🇦🇹 Austrian Cuisine

Erdäpfelsalat

Viennese Potato Salad

Prep Time 15 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 225 kcal

A warm, tangy Austrian potato salad dressed with beef broth, vinegar, mustard, and oil — served as the essential side to Wiener Schnitzel.

Ingredients

  • 800g waxy potatoes
  • 200ml warm beef broth
  • 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp smooth mustard
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 small red onion, finely diced
  • Salt, white pepper
  • 1 tbsp fresh chives, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1 Boil potatoes in their skins until just tender. Peel while still warm and slice into 3mm rounds.
  2. 2 Whisk warm broth with vinegar, mustard, oil, salt, and pepper.
  3. 3 Pour dressing over warm potatoes, gently fold to combine. Let sit 15 min to absorb.
  4. 4 Fold in diced red onion. Adjust seasoning — it should be tangy and well-seasoned.
  5. 5 Sprinkle with chopped chives. Serve at room temperature.
  6. 6 Never refrigerate before serving — this salad is best warm or at room temperature.

Did You Know?

Viennese will argue endlessly about whether Erdäpfelsalat should be made with broth or without — but the broth version is the Viennese gold standard.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/austrian/erdaepfelsalat/