Mac-Daddi-Roni Salad

macaroni pasta, 1/4-inch tube

mayonnaise

garlic

yellow mustard

white vinegar

red onion

red bell pepper

carrot, diced

celery, diced

peppadew peppers

pepperoncini

sea salt

black pepper

In a medium pot, boil water and add salt. Add pasta, cook until al dente, and place into an ice water bath.

In a medium mixing bowl add mayonnaise, garlic, mustard, and vinegar. Mix to combine and place in refrigerator to keep chilled while pasta cools down.

When pasta is cool, mix in mayonnaise mixture and all vegetables. Mix thoroughly, season with salt and pepper. Place into refrigerator and chill for 1 hour for the flavors to combine.

This was the best Mac salad ever!! Husband said the first day was as good as the last, so don’t wait to eat it!

Very good. Tweaked the recipe with diced gardenia pickled vegetables and a touch of Italian dressing. Delicious!

I made this for our Christmas lunch buffet. It went great with the ham, turkey and roast beef sandwiches! Everyone loved it.

 Made this last night. It was good. Macaroni salad is not one of my favorites, but the bowl is empty. Will make again, per request

This was amazing. Ate just this as a meal.

This was so good. My family and I loved it, I made it last night and we could not have enough of it. So awesome with the steak I made Thank You Guy Your a rockstar

2nd review - made it exactly as called for but added some green peas and a good dash of cayenne and some feta cheese.  I thought it turned out good, not great, but got a lot of compliments on it.  That smoked chicken in it the first time really pushed it beyond the limits though!!!!

I've been making this pasta salad for a while and it never fails to be a favorite.  Love the zing in the dressing and tastes even better the next day.  Great recipe!

Loved it! omitted a couple ingredients that I didn't have on hand like peppadew peppers.

Love this version of macaroni salad! everyone one that has tried it really liked it as well! 

I finally made this macaroni salad after I spotted peppadew peppers on the olive bar at Shop Rite.  To my surprise they are sweet not hot like I imagined.  I loved this salad!  The veggies and the peppers take it up a level from ordinary macaroni salad.  The dressing is really good considering the ingredients are not far from the norm, I think the yellow mustard makes it.  Plan on making it again, goes with everything from BBQ to sandwiches.  I would even throw in a can of tuna to the leftovers for a great lunch.

My family just love it. I omitted the celery and carrots because my husband is a very picky eater. I was asked to make it again

This is the absolute best macaroni salad I have ever made! I live in a tiny village on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska and we have no grocery store so I didn't have the peppadews but it was still excellent without them! I doubt I will ever make my old macaroni salad again, why should I when I have this crowd pleaser? I love your show!

i honestly don't know how this recipe got 5 stars. i brought some over to my boyfriend, who will eat just about anything, and even he couldn't get it down. followed recipe just as is i guess the flavors just wasn't to our fancy

Very tasty.  The salad came out quite strongly flavored with the pepperoncini (I used 12 small and red onion.  I made the dressing half mayo and half buttermilk and it came out fine.  The peppadew peppers add some sweetness.  The onion and garlic mellow a lot after a day in the frig.

I did make a change after my first batch. I left out the garlic and added three slices of sandwich pepperoni sliced 1/4 inch thick and cubed. It added to an already great flavor.  I watch all your TV shows almost everyday. Thanks for the good receipes.

I made this recipe just as it's written and found it lacking in flavor.  It tasted almost like a traditional mac salad, with just the slightest hint of extra flavor.  If you triple the quantities of the peppers and vegetables, perhaps you will get something distinctive.  This happened to me when I made another of Guy's recipes, one for a bean salad.  I had to quadruple the quantity of onion, etc. before it tasted of anything other than bland black beans.  I never have this problem with the recipes from other chefs, so it's not just my tastebuds being off.

We love this macaroni salad!  We bring it to every BBQ, party, etc.... and it is ALWAYS a hit!  We do not have access to Peppadew peppers so I have subbed out sweet cherry peppers and a few hot chili peppers for a little kick---and it turns out fabulous every time!  The 5 minute prep time listed on the recipe is a laugh!!!  If I had a sous chef pre chop everything and all I had to do was stir, then sure!  I would definitely say it takes at least 30 minutes if not longer to chop all of the ingredients, but well worth the time!  Just saw another review that says Peppadews are at Fresh and Easy---will have to try them out, but hubby may not want me to tweak the recipe too much.

