My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)

My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)

Recipe by MHudson from allrecipes.com

Lunch 2 Hr. 35 Mins.

Ingredients

12

12 servings

  • 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
  • 2 ½ cups mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup white vinegar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons seasoned salt, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
  • 2 (5 ounce) cans chunk light tuna in water, drained and flaked
  • 2 (4 ounce) cans baby shrimp, drained
  • 1 large cucumber, seeded and chopped
  • 1 small sweet onion, chopped
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
  • 1 pinch paprika

Instructions

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain. Rinse macaroni with cold water until chilled; drain.
  • Mix mayonnaise, white vinegar, seasoned salt, sugar, garlic powder, and black pepper in a large bowl with a whisk until smooth. Stir tuna, baby shrimp, cucumber, and sweet onion into the mayonnaise mixture to coat ingredients completely; add chopped eggs and stir. Pour chilled macaroni into the bowl and stir; top with sliced eggs. Garnish salad with paprika.
  • Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight before serving.

Nutritional Facts

Per 12 servings

  • Calories: 561
  • Carbohydrate: 32g
  • Fat: 40g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 18g
  • Sugar: 3g

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