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    Home » Side Dish Recipes

    Amish Macaroni Salad

    Published: Jul 8, 2022 Last updated: Jul 8, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Amish Macaroni Salad has a perfect combination of delicious creamy, sweet, and tangy dressing enrobing toothsome pasta mixed with hard boiled eggs, onions, celery, and red bell peppers for a delicious summer side dish recipe.
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    Amish Macaroni Salad is a summertime pasta salad staple with a tangy and sweet creamy dressing. The best part about this sweet macaroni salad is that the flavor develops as it sits it is even better the next day.

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    This mac salad is a great side dish recipe and is a family favorite for picnics and potlucks in the summer and on holidays. It has great flavor and is on the sweet side with a tangy dressing that is different from regular macaroni salad.

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    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 🏫 The last word
    • 📖 Recipe

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    ✔️ If you love walmart’s amish macaroni salad, then this recipe will give you the same flavor profile at a fraction of the cost.

    ✔️ It's the perfect side dish to start the summer off with on memorial day or your next cookout.

    ✔️ It has the perfect combination of flavors and textures and will have friends and family asking for the recipe.

    Salad ingredients
    Just a few simple ingredients and sweet tangy dressing make this tasty Amish Macaroni Salad recipe.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Elbow macaroni

    Mayonnaise, most recipes call for Miracle Whip which has a sweet tangy flavor of it's own, but I am not a fan of this, so I just use real mayonnaise and add other ingredients to get a similar flavor.

    Yellow mustard

    Granulated sugar, to add sweetness

    Apple cider vinegar, to get the tangy dressing this salad is well known for.

    Hard boiled eggs, chopped and added to the salad. Cook an extra egg if desired to garnish.

    Red pepper or green pepper, diced into small pieces

    Celery, diced into small pieces

    Scallions

    Celery seed

    Black pepper (for seasoning, is optional)

    Salad ingredients in a mixing bowl without the dressing.
    Al dente pasta, hard boiled eggs, red pepper, green onions, celery, and bell pepper are the bulk of the ingredients.

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Cook the macaroni noodles according to package directions until al dente. Strain and rinse the pasta with cold water to cool it down. Set aside to drain completely.
    2. In a medium bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, sugar, and apple cider vinegar until combined and sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
    3. In large bowl, toss together the cooked macaroni, red bell pepper, scallions, hard boiled eggs, and celery seed.
    4. Pour the dressing mixture over top of the pasta mixture and toss to coat.
    5. Cover and store in the fridge until ready to serve.

    🥄 Equipment

    Large pot

    Colendar

    Mixing bowls

    Mixing spoon

    Pouring the dressing over top of the pasta salad.

    🥫Storage

    Store in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4 days.

    📖 Variations

    • Skip the addition of sugar and add a couple tablespoons of sweet relish to the dressing.
    • Substitute yellow or red onions or for the scallions.
    • Use your own favorite pasta shapes in place of the elbow macaroni. Good shapes to use would be bow tie pasta, shell pasta.
    • Garnish with dill pickles and extra egg slices and sprinkle with some sweet paprika to finish.

    💭 Tips

    • For best results, make this salad at least 1 day before serving to allow flavors to develop and the pasta to absorb some of the sauce.
    • Resist the urge to reduce the amount of dressing, as the salad sets, it absorbs the liquids from the dressing and it has the perfect creamy factor the next day.
    • Feel free to reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe. If you prefer just a little sweet, you can probably get away with adding just 1 tablespoon of sugar rather than a half cup.
    • Do not pour the dressing on hot pasta, be sure to cool the pasta completely before adding any of the ingredients.
    Amish macaroni salad in a blue dish with another dish of salad blurred in the back left.

    📚 Related Recipes

    This Amish Broccoli Cauliflower Salad is a huge family favorite!

    Everyone loves this comforting Homemade Macaroni and Cheese.

    Butternut Squash Macaroni & Cheese is a fall favorite with a sweet heat combination of flavors.

    🍽 Serve with...

    Serve this creamy Amish macaroni salad with your favorite grilled burgers, hotdogs, chicken, or steaks.

    🏫 The last word

    I grew up in what later in life became known as Amish Country in Northern NY. Many of the Amish homes will have fruit, vegetable, and food items to sell at roadside stands. While I cannot say I have had an authentic Amish recipe for macaroni salad, meaning made by an Amish person or received a recipe from an Amish person, I am going by what I have gathered from the internet as to what this salad contains for ingredients.


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    📖 Recipe

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    Amish Macaroni Salad

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Amish Macaroni Salad has a perfect combination of delicious creamy, sweet, and tangy dressing enrobing toothsome pasta mixed with hard boiled eggs, onions, celery, and red bell peppers for a delicious summer side dish recipe.
    3.67 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 7 mins
    Total Time 17 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine American, Amish
    Servings 12
    Calories 398 kcal

    Equipment

    • Large pot
    • Colendar
    • mixing bowls
    • Mixing spoon

    Ingredients
      

    For the salad

    • 2 cups dried elbow macaroni , cooked per package instructions
    • 3 large hard boiled eggs , chopped
    • 2 stalks celery , diced
    • 2 green onions , diced
    • ½ medium red bell pepper , diced
    • 1 teaspoon celery seed

    For the dressing

    • 2 cups mayonnaise
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
    • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

    Instructions
     

    • Cook the macaroni noodles according to package directions until al dente. Strain and rinse the pasta with cold water to cool it down. Set aside to drain completely.
    • In a medium bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, sugar, and apple cider vinegar until combined and sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
    • In large bowl, toss together the cooked macaroni, red bell pepper, scallions, hard boiled eggs, and celery seed.
    • Pour the dressing mixture over top of the pasta mixture and toss to coat. Cover and store in the fridge until ready to serve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 398kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 5gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 17gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 302mgPotassium: 119mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 297IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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