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One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

from therecipecritic.com

10 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.8★.

hands-on20m
waitingnone
makes6
each$0.75
kcal340
levelbeginner

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.

this recipe typical
fat113%26%
acid5%4%
sweetener4%2%
salt0%0%
dairy42%7%
aromatics14%10%

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 47 for saltiness

Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

227 g1/2 pound dry elbow macaroni
567 g1 (20-ounce) can drained pineapple chunks ((reserve 1/2 cup liquid for dressing))
270 g2 cups cooked and cubed ham
64 g1/2 cup shredded carrot
40 g1/4 cup green onion
1/2 cup pineapple juice (reserved)
330 g1 1/2 cups light mayonnaise
122 g1/2 cup greek yogurt
15 g1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
12 g1 tablespoon granulated sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Method: 4 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“So, I’ve been making this pasta salad for YEARS. Literally ever since I was a teen and home alone or when babysitting. It’s such a good pasta salad for lunch, for dinner, as a side, etc. Though, over the years, I’ve made lil tweaks/additions that I wanna share” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is the first time I've ever wrote a review on a blog. I really should start doing it all the time because I rely heavily on reviews. I had never made anything from this blog before but this recipe was fantastic!! I was looking for Filipino macaroni sala” — a cook, 5.0★
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