Best Macaroni Salad Recipe
Macaroni Salad- A Requirement for Any Respectable Summer Gathering
When outdoor grilling, summer holidays, picnics, and family reunions come to mind, so does macaroni salad. Macaroni salad is a food staple on outdoor dining menus. And no wonder- macaroni salad is delicious, easy to make, and easy to transport. Macaroni salad is also inexpensive.
Macaroni salad isn't limited to just the summer months. Macaroni salad is also a popular recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
Read on for the recipe for the world's best macaroni salad recipe ever.
World's Best Classic Macaroni Salad Recipe
2 1/4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
4 hard-cooked eggs, diced
1/2 cup diced onion or green onion
2 diced celery stalks
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
2 cups salad dressing, not mayonnaise
3 tablespoons yellow mustard
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon celery salt
Dash paprika, sprinkled on top for presentation
Add macaroni to a pot of boiling water. Cook the macaroni according to package directions, or til tender. Drain and let cool.
While the macaroni is cooking, mix the next 4 ingredients together in a large bowl. Mix together the salad dressing, mustard, sugar, vinegar, and celery salt in a separate bowl. Mix the contents of the two bowls together. Add the macaroni and stir gently until well blended.
Cover the macaroni salad and refrigerate overnight to marry the flavors and so that the macaroni will absorb the dressing. Sprinkle paprika on top of the macaroni salad just before serving.
Makes 8 servings
Addition suggestions- Cubed ham, cubed cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes, chopped red or green peppers or both (using both red and green peppers makes a great presentation dish for Christmas), green peas, dash of hot sauce or garlic powder
Comments
zohra on November 04, 2011:
it was a delicious recipe.i use to eat it every week
Jucopple on July 08, 2011:
Great Taste...Will make again
lola_14 from kuwait on June 17, 2011:
wow love it so much i could taste it already :P
yummy
Becky on February 04, 2011:
I was kinda skeptical about this being the best macaroni salad recipe at first. Then I made it to take to a food day at work. There was none left to bring home! So I made it a second time to take to work and doubled the recipe. Once again there was none left. This is the best recipe! Thanks for sharing! :)
sweetgirl from irbid on October 22, 2010:
You made me hungry
cookingmama411 on September 06, 2010:
i need a recipe like this for a party, will definately try this =]
Nicole on August 12, 2010:
Added green peppers & used sweet relish instead of dill. It turned out awesome. Great recipe and very quick & easy to make.
beth on June 26, 2010:
best macaroni salad ever!!
andy on June 14, 2010:
hi what should i say its awsome
mr dude the man on June 13, 2010:
wheres the tuna????
pam archibald on May 05, 2010:
mix miracle whip & french dressing to taste mmmmmmm :)
kia on April 04, 2010:
There is a mayo type called salad dressing. It's sort of sweet.
Lisa on May 28, 2009:
By salad dressing they are talking about Kraft Miracle Whip (it is kind of like Mayonnaise but different flavour).
Moo on April 13, 2009:
I'm guessing any kind of salad dressing is fine. My favorite is Ranch, so I'd probably put in Ranch salad dressing. ;p
cindy on April 01, 2009:
what kind of salad dressing?
Andy on June 28, 2008:
What kind of salad dressing are they talking about.
John D Lee on May 27, 2007:
Man, BBQ and macaroni salad. The perfect combination. Thanks for the recipe.
