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A small glass bowl of the best macaroni salad

The Best Macaroni Salad

This is The Best Macaroni salad ever that is meant to feed a crowd! It is slightly sweet and tangy all at once . Full of traditional things that give a nice crunch providing a variety of texture.
4.62 from 13 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
chill time 8 hours
Course Side
Cuisine American
Servings 30 People
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 1 LB small elbow macaroni cooked to packages directions
  • 1 1/2 cups celery small diced
  • 3/4 cup yellow onion about a 1/2 of a medium onion-small diced
  • 2 large tomatoes about 2 1/2 cups diced
  • 2 1/2 cups cucumbers small diced -about 3 medium cucumbers
  • 1 green bell pepper 1 cup -small diced
  • 3 cups grated carrots Grate your own
  • 6 large Hard boiled eggs diced
  • 1 bunch radishes 1 1/2 cups small diced
  • 1/2 cup dill pickles small diced

Dressing

  • 1/3 cup pickle juice
  • 3/4 cup Thousand Island Dressing
  • 2 cups Mayonnaise Blue Plate
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 3/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
  • 1-2 teaspoons Tony's or Accent

Instructions
 

  • Boil your macaroni noodles about 10 minutes , or to the packages directions . Drain and rinse well until all of the noodles are cool.
    Boiled macaroni noodles , cooked , rinsed and drained colander
  • While the noodles are cooking dice and prepare all of your veggies .
    All of the ingredients for the best macaroni salad measured and chopped in small bowls .
  • This recipe is massive, I used my 26 cup Tupperware mix and go mixing bowl. In a large mixing bowl mix the noodles , carrots , and cucumbers . Mixing in small increments helps makes this more manageable
    The macaroni noodles , shredded carrots , cucumbers and tomatoes in a large yellow bowl
  • Next add celery , onions and bell pepper . Mix well
    Adding the diced onions, bell pepper and celery to the macaroni mixture
  • Next add the boiled eggs , radishes and chopped pickles . Mix well
    Adding the diced pickles , radishes and eggs to the macaroni mixture
  • In a medium sized mixing bowl mix the mayo , thousand island, pickle juice , salt , pepper and Tony's .
    Mixing the dressing for the best macaroni salad in a glass mixing bowl
  • Pour a little dressing at a time mixing as you go .
    Pouring the dressing over the best macaroni salad
  • Once the salad is mixed well season to taste with salt and pepper or Tony's
    Seasoning to taste with Tony;'s after the best macaroni salad has chilled over night in a 26 cup tupperware yellow bowl.
  • Cover and chill at least 3 hours but 8 or overnight is even better .
    The best macaroni salad mixed in a large 26 cup tupperware bowl before it is chilled

Notes

This is a massive salad , It weighed a little over 10 pounds once I made it . 
I found mixing a few vegetables at a time and mixing as you go was much easier 
I recommend using a food chopper for this recipe 
I used a 26 cup Tupperware fix and go mixing bowl 
Tap here for a Shredder that is great for the carrots 
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