Macaroni Salad
The Hawaiian plate-lunch side — soft elbow macaroni dressed hot with vinegar, then folded into a loose mayonnaise dressing with grated carrot and celery and chilled until it turns creamy.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 250 g elbow macaroni
- 2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 200 g mayonnaise
- 100 ml milk
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 medium carrot, finely grated
- 1 stalk celery, finely diced
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1663 kcal · P 13.1g · C 58.2g · F 154.6g
Estimated from 8 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Cook the macaroni in well-salted boiling water for 2 minutes longer than the packet says. It should be soft, not firm to the bite, so it soaks up the dressing.
- 2Drain, tip back into the pot while still hot and toss with the vinegar. Leave to cool for 15 minutes: the hot pasta drinks the vinegar in.
- 3Whisk the mayonnaise with 80 ml of the milk, the sugar, salt and plenty of pepper.
- 4Fold the dressing, carrot, celery and spring onions into the cooled macaroni. It will look too wet, but the pasta absorbs the dressing as it chills.
- 5Chill for at least 2 hours. Before serving, loosen it with the remaining milk if it has thickened, and check the salt.
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Questions and answers
How long does Macaroni Salad take to make?
About 27 minutes: 15 min prep and 12 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Macaroni Salad?
10 ingredients: elbow macaroni, cider vinegar, mayonnaise, milk, sugar, carrot, celery, spring onions, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Macaroni Salad recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Macaroni Salad?
About 277 kcal, with 2.2 g protein, 9.7 g carbohydrate and 25.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Macaroni Salad recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Macaroni Salad?
Macaroni Salad comes from American cuisine.
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