A chilled seafood macaroni salad for hot summer days featuring small shrimp and either imitation or real crab meat.
Prep
23 min
Cook
42 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
5 large eggs
3 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
0.5 pounds fresh shrimp
, peeled and deveined
0.5 pounds crabmeat
2 stripss celery
, diced
½ onion
, minced
0.5 greens bell pepper
, diced
Instructions
1
Prepare salad: Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 15 minutes. Remove eggs from hot water, cool under cold running water, and peel. Slice 1 egg for garnish; chop remaining 4 eggs.
2
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
3
Combine shrimp, crab, macaroni, chopped eggs, celery, onion, and bell pepper in a large bowl.
4
Make dressing: Whisk together mayonnaise, milk, cocktail sauce, dill, mint, salt, sugar, and hot pepper sauce in a medium bowl until well combined.
5
Pour dressing over macaroni mixture; mix thoroughly. Sprinkle with paprika and garnish with egg slices. Seal the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator, 4 to 6 hours.
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