I love this pasta salad. Pasta salad is a staple at all summer events with my family and friends, and I have tried out a LOT of recipes over the years. This recipe has been the best received, and everyone is asking me for the recipe! I did make some changes from the original recipe. I am not a celery fan, so I used 1/4c of diced celery instead of 3/4c and loaded up on the other veggies in its place. I subbed banana peppers instead of pepperoncinis because they are less spicy and some of the people I cook for don't care for spicy (although I do!) I couldn't find peppadews (I finally found them yesterday and will be trying out the recipe again this week, so excited!) so I doubled up on the banana peppers. I used 1.5 cups of mayo, because 2 seemed like an awful lot. The salad was plenty moist and stayed that way in the fridge as leftovers. I used light mayo. Instead of yellow mustard, I used Jack Daniels spicy mustard and it provided a really nice unexpected kick. Finally, the big game changer.... I added crumbled feta. So simple! Do not make this recipe without the feta- it's a totally different salad without it and while still good, not as fabulous. I highly recommend this recipe for all meals- whether it's a holiday cookout or burgers for two on a weeknight after work. Keeps well in the fridge- I made a double batch for a July 4th cookout for 10 and it was still good days later. Enjoy!

If you are tired of the same old hum-drum macaroni salad that you eat at picnics and outings out of obligation/politeness, this recipe is for you!   DO try to get the pappadew peppers -- I also found them at the grocery store deli counter where the olives and other garnishes are. They add just the right spark to this recipe. Improvising won't really do on this one. I try to use the elbows with ridges if I can find them to give the dressing more to cling to.

This potato salad was absolutely delicious!  The flavors are unique and offer a wonderful new take to potato salad. If you can try to find the peppadew peppers. They add a unique sweet and hot flavor to the salad that I don't know a different pepper would be able to offer. I was able to find them at the olive bar of my grocery store. I will most definitely be using this recipe for future bbqs.

I made this salad last summer and it was a hit at a friend's BBQ.  People who told me that they don't usually like macaroni salad loved this one.  In fact, I was requested to bring it again this year.  The first time I made it, the only place I could find the Peppadews were at Whole Foods.  I recently saw them at Fresh and Easy for much less.  (I live in Southern California.)  This recipe is definitely and keeper!

I thought it was great. I think next time I make it though, I'll cut back on mayo, maybe by a 1/4 or a 1/2 cup and I'll add more pepperoncini and crumbled bacon, maybe even some fresh yellow and green peppers. Overall, it was very delicious. Everyone loved it!!

My local grocery has an olive bar, and oddly enough had the peppadew peppers on it.  If it's too spicy, a little bit of sugar will help, and adding feta cheese to it makes it perfect.

My family loved this macaroni salad. I feel it had a little bit of a bite with the mustard and vinegar so I sprinkled some sugar on it (maybe a tsp) and it helped. Next time I might try honey mustard. Very good!

My husband loved this dish-and it was very easy to make. I found it a little bland, but will definitely make it (mostly for his benefit) again.

I'm not a big fan of yellow mustard but this turned out soo good. The garlic really makes this. I didn't have the roasted bell peppers this time so I will definitely try it again later.

Just add some crumbled feta cheese into this -- wow!  Also, I found the peppadews at getpeppadew.com

i made this tonight and it was excellent.  couldn't find the peppadew peppers, so i used pimentos instead.  i also used pepperoncini peppers in a jar.  very very good

This was delicious. My husband who hates pasta killed the entire bowl. Definetly tastes better when it is cold. We couldn't find peppadew peppers so we just added more of the pepperonchini and red peppers. I will be making this at ever BBQ i go this summer.

I thought i made a great mac salad but this beats mine hands down

My family and I loved the Roni Salad. I was unable to find minced pepperoncini but regardless it was still great. My grandma even asked for the recipe for an event she is going to. Thanks Guy

The hardest part is WAITING for the flavors to blend!( I want instant gratification) I had to substitute penne pasta as grocery was out of elbow macaroni , but I think you could put that sauce and veggies on anything...Even if you're a snooty foodie and turn up your nose at yellow mustard, follow the recipe and have faith!

