by Laura Jost
The reason I love this recipe is because it’s super allergy-friendly and the absence of mayonnaise makes it more travel friendly as well. We prefer it served warm, just after mixing. If you know a particular ingredient isn’t your favorite, you can play with the amounts to customize your perfect dressing; I love ours tangy!
INGREDIENTS:
(serves 6-8)
3 lb bag of organic red potatoes
16 oz of bacon
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons Braggs apple cider vinegar
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp sea salt
Pepper to taste
1 large clove of minced garlic
3/4 cup chopped parsley
DIRECTIONS:
1. Prepare your potatoes in your favorite method. Some people really love their potatoes chopped and boiled with salt, but I prefer to scrub them and put them whole into the slow cooker on high for a few hours (usually 2-3 does it, but I’ve also left them in there for a full 4 hour cycle plus warming). You can also bake them in the oven. I then cut the potatoes into bite-sized wedges and put them back into the warm slow cooker bowl.
2. Snip the bacon width-wise into tiny strips and put in a hot non-stick pan to fry. As the pan builds up bacon fat, reserve the fat in a glass bowl, but be careful! I leave the fat bowl elsewhere on my glass stove top to keep it warm. Fry the bacon until crispy, pouring off the fat as needed.
3. When the bacon is crispy, reserve it in a separate bowl or on paper towels and put all of the bacon grease back into the frying pan with the cider vinegar, sugar, Dijon, salt, and pepper. Whisk and bring the liquid to a simmer (this doesn’t take more than medium heat and a minute on my stove). As soon as the liquid simmers, drop the minced garlic in to simmer for only 1-2 minutes, whisking to keep the liquid from burning.
4. Put potatoes in a large serving bowl and immediately pour the liquid over the cut potatoes. Stir the potatoes until they have completely soaked up the liquid.
5. Just before serving (which I do immediately) stir in the bacon and chopped parsley. If you are not serving immediately, waiting to stir in the bacon and parsley will keep them crispy and green respectively.
6. Enjoy!
