Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · The Best Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
from www.culinaryhill.com
39 cooks on www.culinaryhill.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 26% | 26% |
| acid | 3% | 4% |
| sweetener | 4% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| egg | 15% | 0% |
| dairy | 0% | 7% |
| aromatics | 0% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 330 g | 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 45 g | 3 tablespoons white vinegar |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 454 g | 1 pound elbow macaroni (or other small pasta (see note 1)) |
| 226 g | 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese ((see note 2)) |
| 227 g | 8 ounces ham (diced (see note 3)) |
| 200 g | 4 hard-boiled eggs (sliced) |
| 6 slices bacon (cooked and chopped) | |
| 200 g | 5 ribs celery (sliced) |
| 91 g | 1 cup broccoli (chopped (see note 4)) |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper (stemmed, seeded and diced) |
| 4 scallions (thinly sliced) |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.culinaryhill.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is the second time I've posted about this salad but I didn't realize my first post was in 2020!! I have made your salad at least twice or more times/year since- I make it for family, pot lucks, etc. and it gets rave reviews- I just finished making it for” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love this recipe!! Have made it several times and everyone raves about it!! This will probably be the last time this year because winter is coming but it is beautiful, sunny and warm out today so it is a perfect day for a cold, delicious salad1 Thank you for” — a cook, 5.0★