Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cajun macaroni salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Cajun Macaroni Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Cajun Macaroni Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook cajun macaroni salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Macaroni Salad:
- Take Elbow Macaroni, cooked
- Make ready Hard-boiled Eggs, diced
- Make ready -cans White Tuna,
- Take -slices Bacon, crumbled
- Make ready Tomatoes, cut into wedges
- Get -can (28 oz) Sliced Peaches, drained
- Get Green Onions, diced
- Take Celery, diced
- Make ready Hellmann's Mayonnaise
- Take Frenches Yellow Mustard
- Prepare Hot Sauce, (opt.)
- Take Lemon or Lime juice
- Get Cajun Seasoning, (I use slap-ya-mama)
- Take Sweet Paprika, (Hungarian)
- Get McCormick Smokehouse Black Pepper
- Take salt to taste
- Take Lettuce
While pasta is cooking, mix dressing. This Cajun Macaroni Salad is so easy, just three steps really: Boil the macaroni, rinse with cool water, toss with olive oil. Mix all the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Add sauce to macaroni, toss to coat, and serve!
Steps to make Cajun Macaroni Salad:
- Prepare Macaroni according to Package directions. Drain, and cool.
- 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.
- Fry up bacon strips, set on paper towel for 2 minutes then crumble them up into a small bowl; set aside.
- Cut and dice up Onions and Celery into a bowl; set aside.
- 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.
- Mix Everything together; accept tomatoes, peaches, and crumbled bacon.
- Building the salad: First, lay lettuce leaf or leaves if you want more on a plate or soup bowl. Secondly, put 1 to 11/2 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!
Mix all the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Add sauce to macaroni, toss to coat, and serve! Creamy Cajun macaroni salad gives pasta salad a zesty makeover. With a little kick from a Cajun spice blend, this creamy cold noodle dish isn't your regular deli side dish. It packs so much flavor, you will want to make this for every picnic!
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