Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, classic macaroni salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Classic Macaroni Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Classic Macaroni Salad is something that I have loved my whole life.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook classic macaroni salad using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Macaroni Salad:
- Make ready 1 pound short pasta or shell
- Take 3 hard boiled eggs diced
- Take 2 celery ribs minced
- Prepare 1 red bell pepper seeded and minced
- Make ready 1/4 red onion minced
- Prepare 1/4 cup sweet pickles chopped
- Take 1 cup mayonnaise
- Prepare 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon pickle juice
- Make ready 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- Get 1 1/2 tablespoons mustard
- Make ready Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Prepare Chopped parsley if desired
This is our tried and true trusted version, the one we always hope for leftovers the next day. Cook the pasta: Cook macaroni in salted water, to al dente according to directions on package. Drain and rinse: Drain and rinse with cold water until completely cool, drain very well (or toss drained macaroni with a little olive oil and refrigerate until cool). Make the macaroni salad dressing: In a medium mixing bowl stir together mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, vinegar.
Instructions to make Classic Macaroni Salad:
- Cook the pasta in salted water according to the package directions, Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water until cooled. Shake the colander to toss the pasta, and drain for about 5 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- Transfer the drained pasta to a large bowl and add the eggs, celery, red bell pepper, red onion and sweet pickles. Mix the mayonnaise, pickle juice, sugar, and mustard in a small bowl and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Add to the macaroni mix and toss until evenly coated. Season with more salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. Sprinkle with chopped parsley to add a little color if desired.
Drain and rinse: Drain and rinse with cold water until completely cool, drain very well (or toss drained macaroni with a little olive oil and refrigerate until cool). Make the macaroni salad dressing: In a medium mixing bowl stir together mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, vinegar. This will then be the classic Macaroni Salad. Keep in mind Macaroni Salad is/was traditionally made in order to use up left overs. It was not a side dish but for many families a main course (the only course) which if a family was lucky enough to scrape some pork/ham trimmings or turkey, chicken scraps and yes even fish cought by a family member.
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