Macaroni salad (Hawaiian). This Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is the real deal. A no-frills, creamy mac salad that is the perfect side dish for any BBQ or Luau! Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is one of my biggest guilty pleasures.
It's simple to make, and it always gets rave reviews.
The creaminess of this salad is amazing and really sets it apart.
This Classic Hawaiian Macaroni Salad recipe is a cookout staple.
You can have Macaroni salad (Hawaiian) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Macaroni salad (Hawaiian)
- It's 2 cups of whole milk.
- It's 2 cups of mayo.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
- It's 1 lb of macaroni.
- It's 1/4 cup of cider vinegar.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of grated yellow onion.
- It's 1/2 cup of carrots peeled and shredded.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of celery finely diced.
It has a creamy dressing that's tangy, sweet, and delicious! This Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is a magnificent side dish for any spring/summer! This recipe tastes like the L&L Hawaiian BBQ mac salad…so irresistibly yummy. Don't be surprised when people reach for seconds or thirds of this mac salad.
Macaroni salad (Hawaiian) step by step
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 cup mayonnaise, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside..
- In a large pot Bring 4 quarts of water to a roiling bowl. Add pasta and 1 Tablespoon of salt to the water and cook the pasta for 15 minutes, until it's fat and very soft..
- Drain pasta and pour it back into the dried pasta pot..
- Pour vinegar over pasta and stir until it's evenly distributed and absorbed. Pour pasta into a bowl and cool for 10 minutes..
- Add the milk and mayonnaise mixture and stir until evenly combined, then cool completely..
- Add the grated onions, carrots, celery, and the remaining milk and mayonnaise to the pasta and mix until evenly distributed. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour for up to 2 days. Adjust seasoning if necessary and serve..
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad showed up on the plate a little later, when food trucks and roadside stands started selling plate lunches to the masses. Because everyone loves a good macaroni salad, and it was inexpensive, too. For gluten-free Hawaiian Macaroni Salad, use rice-flour macaroni. The trick to a good Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is to use a really good quality mayo. Best Foods was the top choice (or Hellmann's depending on where you live).