Potatoes with Green Sauce
Green sauce is a dish that originates from the Frankfurt/Main region of Germany.
Ingredients
- 3–4 cups (200 g / 7 oz per cup) sour cream
- Milk
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil (or other oil of neutral taste)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- 10–15 large potatoes
- 1–1½ empty sour cream cups filled with dill
- 1–1½ empty sour cream cups filled with other mixed herbs (e.g. chives, parsley, onion leaves, lemon balm, burnet, a small amount of sorrel if available)
Ingredients for 4 servings (3.3 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Combine sour cream, oil, and lemon juice. Add milk until the mixture takes the consistency of a thick sauce.
- 2
Mix herbs well, and mix them into the sauce.
- 3
Cut hard-boiled eggs to small pieces and add them to the sauce along with some salt and pepper.
Stovetop - 4
Leave the sauce in the fridge for about 1–1½.
- 5
Boil potatoes and serve hot with the cold sauce. More hard-boiled eggs can also be served along with this.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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