Name: Bavarian Sausage Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 pound smoked sausage; 12 oz. of your favorite pickle chips in (i.e. bread & butter chips pickles); 1 tsp. mustard; 2 tbsp. pickle juice; 1 pinch sugar; 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar; 1 tsp. coarse salt; 1/2 tsp. coarse pepper; 1 red onion (thinly sliced rings); 4 tbsp. vegetable oil

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Bavarian sausage salad is one of the most favorite dishes in German beer gardens and is a staple at the famous Oktoberfest in Munich.

How is this Salad called in German?

Sausage salad is called "Wurstsalat"

How to pronounce "Wurstsalat"?

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Authentic Bavarian Sausage Salad Recipe

Recipe

Bavarian Sausage Salad

Angela Schofield

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Cuisine Bavarian

Servings portions

Ingredients

1 pound smoked sausage
12 oz. of your favorite pickle chips in i.e. bread & butter chips pickles
1 tsp. mustard
2 tbsp. pickle juice
1 pinch sugar
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. coarse salt
½ tsp. coarse pepper
1 red onion thinly sliced rings
4 tbsp. vegetable oil

Instructions

In a large bowl add mustard, pickle juice, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper and mix well.
Slice the onion in thin rings.
Remove the sausage casings and slice into thin slices.
Drain pickles and place them, the sausage slices, and onion rings into the vinaigrette.
Add oil and toss to combine.
Cover and marinate for at least 30 minutes.