can do without the calorie bomb mayonnaise . And that it is a basic recipe that can be refined very quickly.
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There are further refinement options for the potato salad
This potato salad is super "pimped" - as the saying goes. With radishes and cucumbers . When cut into thin slices, additional taste and color come into play. But: If the potato salad with those ingredients is left for several hours, it becomes very "juicy". Because cucumbers and radishes release liquid - once they have been incorporated into the salad.
Recipe for quick potato salad
Servings: 4
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time Potatoes: 30 minutes
You need these ingredients for a quick potato salad
- 800 g potatoes
- 1 onion*
- 3 tsp salt (to taste)
- 2 tsp freshly ground pepper (to taste)
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 5 tbsp herbal vinegar
- 1 tsp medium hot mustard
- 10 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 bunch of fresh chives
How to prepare the quick potato salad
The recipe for the quick potato salad in the video
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Anja Auer
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Anja Auer is the editor-in-chief of the BBQ & Food magazine "Die Frau am Grill". In addition, she runs the largest YouTube channel on the subject of "grilling" which is produced by a woman in German-speaking countries. Most of the recipes work not only on the grill, but also on the stove and in the oven. You can find more recipes at www.die-frau-am-grill.de and the YouTube channel www.youtube.com/diefrauamgrill.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
