Hawaiian Macaroni Salad | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with Hawaiian macaroni salad.

That's right, you're about to learn how to make this from someone who's never been to Hawaii. But that's fine since this is incredibly easy and anyone can make it. And despite being possibly the simplest version ever, this is always the mac salad that gets finished the fastest and gets complimented the most.

And to get started, let's go ahead and mix up our dressing, which is going to start with a whole bunch of mayonnaise.

And please use the nice stuff. Okay, that off-brand stuff from the dollar store is fine for your kids bologn sandwiches, but for this salad, I need you to go top shelf. And then to that, we will add a little bit of apple cider vinegar, as well as a touch of white sugar, some salt, of course, and then we'll finish up with some freshly ground black pepper, as well as a few shakes of cayenne.

And then besides that, I'm also going to add a little bit of an optional

ingredient, which would be some finely diced red onion. And yes, any onion will work. And what I like to do after transferring that into a strainer is put that in a bowl of cold fresh water and let it sit and soak for about 20 minutes or so, just to remove some of the harshness and make it a little more mellow in the salad. And that's it.

After a nice soak, we'll go ahead and drain that and transfer it into our dressing. And then we'll give that a quick stir before we move on.