Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cajun macaroni salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Add the macaroni and cook as the label directs. Recipe courtesy of Chef Donald Link, Donald Link Down South cookbook. This is our family's favorite ever.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun macaroni salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Macaroni Salad:
- Prepare 1 lb. Elbow Macaroni, cooked
- Take 4-5 Hard-boiled Eggs, diced
- Make ready 2 -cans White Tuna,
- Get 3 -slices Bacon, crumbled
- Make ready 1-2 Tomatoes, cut into wedges
- Get 1 -can (28 oz) Sliced Peaches, drained
- Prepare 1/2-1 cup Green Onions, diced
- Make ready 1/2-1 cup Celery, diced
- Make ready 1/2 cup Hellmann's Mayonnaise
- Take 1 Tbsp. Frenches Yellow Mustard
- Make ready 1 Tsp. Hot Sauce, (opt.)
- Get 1/2 Tsp. Lemon or Lime juice
- Take 1 Tsp. Cajun Seasoning, (I use slap-ya-mama)
- Prepare 1/2 Tsp. Sweet Paprika, (Hungarian)
- Prepare 1/4 Tsp. McCormick Smokehouse Black Pepper
- Take Pinch salt to taste
- Prepare Leaves Lettuce
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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 1 1/2 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!
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