German Onion Salad Dressing Recipes

AUTHENTIC GERMAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a pot, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until easily pierced with a fork. Drain, and set aside to cool.
• Place the bacon in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry until browned and crisp, turning as needed. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add onion to the bacon grease, and cook over medium heat until browned. Add the vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pepper to the pan. Bring to a boil, then add the potatoes and parsley. Crumble in half of the bacon. Heat through, then transfer to a serving dish. Crumble the remaining bacon over the top, and serve warm.

GURKENSALAT (GERMAN CUCUMBER SALAD)

Steps:

• Spread cucumbers and onion on a platter; season with salt and let rest for 30 minutes. Squeeze excess moisture from cucumbers.
• Stir sour cream, sugar, vinegar, dill, and parsley together in a large bowl.
• Fold cucumber and onion slices into the sour cream mixture.
• Refrigerate 8 hours to over night; garnish with paprika to serve.

HERBED ONION SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the vinegar, sugar and onion; cover and process until smooth. Add the seasonings; cover and blend well. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream until dressing is thickened. Store in the refrigerator.

GERMAN ONION SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Peel and wash your onions.
• Thinly slice them.
• Put them in a large bowl, and cover with the sugar.
• Cover it tightly with a lid or plastic wrap and let sit for a 2 to 3 days.
• Decant the resulting liquid into a clean jar or bottle (I use a recycled wishbone salad dressing bottle).
• Discard the onions and sugar (or use in a recipe if you can find one suitable).
• Repeat this until you get the amount of desired liquid.
• You can also add other spices, etc if you wish.
• Serve cold over salad. Enjoy.
• The serving size is guesstimated so you may have more or less.
• Note: This all depends on the sizes of your onions and your sweet tooth. You can add sugar but don't decrease it. If you want to use larger onions, add 1/2 c to 1 c more sugar per onion depending on taste. If your large onions happen to be walla walla's or vidalias wich are both naturally very sweet, don't add more than the reccomended amount of sugar unless you want it super sweet.

GERMAN YOGURT SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix the yogurt, sugar, vinegar and oil together.
• Add mustard (the mustard taste comes through a lot, so only use if you are in the mood) if you like.
• Stir in the onions, chives, dill and garlic.
• Let it sit for a few minutes up to a few hours in the refrigerator for the flavors to marry.
• Serve or use cold.

GERMAN POTATO SALAD WITH BACON-VINEGAR DRESSING AND DILL

Steps:

• Steam potatoes until tip of knife easily pierces center of slices, about 10 minutes. Transfer to large bowl. Cover with foil.
• Sauté bacon in large skillet over medium heat until brown, about 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels. Discard all but 2 1/2 tablespoons drippings. Heat drippings in skillet over medium heat. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Whisk in next 6 ingredients. Simmer until mixture is reduced to 2/3 cup, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add potatoes to skillet and toss to coat with dressing. Let stand 3 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped bacon and fresh dill; toss. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer potato salad to serving platter. Serve warm.