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Best Pasta Salad
Course:
Sides
Cuisine:
American
Main Ingredient:
pasta
Method:
Non Instant Pot
Prep Time:
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
20
minutes
minutes
Servings:
6
servings
Author:
Paint the Kitchen Red
An all-American pasta salad that's perfect to bring to a summer barbeque.
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Ingredients
4
cups
uncooked elbow macaroni or other small pasta
½
cup
mayonnaise
3
tablespoon
milk
1
tablespoon
red wine vinegar
2
tablespoon
pickle juice
divided
2
teaspoon
sugar
or to taste
½
teaspoon
salt
or to taste
½
teaspoon
black pepper powder
3
whole roasted red peppers
chopped
½
cup
black olives
chopped
½
cup
sweet and spicy pickles
diced
3
scallions
cut into ½ inch pieces
Parsley
chopped, for garnish
Instructions
Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water; set aside
Stir together mayonnaise, milk, vinegar, 1 tablespoon pickle juice, sugar, salt, pepper; set aside
Place cooled pasta in a large bowl and add in roasted red peppers, olives, pickles, and scallions.
Add in mayonnaise mixture and stir gently until combined. Taste and add more pickle juice or if needed
Chill and garnish with parsley before serving
Notes
This recipe works really well with tortellini pasta, which makes it a meal-in-one!