
It is so delicious and you’ll love how simple it is to make. Top with char siu, soft boiled egg, sliced spam, green onions, or nori.In this post I will be sharing my best Tuna Macaroni Salad Recipe. Just swap out the ramen for the chewier Saimin noodle that is popular in Hawaii.

Fold it in with a large rubber spatula so you don’t tear the macaroni noodles. If you make this ahead of time and it seems a little dried out, add some mayo mixed with a little milk until you get the right consistency back.
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Thank you, Mimi! How to make Hawaiian Mac Salad ahead of time She substituted Hellman’s Vegan Mayonnaise for the regular mayo in the recipe and Silk Unsweetened Cashew Milk for the regular milk. We received a comment from Mimi that I thought would be helpful for anyone wanting to make this a vegan recipe. We are so grateful for comments we get from our readers, especially when adapting recipes for special diets. Substitutions for a Vegan Hawaiian Mac Salad Pineapple and ham have no business being in a Hawaiian mac salad. Adding ham or pineapple to something does not make it “Hawaiian Food”. Once you start getting into adding ham or pineapple you are getting way off course. There are a few other ingredients you can add like celery, extra onion, potatoes, fresh crab, or relish, but the basic recipe is my favorite. He explained to me long ago that true Hawaiian macaroni salad is pretty much just macaroni, carrot, mayonnaise and salt and pepper. I had a friend in Hawaii who was also a caterer there.

It is a no-frills mac salad yet, it is so creamy and flavorful. The macaroni salad, especially, hit home and suddenly made me wonder why we haven’t gotten a good Hawaiian mac salad recipe here on Favorite Family Recipes yet! Keep it simpleĪuthentic Hawaiian Mac Salad is ridiculously simple.

Everything we had there was delicious and seriously the most authentic Hawaiian food I have had since leaving Hawaii. This past weekend I had a flashback to my Hawaii days when we ordered food from Honolulu Grill in St. I literally lived across the street from an L&L Hawaiian BBQ restaurant and found myself wandering over there way more often than I should have for their delicious plate lunch – always with mac salad and rice on the side (I love getting a little rice and mac salad together in one bite, oh so good). I lived on the North Shore of Oahu a little over 10 years ago and became very familiar with true, authentic Hawaiian “Mac Salad”. Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is one of my biggest guilty pleasures.