This was seriously off the hook delicious.  I used Light Mayo and only put in 1 1/2 cups and it was still really amazing.  I used the pepadew peppers (from Whole Foods) and hot banana ring peppers.  It was tangy, flavorful, and really really good.  I think this will be my go to recipe for pasta salad from now on.

We LOVED this salad, and we typically hate macaroni salad. We substituted 'tamed' jalape?os for the papadews, and used garlic salt to season. The jalape?os added a nice tame heat to the salad.  We are gonna whore this recipe out everywhere we go!

This is absolutely, hands down by far the BEST macaroni salad I have ever had.  

This is the first pasta salad I've ever made and it was delicious!  The crunch of the veggies (carrots and celery) and the slight spice added by the peppers gave a kick to what could have been a bland salad.  I will definitely make this again!

This is great as-is, but so easy to add and/or substitute ingredients - kalamata olives, rotisserie chicken, bell peppers, feta cheese, etc. are all great additions. Just adjust the mayo/mustard as needed. No chance to find the pepadews here in Germany, but peperoncini or jalapenos work just as well.

Great dish, but good luck on those Peppadew's.  Took me about 3 hours and 4 stores to finally find them. Thats right, even Whole Foods didn't have them.   At any rate it was worth the time and effort. Without those peppadews this would have been a good recipe. With them, it made for a great one!

This recipe was a BIG HIT at today's bbq at Mission Bay in San Diego!  Maybe because it was delicious, maybe because everyone thought it was cool that it was Guy Fieri's recipe...either way, who cares?  Good is good!  Go ahead and try this easy-to-make salad.  You won't be disappointed!

This was a great recipe- but we did add a bit of a twist- I cut the mayo to 1 and 1/4 cup and added a can of chopped water chestnuts for more crunch and 3 chopped hardboiled eggs. We also added 3 tablespoons of chopped chives and 2 tablespoons of chopped sundried tomatoes - we just love that flavor:) We used rice wine vinegar since it's a bit milder and it came out just the way we like it! It did make a TON of salad, but that's OK! Thanks Guy! 

this is by far the BEST macaroni salad that i have ever had! I will throw away ever other recipe, take a marker to every macaroni recipe in all of my cookbooks and write "SEE GUY FIERI'S MAC-DADDI-RONI SALAD", and NEVER EVER buy any store made macaroni salad again! THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU!

OK...so it's a little time consuming but worth it. I might cut down on the mustard just a tad but everything else was great. Couldn't find peppadew peppers so I substituted banana peppers.  Next time will add 3/4 cup of blanched peas for some additional color and sweetness.  BETTER second day.  Great do ahead recipe.

I made this over the weekend for my husband and me and it has just the right kick.  Yummy!  I used only about 1.5 cups of mayo and reduced the mustard a little too since I cut back on the mayo.  I only had 2 cloves of garlic on hand so it probably wasn't quite as much as the recipe called for.  It was perfect and I can't wait to share some with our neighbors tonight and to have more myself.  I know they will love it also!  Thanks Guy!

Just made a double batch of this for a BBQ tomorrow. So sick of bland mac salads so this one sparked my interested. I just snuck a small taste and it's probably the BEST mac salad I've ever tasted. The hot peppers really add a nice kick as does the mustard. I left out the onion and cut the garlic in half (don't like those flavors) and it's amazing.

GREAT recipe, much better then that old skool pasta salad..! Was a BIG hit with my family........

My husband and I absolutely loved this salad. I have been looking for a different macaroni salad and seen Guy cook this one so we tried it. I will keep this recipe in my favorites cookbook that I am making.

My brother-in-law hates everything from puppies to babies to me but he loved this macaroni salad when I made it for him!  When I make it again I'll use a might less prepared mustard and I might even reduce the mayo and substitute a bit of salad creme for added sweatness.

Peppadew pepper also called a piquante  or sweet piquante pepper resembles a cross between a cherry tomato and a very small red pepper. The flavor is a blend of sweet and spicy. They come in mild to hot. There also is Peppadaw Ketchup. Hope this helps.

In one of Guy's other recipes he gives this alternative for the ingredient peppadews: "peppadew peppers (sweet red peppers) or roasted red bell peppers"

This makes a great side dish.  We grill all summer and I was tired of cole slaw.  It looked like a lot of mayo when I was mixing it, so I ended up only using 1.5 cups and then didn't even pour the entire mixture on the pasta.  It worked great, however, the next day the pasta absorbed the dressing, so a little more may be better.  The leftovers were great regardless and we ate this for three days there was so much of it.

