Cajun Macaroni Salad
Cajun Macaroni Salad

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Add the macaroni and cook as the label directs. Recipe courtesy of Chef Donald Link, Donald Link Down South cookbook. This is our family's favorite ever.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cajun macaroni salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun Macaroni Salad:
  1. Take 1 lb. Elbow Macaroni, cooked
  2. Get 4-5 Hard-boiled Eggs, diced
  3. Prepare 2 -cans White Tuna,
  4. Take 3 -slices Bacon, crumbled
  5. Prepare 1-2 Tomatoes, cut into wedges
  6. Take 1 -can (28 oz) Sliced Peaches, drained
  7. Make ready 1/2-1 cup Green Onions, diced
  8. Prepare 1/2-1 cup Celery, diced
  9. Take 1/2 cup Hellmann's Mayonnaise
  10. Take 1 Tbsp. Frenches Yellow Mustard
  11. Get 1 Tsp. Hot Sauce, (opt.)
  12. Take 1/2 Tsp. Lemon or Lime juice
  13. Make ready 1 Tsp. Cajun Seasoning, (I use slap-ya-mama)
  14. Get 1/2 Tsp. Sweet Paprika, (Hungarian)
  15. Make ready 1/4 Tsp. McCormick Smokehouse Black Pepper
  16. Take Pinch salt to taste
  17. Make ready Leaves Lettuce

Cajun Macaroni. "When I follow my favorite meat loaf recipe, I end up with an extra half pound of ground beef," relates June Ellis. "So I came up with this easy dish to use it up." The Erie, Illinois cook. Here are recipes for favorites like potato and macaroni salads, main dish salads, and more. This is a classic, tasty, easy macaroni salad recipe! Made with classic ingredient staples including celery, red pepper, and onion and coated in a simple creamy mayo-based dressing.

Steps to make Cajun Macaroni Salad:
  1. Prepare Macaroni according to Package directions. Drain, and cool.
  2. Boil Eggs, about 14 minutes no more, Let cool in cold water for about 3 minutes; then crack and peel eggs; dice up in a small bowl and let cool completely.
  3. Fry up bacon strips, set on paper towel for 2 minutes then crumble them up into a small bowl; set aside.
  4. Cut and dice up Onions and Celery into a bowl; set aside.
  5. In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, mustard, Lemon or Lime juice, and if you want! the hot sauce, cajun seasoning, Black pepper, paparika, and a pinch of salt. Mix well, set aside.
  6. Mix Everything together; accept tomatoes, peaches, and crumbled bacon.
  7. Building the salad: First, lay lettuce leaf or leaves if you want more on a plate or soup bowl. Secondly, put 1 to 1 1/2 cup of the cajun macaroni salad on top of the lettuce leaf. Thirdly, slide both tomatoe wedges and peach wedges slightly under the macaroni salad. Lastly, garnish with crumbled bacon and a mint leaf. Serve and Enjoy!

Best macaroni salad I have ever had. I always get many requests for recipe. A colorful and flavorful macaroni salad made with hard cooked eggs, bell pepper and celery in a creamy dressing. Tuna macaroni salad holds a special place in my heart. It reminds me of big summertime cookouts and family reunions in Elberton.

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