Mariannchen's German Potato Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 -10 medium idaho potatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
• 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 medium kosher dill pickles or 12 hamburger dills, chopped
• 5 -8 chicken bouillon cubes
• vinegar (i like it tart, so i do about 1/2-3/4 cup. you can also add more later.)
• pepper, to taste
• 1/2-1 cup salad oil
• 2 -3 hard-boiled eggs, if desired (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 scrub the potatoes.
• 2 boil in a large pot, sprinkling about 1 tsp salt on top.
• 3 cover and let boil for about 20 minutes.
• 4 stab with fork to check for doneness.
• 5 meanwhile, chop the celery, onion, and pickles into a large bowl; set aside.
• 6 drain potatoes and let cool.
• 7 bring the bouillon cubes, vinegar, and pepper to a boil, mashing cubes until dissolved.
• 8 remove from heat, as soon as it boils.
• 9 when potatoes are cool, peel them.
• 10 then slice them like thin potato chips, into the bowl with the celery, onion, and pickles.
• 11 combine it all, gently.
• 12 now add the "broth" gradually, folding it in, as you go.
• 13 pour a bit, then wait, and let the potatoes absorb it.
• 14 then add the oil, also gradually.
• 15 keep folding.
• 16 now you must let the salad"pull together.
• 17 "cover it loosely with plastic wrap, and stir it every hour or so.
• 18 do not refrigerate!
• 19 let him sit overnight.
• 20 the next day, you can create.
• 21 stir him up again, and taste.
• 22 add oil, vinegar, pepper, bacon, even mayonnaise, if you want, but be careful with salt, as the bouillon is salty!
• 23 garnish with sliced hard cooked eggs, paprika, parsley, celery leaves, or what you like.
• 24 guten appetit!