Hard

Creamy Macaroni Salad

Total Time
1h 7m
27m prep · 40m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🥬 Vegetarian 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This creamy pasta salad recipe is easy and a huge hit at every function I take it to. I've looked all over for a great macaroni salad, and this is it! I like my salads to have a lot of creamy dressing, so I always make an extra half-batch of the dressing and add it as necessary to add more moisture since the pasta soaks up so much sauce.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups elbow macaroni
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
  • 0.75 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 0.5 teaspoons paprika
  • 0.5 teaspoons onion powder
  • 0.25 teaspoons ground white pepper
  • 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1.5 cups mayonnaise
  • 1 , 5 ounce
  • 0.5 cups sour cream
  • 0.5 cups finely chopped onion
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped green bell pepper
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped yellow bell pepper
  • 0.5 cups finely chopped celery
  • 0.5 cups finely chopped carrots

Instructions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes.

  3. 3

    While the macaroni is cooking, mix salt, dry mustard, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, white pepper, and black pepper together in a small bowl.

  4. 4

    Whisk mayonnaise, evaporated milk, and sour cream together in a large salad bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in seasoning mix until well blended.

  5. 5

    Drain and rinse macaroni under cold water until cooled. Drain again.

  6. 6

    Add macaroni, onion, celery, carrots, and bell peppers to the salad bowl; mix until well combined and coated with dressing.

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