Mega Egga Macaroni Salad

Recipe courtesy Aaron McCargo, Jr.

Show: Big Daddy's HouseEpisode: Life is a Beach

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (56)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

2 pounds elbow noodles
12 hard boiled eggs, peeled and diced
1/2 onion, finely diced
4 celery stalks, finely diced
1/4 cup pickle relish
3 cups heavy mayonnaise
2 tablespoons salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon coarsely cracked black pepper
Dash hot sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

In a large pot with salt, boil pasta for 12 to 15 minutes until cooked. Stir often. Drain and cool. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

In a large pot with a dash of salt, add eggs on medium high heat. Bring to a boil. Cover and remove from heat. Let eggs sit for 6 to 7 minutes. Remove eggs and shock in ice water. Once thoroughly cooled, peel eggs and roughly dice.

Place pasta in a large bowl. Add onions, celery, eggs, relish, mayonnaise, salt and pepper, hot sauce and Worcestershire. Mix until well combined.

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recipe Mega Egga Macaroni Salad
Jennifer Mays Landing, NJ 09-21-2009
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Salad Dry, Flavorless, and Makes Way Too Much Pasta
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I followed this recipe exactly as stated and was not pleased with the results. My first issue was that this recipe makes way... too much salad. I was making this for a 50 person picnic and assumed the quanity would feed roughly that many, this recipe is for at least three times that many, as it filled 3 extra-large mixing bowls and only about half of one bowl was eaten at the picnic. However, my main issue with the mac salad is that it was so dry and flavorless. I made it on Thursday night and served Friday afternoon. During that time the pasta seemed to have soaked up a good portion of the mayo overnight, and the amount of other ingredients(onion/celery/egg) was barely noticable given the excessive amount of pasta. I tried mixing in additional mayo into some of the leftovers to make it more like normal mac salad but it still just wasn't very good. In the end I just wound up just throwing away about 2.5 extra large mixing bowls of this.Read more
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Deborah St. Albans, WV 09-06-2009
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Good Summer Comfort Food!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very good macaroni salad! I only made a few small changes: 6 eggs instead of 12, 1 tb. salt, not 2 and since I reduced the... number of eggs I also reduced the amount of mayo to 2 cups, not 3. Everone loves it! Read more
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Emilia Ooltewah, TN 09-05-2009
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Best macaroni salad EVER!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have tried many times to make macaroni salad, but it always came out watery. I never thought to put the cooked macaroni in... the refrigerator, but that must be the trick. Plus, my family LOVED the eggs and relish (I used chopped pickles) in this recipe. Excellent! This will now become a staple dish at our barbecues and potlucks!Read more
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naima chicago , IL 08-30-2009
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so good...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i was craving some macaroni salad and this more than satisfied...i substituted a splash of low-sodium soy sauce for the... worcestershire sauce; unable to find anchovy-free in grocery store (i am vegetarian), and left out hot sauce (preference)...so good and comforting...my son even liked---6 and rarely likes anything out of the 'norm'...Read more
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Kelly FPO, AE 08-11-2009
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Just like the classic...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My grandma made great macaroni salad, and although I remembered a few ingredients that she used, I couldn't remember... everything! I turned to Food Network to help me out. Although this recipe had eggs and my grandma's didn't (at least not that I remembered), it really brought back the memories. It's so easy, it's deceiving. The taste was just like I remember. A real crowd pleaser, and a nice cold side salad for warm weather months. Thanks Aaron and Food TV!Read more
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Jones Baltimore, MD 08-10-2009
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I didnt care for it
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

This did not turn out the way I expected! I had to add sugar and some vinegar to give it the salad taste, without the sugar... and vinegar it tasted like potatoe salad with noodle instead of potatoes. Read more