Hawaiian Macaroni Salad Recipe


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This Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is the real deal. A no-frills, creamy mac salad that is the perfect side dish for any BBQ or Luau!

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  1. Ron56pvi
    Ron56pvi says:

    You lost me with the mayo and carrots. Mac n cheese should be made with a classic mornay sauce. I use Brie, Gruyère, white Cheddar and Parmigiano Romano. No carrots, no mayo.

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  2. Lupe H Gutierrez
    Lupe H Gutierrez says:

    I love Ono's Hawaiian BBQ mac salad. They put albacore tuna in it. But none of these recipes put the same ingredients in theirs. I would like to make the Ono variety, can someone share it?? Pretty please????

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  3. Melissa Gomez
    Melissa Gomez says:

    Ingredients
    1 pound macaroni
    2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
    2 carrots, shredded
    1/4 cup onion, shredded (optional)
    2 1/2 cups Mayonnaise Best Foods or Hellman's mayonnaise (no substitutes!)
    1/4 cup milk
    2 teaspoon sugar
    kosher salt and pepper, to taste

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  4. Sandy
    Sandy says:

    1 pound macaroni
    2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
    2 carrots, shredded
    1/4 cup onion, shredded (optional)
    2 1/2 cups Mayonnaise Best Foods or Hellman's mayonnaise (no substitutes!)
    1/4 cup milk
    2 teaspoon sugar
    kosher salt and pepper, to taste

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  5. Sherryann Stowell
    Sherryann Stowell says:

    MILK??? Naaaaw, bruh. THE BASICS: macaroni, Best Foods mayo, salt, white pepper,. Optional: grated onion, Coral tuna. Extra option: minced boiled egg, olives. PAU. Anything less than Best Foods mayo is B.S.

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  6. Mazie G
    Mazie G says:

    No wonder everyone always loves my macaroni salad.I've never been to Hawaii (always wanted to),but that is how I've always made it.Sometimes I add tuna per my husbands request, but whenever we go to summer parties people ask me to make it and my cucumber salad. No clue how I got the recipe.I basically taught myself to cook.I married very young at 19 in 1979.I didn't know how to cook at all and didn't want to cook out of boxes.I became a mother within a year & wanted to feed my family healthy.So bought cookbooks & practiced.I made a few meals that went straight to the garbage since the dogs wouldn't even touch it.lol We ate PB& J instead.,by 5yrs later I was a decent cook.By 10 years I was a great cook. But my summer salads I just went by what tasted best each time I made them until I perfected them. I was born and raised in NJ,but lived down south for 15yrs so I had some Southern cooking influence that helped also. But my macaroni salad was all my invention of just trial and error from many opinions. Maybe I have some Hawaiian taste buds in me??!!! Lol Actually I'm an Italian/jew!But I love all kinds of cooking!!! But one thing I never add to cold dishes is onions! Never ever!!! I hate cold onions.Love cooked onions,but hate raw ones.To me they ruin any food.

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