Hot Macaroni Salad Recipes

CLASSIC MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water and drain.
• In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt and pepper. Stir in the onion, celery, green pepper, carrot, pimentos and macaroni. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, but preferably overnight.

THE BEST MACARONI SALAD EVER

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni in lightly salted water according to the package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water to cool. Set aside.
• Mix together the mayo, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Splash in enough milk to make it pourable. Splash in pickle juice for extra flavor. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Set aside.
• Place the cooled macaroni in a large bowl and pour in 3/4 of the dressing. Toss and add more dressing if you'd like. (The dressing will seem a little thin, but it will thicken up as the salad chills.)
• Stir in the roasted red peppers (or pimentos), olives, pickles, and green onions. Add more of any ingredient if you'd like more stuff going on! At the end, splash in a little more pickle juice and stir.
• Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. Sprinkle with sliced green onions to serve!

HOT ROD'S MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the lime juice, olive oil, lemon zest, chili powder, cumin, salt & pepper. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add all the remaining ingredients except the macaroni and cilantro and toss till well combined.
• In a saucepan, cook the macaroni al dente according to the directions on the package.
• Drain the pasta in a colander and add to the large mixing bowl. Toss to combine.
• Add the lime juice mixture and mix well.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour or more before serving.
• Optionally garnish with some fresh chopped cilantro.

MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring large pot of salted water to the boil over high heat. Add the pasta and boil until al dente (just fork-tender), or follow packet directions.
• While pasta is boiling, prepare/chop SALAD ingredients and add them to a large serving bowl.
• Mix DRESSING ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Once pasta is cooked, drain and rinse under cool running water. Drain well and add to the rest of the SALAD ingredients in the large serving bowl.
• Pour over DRESSING and toss well to evenly combine. Adjust salt, pepper and vinegar to taste.
• Set aside for at least 15 minutes to let the ingredients warm close to room temperature and settle into each other before serving.

THE BEST VEGAN MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni noodles until al dente and rinse under cool water. Drain well.
• Combine the noodles with the vegetables and herbs in a large bowl.
• Add vegan mayonnaise, dijon mustard, and ground black pepper to whatever dressing you're using or combining! This will just give it a bit more creaminess and tanginess. BUT taste it! It might need more acidity in which case add a little bit of apple cider vinegar. This is totally customizable. Remember I just made this up on the spot using leftovers in the fridge, so you can adjust to your liking.
• Pour the dressing over the noodles and vegetables and toss until well coated. Refrigerate until ready to serve. This could be made the day ahead for the flavours to really mesh together!

COLD MACARONI SALAD WITH HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook shell pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain and run under cold water to chill.
• Place pasta in a salad bowl and combine with hot dogs, olives, Cheddar cheese, and creamy salad dressing. Stir in more salad dressing if mixture seems dry. Keep salad refrigerated.

HOT BACON MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels with a slotted spoon. In the same skillet, saute mushrooms in drippings until tender; remove with a slotted spoon. Add the sugar, flour, salt and pepper to the skillet; gradually stir in vinegar until smooth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened., Drain macaroni. In a large bowl, combine the macaroni, onion and celery. Drizzle with vinegar mixture. Add mushrooms and bacon; toss to coat. Garnish with radishes and parsley.

CLASSIC MACARONI SALAD (WITH RELISH)

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Rise and drain. Let cool.
• Dice 3 hard boiled eggs and add them to a mixing bowl with green pepper, celery, onion, relish and mustard. Mix well. Stir in pasta.
• Add mayonnaise, milk and sugar and mix well. Refrigerate, covered, for four hours. Mix well before serving.
• Top with remaining sliced hard boiled egg before serving.

HOT MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to box instructions.
• Drain and set aside.
• In a large frypan, melt 2 tablespoons butter,.
• Add chicken, bouillon and garlic,stir fry until chicken is browned.
• Remove chicken.
• Add remaining butter and next 6 ingredients.
• Stir fry 1 minute.
• Cover and cook just until broccoli is tender.
• Stir in macaroni, chicken and peas.
• Heat through.
• Blend milk and flour,.
• Stir into macaroni mixture.
• Add cheese, cook stirring gently until cheese melts.
• Refrigerate left-overs.