My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (Enough to Feed a Crowd!)

Name: My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (Enough to Feed a Crowd!)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni; 2 1/2 cups mayonnaise; 1/4 cup white vinegar; 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt, or to taste; 1 teaspoon white sugar; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 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

⏱️ Ready in 35 min 🥄 Prep 25 min 🔥 Cook 10 min 👥 12 servings 👁️ 30 views

This was my Mom's recipe. She never wrote anything down, so the amounts on the seasonings are estimates and 'to taste.' She always said the key ingredient was 'love.'

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🔗 Recipe adapted from AllRecipes

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 25 min

Cook 10 min

Serves 12

Difficulty Hard

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 12

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 561

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 40.2g 52%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 451mg 20%

Total Carbohydrate 31.6g 11%

Dietary Fiber 1.5g 5%

Total Sugars 2.5g

Protein 18.4g 37%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 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.