Best Potato and Macaroni Salad

This salad recipe, Potato and macaroni salad makes a perfect side dish for anything barbecued (fish, chicken or pork) and, another of my favorite Trini dishes, such as pelau.

potato and macaroni salad

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Course: Pasta

Cuisine: Caribbean

Servings: 9

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes peeled and boiled
  • 1/2 cup elbow macaroni uncooked
  • 1/2 sweet pepper
  • 2 celery stalk
  • 1 425 g tin peas and carrots, drained
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 tbsp Mayonnaise a low sodium, light
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp pepper sauce
  • OPTIONAL:
  • 4 Pitted olives diced
  • 1 Pimento pepper finely diced
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped chive

Instructions

  • Boil the macaroni and set aside. Dice the cooked potatoes, peppers, and celery.
  • Place the cooked macaroni, potatoes, diced peppers and celery in a deep mixing bowl.
  • Add the peas and carrots, grated garlic, salt, black pepper, mustard, mayonnaise and the optional ingredients.
  • Mix the ingredients and refrigerate. Serve cold.

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Potato and Macaroni Salad

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Pasta
Cuisine: Caribbean
Servings: 9
Calories:
Author: Felix

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes peeled and boiled
  • 1/2 cup elbow macaroni uncooked
  • 1/2 sweet pepper
  • 2 celery stalk
  • 1 425 g tin peas and carrots, drained
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 tbsp Mayonnaise a low sodium, light
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp pepper sauce
  • OPTIONAL:
  • 4 Pitted olives diced
  • 1 Pimento pepper finely diced
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped chive

Instructions

  • Boil the macaroni and set aside. Dice the cooked potatoes, peppers, and celery.
  • Place the cooked macaroni, potatoes, diced peppers and celery in a deep mixing bowl.
  • Add the peas and carrots, grated garlic, salt, black pepper, mustard, mayonnaise and the optional ingredients.
  • Mix the ingredients and refrigerate. Serve cold.
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