7 working macaroni salad Recipes

most recipes for barbecue-flavored macaroni salad drown the pasta in ketchupy barbecue sauce , creating a salad that is much too sweet and sticky. here s what we discovered about how to produce a well-balanced smoky and spicy side dish., test kitchen discoveries, a combination of mayonnaise and barbecue sauce is more effective than barbecue sauce alone, as the tang of the barbecue sauce is balanced by the neutral creaminess of the mayonnaise., this salad works best with a sweet, smoky-flavored barbecue sauce., if the salad sits and becomes dry, adding a little warm water will make it creamy again., table salt, elbow macaroni, red bell pepper , seeded and chopped fine, rib celery , chopped fine, scallions , sliced thin, cider vinegar, hot sauce, chili powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, mayonnaise, barbecue sauce (see note above), ground black pepper

cooked chicken, shredded (leftover chicken works, or shortcuts prebagged work as well....also leftover ham or turkey would be ), elbow macaroni (or pasta of your choice), frozen vegetables (we use half a bag of peas & carrots but whatever floats your boat will work ,o), bottled ranch dressing (measure is approximate, we eyeball it til its the right consistency. creamy italian would also be go)

elbow macaroni, american cheese, thick slices beef bologna, hard-cooked eggs, diced, sweet pickles, diced, stalk celery, diced, green bell pepper, seeded and diced, red onion, diced, low-fat creamy salad dressing (such as miracle whip light), prepared yellow mustard, ground black pepper to taste

tuna (white albacore works best), uncooked pasta (small shells or macaroni work great), cucumber (chopped into chunks ), tomato (diced ), carrot (skinned and chopped into small pieces), sliced black olives, sliced green olives, sweet midget pickles (sliced thinly), onion (minced or finely chopped ), salad dressing (miracle whip or no name), salt and pepper to taste, any other veggies you like or would like to subsitute

imitation crabmeat, corkscrew macaroni, cooked and drained, chopped fresh broccoli, green onion, chopped, red and green bell pepper, diced celery, shredded mozzarella cheese, mayonnaise, miracle whip, sugar