Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is the perfect side dish to your favorite summer grilled foods or teriyaki recipes. This Hawaiian-style Macaroni salad is different than traditional macaroni salad thanks to extra mayonnaise, shredded carrot, and shredded onions.

Macaroni Salad ALA Hawaii

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is one of my favorite things about getting Hawaiian food. When you order a Hawaiian lunch plate either in Hawaii or here in the mainland, you choose your grilled, fried, or teriyaki glazed meats, and you get a serving of rice on the side and a scoop of amazing macaroni salad.

So how do you make Hawaiian macaroni salad exactly? Or how is it different than regular macaroni salad? The difference between most macaroni salad and Hawaiian macaroni salad is the extra mayonnaise, the shredded carrot, and the shredded onions.

Making Macaroni Salad Your Own

Want to add some different flavors to your Hawaiian Pasta Salad?

• Many locals will add tuna to this salad. This is totally authentic to Hawaii, but not the classic lunch plate side dish I am recreating.
• Make sure not to leave out the grated onion, it really does add an authentic flavor to this Hawaiin pasta salad.
• I add red bell pepper for color and crunch, you can certainly leave this out.
• Some people like celery for crunch, try what works for you.
• Some Hawaiians like to do half potatoes and half macaroni too, it’s an easy way to make a salad that people who love potato salad would love too.

What to Serve with This HAWAIIN Pasta Salad

Looking for some great recipes to go along with this Hawaiian macaroni salad? I do have a Hawaiian Garlic Chicken coming to the blog soon which is the classic main protein on Hawaiian Lunch Plates, but here are some more recipes to pair this Hawaiian pasta salad with:

• Hawaiian Luau Slow Cooker Pork
• Easy Light Coconut Rice
• Coconut Shrimp with Mango Habanero Sauce
• Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
• Panda Express Mandarin Teriyaki Chicken (Copycat)

Tools used to make this Hawaiian Macaroni Salad:

• Mayonnaise: This is the classic mayonnaise used in authentic recipes if you can source it go for this brand!
• Apple Cider Vinegar: This brand is the most even and mellow flavored and perfect for the macaroni salad.
• Grater: Grating onion can be tricky, this grater is the safest I’ve found yet that isn’t my mandoline. The thing I love about it is the guard. I HATED grating things before.
• Kosher Salt: I think there is often confusion when I list Kosher salt in the ingredients. I get emails saying food came out salty. Kosher salt is different than table salt, with a bigger granule and less salty flavor.

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Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is the perfect side dish to your favorite summer grilled foods or teriyaki recipes.

Course Salad

Cuisine American, Hawaiian

Keyword Hawaiian Macaroni Salad, sweet and tangy macaroni salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 10 servings

Calories 320 kcal

Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

• 1 pound cooked macaroni
• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 cups mayonnaise
• 1 carrot , finely grated
• 1/2 yellow onion , finely grated and water squeezed out
• 1/2 red bell pepper diced finely
• 1/2 green bell pepper , diced finely
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

1. Add the apple cider vinegar to the pasta while still hot and toss.
2. Let cool to room temperature.
3. Add in the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
4. Let chill in the refrigerator for as long as possible (at least two hours, but preferably overnight).

Nutrition Facts

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 320

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.