Best Easy Pennsylvania Dutch Macaroni Salad Recipes

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni in boiling water as directed on the package. Drain well, rinse the pasta in cold water and drain again. Place the cooked pasta in a large bowl. Add the hard-boiled egg, celery, and onion to the pasta and mix well. In another bowl, combine the salad dressing, mustard, vinegar, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Stir the dressing mixture into the pasta so the pasta is coated with the dressing. Cover the bowl and chill the macaroni salad for at least 2 hours before serving. If the pasta is dry after chilling, add additional salad dressing as needed.

OLD FASHIONED LANCASTER COUNTY MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. Right before draining, take a measuring cup and scoop out about a cup of that hot pasta water. Drain and let cool for a few minutes.
• Place macaroni in a large bowl and stir in celery, carrot and onion into macaroni.
• Dice whites of eggs into salad.
• To prepare dressing mash hard boiled egg yolks with mustard and blend well.
• Add sugar, mayonnaise, milk, vinegar and salt to egg and mustard mixture. Pour over macaroni and vegetables. Add about 1/4 cup of hot pasta water. Mixture will appear soupy.
• Chill well, preferably overnight before serving.

AMISH MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender. Drain, and set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, stir together the eggs, onion, celery, red pepper, and relish. In a small bowl, stir together the salad dressing, mustard, white sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed. Pour over the vegetables, and stir in macaroni until well blended. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.