Hot German Potato Salad

This is my version of one of my favorite foods growing up. In my opinion, bacon makes everything better, but if you’re not of the meat eating persuasion, you can substitute butter or canola oil for the bacon grease and add veggie bacon at the end!

Ingredients

• 3 medium to large red potatoes , sliced
• 4 slices bacon , chopped
• 1 T flour
• 1 T brown sugar
• water
• ¼ C white vinegar
• ½ yellow onion , chopped
• 1 t celery seed

Instructions

1. Slice potatoes into bite sized slices and boil until firm, yet tender. Remove from heat, drain, and reserve 1 cup of the potato water. Return the potatoes to the pot and cover. This will soften the potatoes a bit more, but not so much that they fall apart.
2. Fry bacon in pan until crisp. Remove bacon, but save the grease. Add onion to the hot bacon grease and sauté until translucent.
3. Combine flour, sugar, and celery seed in a bowl. Then add to onion and bacon grease mixture. Whisk the mixture over a medium-low heat until it bubbles.
4. Remove from heat, add vinegar and stir. Return to heat and slowly add the reserved potato water. You will most likely not need the entire cup. Get the mixture to the consistency of heavy gravy and then slowly stir in the potatoes and bacon. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve warm.