Hot Dogs and Macaroni Salad
Our Hot Dogs and Macaroni Salad is a classic cookout-style meal featuring grilled, boiled, or microwaved hot dogs served in soft buns with your favorite condiments alongside a creamy, flavorful macaroni salad. The salad combines tender pasta, crunchy celery, bell peppers, pickles, and a tangy mayonnaise-mustard dressing, making it even better after chilling.
Prep Time
30 min
Total Time
30 min
Servings
8
Ingredients
Pantry
1 lb Macaroni Pasta
2 Bell Peppers
8 Hotdog Buns
1 tbs All Purpose Spice Blend
Fridge and Freezer
1 cup Mayonnaise
¼ cup Dijon Mustard
½ cup Mustard (optional)
½ cup Catsup (optional)
½ Red Onion
1 cup Pickles
4 stalks Celery
8 Hot Dogs
Directions
Wash hands with soap and water. Wash and dry the produce. Chop ½ of a red onion, reserving the rest, wrapped, in the fridge for later use.
Bowl a large pot of water and cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and spread onto a baking sheet. Place in the fridge to cool.
Seed and chop the bell peppers. Chop the pickles, reserving ¼ cup pickle juice. Chop the celery. Add all to a medium bowl. Add the mayonnaise, dijon mustard, reserved pickle juice, and spice blend and stir to combine.
Stir the cooled pasta into dressing and chill in the fridge, covered, for 1 hour or up to 5 days.
Cook hotdogs using your desired method. Try boiling, microwave, or grill.
Serve hotdogs in buns with desired condiments and macaroni salad on the side. This recipe makes 8 servings. You can prepare hotdogs for the number of people eating, and save the leftovers for later in the week. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.
*Use all-beef hotdogs to make this recipe pork-free.
*Use gluten-free buns to make this recipe gluten-free.
*Buns may contain other allergens, check package ingredients.
<ul><li>*This salad tastes better after a day or two in the fridge.</li><li>See how to chop bell pepper here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQkw3AvpKY</li><li>See how to chop onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2D7Gif_4tU</li></ul>