Recipe : Bacon Macaroni Salad
This delicious macaroni salad is so fantastic because it includes bacon! It has a tasty, tangy salad dressing and includes bell peppers, hard-boiled eggs, celery, carrots and sweet pickle relish. It's terrific for potlucks, summer barbecues and holidays like Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. Gluten free.
Prep Time : 20 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serve : 15
Ingredients :
- 12 oz. pkg. gluten free elbow macaroni rotini, bow-tie pasta or sea shell pasta
- five slices bacon crisp-fried and broken into chunk-sized pieces (left one slices for topping)
- 1 cup miracle whip
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
- 4 hard-boiled eggs peeled and chopped (leave one sliced for garnish)
- 1 red bell pepper (diced)
- 1 yellow bell pepper (diced)
- 1 orange bell pepper (diced)
- 2 ribs celery (diced)
- 3/4 cup matchsticks carrots (cut in half)
- 1/4 cup red onion (diced)
- Paprika as favored to sprinkle over top of salad
- 1/8 tsp. dill weed as desired
- 1/8 tsp. celery seed as desired
- Salt and pepper to taste
How To Make :
- Hard-boil eggs for 3 mins.
- Remove from heat and let it chill for 15 minutes.
- Peel eggs and slice.
- Leave some slices for topping and dice remaining eggs.
- Set aside.
- Cook macaroni according to package instructions.
- Rinse in cold water to stop enzymatic process.
- Set aside.
- Meanwhile, fry bacon and drain on paper towels.
- Smash into bite-sized pieces.
- Leave the one slice of bacon for topping.
- Set both parts of bacon aside.
- Chop bell peppers, celery, carrots and onion.
- Combine cooked macaroni, bacon (except that reserved for topping), bell peppers, celery, carrots, onion and sweet pickle relish.
- Gently sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- combine mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, sugar, apple cider vinegar, celery seed and dill weed.
- Combine dressing ingredients with macaroni ingredients.
- Pour into salad bowl.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices and Bacon pieces.
Recipe Source : Bacon Macaroni Salad