Traditional Amish Macaroni Salad
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
- 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
- 2 cups creamy salad dressing (e.g. Miracle Whip)
- 3 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
- 3⁄4 cup white sugar
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 teaspoon celery seed
directions
- Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender.
- Drain, and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, stir together the eggs, onion, celery, red pepper, and relish.
- In a small bowl, stir together the salad dressing, mustard, white sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed.
- Pour over the vegetables, and stir in macaroni until well blended.
- Cover and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Reviews
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I've been using your recipe for years without doing a review! As written it's pretty good. I take out the red bell pepper, change the dill to sweet peppers, change the vinegar to milk and add a can of drained tuna. Then it's exactly what my mom used to make! Thank you for giving me a recipe to work from to create my mom's!!
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I did use mayo and reduced the amount of sugar somewhat. I also added a dash of garlic. Do not even try to taste this before it has been chilled. It needs time for the flavors to marry. It's an excellent hot-weather dish, and I love that it calls for dill relish! Thanks for posting! Made for August 2010 Vegetarian Swap.
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Tweaks
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Very, very good! Darn close to my grandmother's! I used mayonnaise in place of Miracle Whip. I only used 1/2 cup sugar. Amish mac salad IS supposed to be sweet, but I think as written (w/ Miracle Whip and 3/4 cup sugar) it would be way, way, way too sweet. All in all, it's a yummy, colorful, macaroni salad. Thanx for finding this recipe!