This post is sponsored by The Little Potato Company. All opinions and text are my own.
Warm Bacon Potato Salad
If you’re a fan of German-style potato salads, then you will love this recipe! It has a slightly tangy vinaigrette (thanks to a little course grain mustard and vinegar) which is similar to German potato salads. But this version uses little creamer potatoes instead of the traditional red. It also has a couple of secret ingredients that really make it special and different from your usual German potato salad.
These Microwave-Ready Little Potatoes make this recipe come together so much quicker and without dirtying up unnecessary pots. No boiling necessary! Plus, they are perfectly bite-sized so you don’t even have to slice them. The newest microwave-ready creamer potatoes are the three cheese flavor. You microwave one package for 5 minutes then sprinkle on the seasoning packet (I also add a dab of butter) then stir. Makes for an amazingly simple weeknight side dish.
We’re going to be using these Little Potatoes as well as the included seasoning packets for this recipe. Basically, you cook up some bacon, whip up a vinaigrette and toss it all together with the cooked potatoes. Then serve it while it is still warm. This is a good little potato salad to take to a barbecue since it doesn’t need to be kept cold like traditional potato salads.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. (or 2 packages) Three Cheese Microwave-Ready Little Potatoes
1/2 lb. (about 6 slices) bacon
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. course grain mustard
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp. dried dill
1 red onion, finely diced
salt & pepper, to taste
1/2 lb. (about 6 slices) bacon
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. course grain mustard
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp. dried dill
1 red onion, finely diced
salt & pepper, to taste
Directions:
Remove tray of potatoes from the cardboard sleeves and remove the seasoning packets. Set those seasoning packets aside (we’ll use those for the vinaigrette.)
Microwave each tray (one at a time) for 5 minutes.
In a large pan, begin cooking your slices of bacon (season the bacon with a little bit of salt & pepper.) Once your bacon is done cooking, set it aside (but keep the bacon grease in the pan – we’re going to use that again in a few minutes.) Crumble the bacon after it cools.
Begin making the vinaigrette. In a medium bowl, combine the white wine vinegar, sugar, mustard, minced garlic and dill. Whisk together well.
Then, whisk in the contents of both cheese seasoning packets that you removed earlier from the packages of Little Potatoes.
Your vinaigrette is now ready!
Now, back to the large pan that you cooked the bacon in. Add in the diced red onions to the leftover bacon grease. Cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes until soft. Season with a bit of salt & pepper.
Now, add in the Little Potatoes that you cooked in the microwave.
Pour in the prepared vinaigrette and the crumbled bacon.
Stir well and let it cook for about 4-5 minutes. This will help thicken the vinaigrette slightly.
Pour into a serving bowl.
Dig in while warm!
Enjoy!
Warm Bacon Potato Salad
Print Pin RateCook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 297kcal
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Three Cheese Microwave-Ready Little Potatoes
- 1/2 lb bacon about 6 slices
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp course grain mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp dried dill
- 1 red onion finely diced
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Remove tray of potatoes from the cardboard sleeves and remove the seasoning packets.
- Set those seasoning packets aside (we'll use those for the vinaigrette.)
- Microwave each tray (one at a time) for 5 minutes.
- In a large pan, begin cooking the slices of bacon.
- Once your bacon is done cooking, set it aside (but keep the bacon grease in the pan - we're going to use that again in a few minutes.)
- Crumble the bacon after it cools.
- Begin making the vinaigrette.
- In a medium bowl, combine the white wine vinegar, sugar, mustard, minced garlic and dill. Whisk together well.
- Then, whisk in the contents of both cheese seasoning packets that you removed earlier from the packages of Little Potatoes.
- Now, back to the large pan that you cooked the bacon in.
- Add in the diced red onions to the leftover bacon grease.
- Cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes until soft.
- Season with a bit of salt & pepper.
- Now, add in the Little Potatoes that you cooked in the microwave.
- Pour in the prepared vinaigrette and the crumbled bacon.
- Stir well and let it cook for about 4-5 minutes.
- This will help thicken the vinaigrette slightly.
Nutrition
Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 291mg | Potassium: 763mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 31.7mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1.7mg
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Wow! Great looking potato salad. Pinned. Making this easy potato salad soon. Thanks.
I'll have to give this a try! My family spent years trying to recreate my great-grandma's "famous" German potato salad. At some point the secret got out that she had been buying it from the deli all along 😉 Now we are in the market for a new favorite, so this could a contender!
Carlee-I sure do hope this becomes a new family favorite. Great Grandma could certainly keep a secret, love that story!
Where do you find these potatoes in a store?
Hi Shirley! You can find them in the produce section where all the other potatoes are located. If you need to know which stores carry them, you can use this store finder link: https://www.littlepotatoes.com/en/where-to-buy/
What if I don’t have white wine vinegar? Any other suggestions?
Just looking at this recipe and wonder what kind of pan, brand and size, you used for the potato salad. You cooked the bacon and onions in it? It looks like a great pan!