When I saw this episode I knew I definitely had to try this recipe!  IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT AND WAIT!  And it gets better with time, I made it last night to go along with dinner, it chilled for an hour then we couldn't wait any longer!  My hubby really enjoyed it, I think he used the term "Killer"!  He had another bowl today and said it got a little spicer overnight!  I read other reviews about the black pepper so I only added a teaspoon but next time I will add a little more, maybe not the whole TABLESPOON but definitely a little more than a teaspoon!  Enjoy!!!

this was very refreshing and delicious keep up the good work.

Great mac salad! Tastes better if left in the fridge for a few hours, and if you don't like black pepper, i would only put in a tsp instead of a tbsp b/c it's a bit much. Definitely a keeper!

This just didn't have the wow factor. Nothing special.

As a garlic-aholic I never thought I'd say this, but this recipe has too much garlic!  It really overpowers everything else.  Next time I'd use way less, and maybe even eliminate it altogether.  Otherwise - yum!

This is a great basic recipe with an added kick.  I could not find Peppdew peppers and didn't replace with anything.  Would be interesting to know what I'm missing.  I went a little easy on the red onion since not everyone likes that strong flavor.  I think I'd add a bit more peperchini, but maybe that's becuz I didn't have the other peppers.  Had a nice crunch with the carrot and celery.  Very good.

I just finished making this dish and my kids LOVE it. Th epeppers add that extra kick, it's great. I love it as well and can't wait to have my hubby taste it. Thanks Guy!

If you like macaroni salad kicked up a bit...this is the one.  I had the peppadew peppers from one of Guy's other recipes and had to try this one.  I found nice little tube pasta forf this recipe. I will definately make this again and use it in my catering biz!  Thanks Guy!

I loved this macaroni salad. it had a kick to it which i love. it made so much in the recipe so i brought it to work and every one asked me if they can have more.

This salad is worth every minute of prep time!  I will make it aqain, and agian!  It rocks!

I live in Oregon and had no luck in finding Peppadews at all.  I have a friend in PA that brought me some from there when she came home for Christmas, so I could findly make the salad. I took it to a pot luck and got lots of compliments.  I am sure they didn't know what it was that gave it the kick until I told them.  You can find them on line but the shipping is as much as the peppadews.  I am sure it is worth the effort if you can find them.

My family and I really like this recipe, whether in the Summer or Winter, have found it to be very versitile. Easy enough to spice it up or leave it just as is.

I could not find peppadew peppers so I had to omit them. Will keep looking. I love the flavors and textures in this recipe. I do not like spicy mac salad so I made it my liking. Guy has become a fav of mine also...he ROCKS and I will continue to try his easy recipes.

Good enough to make again.  I will tweak it next time to fit my tastes even better.

This macaroni salad variation was spicy and fresh tasting and just plain delicious! I prefer less sauce, so I added part of an extra bag of macaroni... but that's just me. I'm more of a pasta person so I always go light on sauce. It took some time to prep the ingredients, but it was worth the time. This is a definite keeper. Spicy but not too spicy.

This was easy to make &amp; had great flavor. I added smoked mozzerela because I needed to use it up &amp; it was great. Everyone enjoyed it.

guy is my faveorit cook i love all his shows and dishes i like dinners drive ins and dives the but i love this dish i dont know if theres a better salad than this

I love pasta salad but not over done or too bland. The ingredients give this a unique "kick" with a nice touch of tradition. It will be a permanent item on my salad and sidedish list!

At first I wasn't sure about some of the ingrediants in this salad...if they would taste good together, but since I was planning on making a macaroni salad anyway I thought that I would try this recipe out and I am SOOOO glad I did. Really, really good!! I'm craving more right now as I type this!!

I really liked all the vegetables and the spicy peppers but there was too much mayo, mustard and garlic. I might try this again sometime but i would half the garlic/mayo and mustard.  It took a long time to cut up all the veggies. It is spicy so be sure you like that before trying.

Great combination of flavors, simple preparation for a 'Man-Food' winner!  I added some minced Habanero, but I know I'm a pepper-holic...  When does football season start?

mac-daddi-roni salad

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 50 minutes

Servings: 5

Author : Guy Fieri

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