If you ask me what my favorite time of the year is, I will tell you it’s picnic season! I love piling a wobbly paper plate high with all the cold salads and grilled hot dogs that will fit on it! This salad is a favorite of mine for Summer holiday get togethers! It’s a little different(better) than your typical macaroni salad and I for one AM HERE FOR IT! The Old Bay shrimp add such an amazing flavor to this macaroni salad and the red pepper gives it a nice crunch. It’s very easy to throw together and I promise, you will have people begging for the recipe because this my friends, is a KEEPER!
Old Bay Shrimp Macaroni Salad
8
servings20
minutesIngredients
16 oz 16 Medium Shell Pasta
1 lb 1 Shrimp
4 Tbsp 4 Butter
1 Tbsp 1 Old Bay Seasoning + 3 tsp for salad dressing
1 cup 1 Grated Carrot
1/2 cup 1/2 Red Pepper Diced
1/2 cup 1/2 Celery Diced
2 Tbsp 2 Sweet Onion Diced
1 cup 1 Mayonnaise
1 1/2 tsp 1 1/2 Celery Seed
Directions
- To begin, boil pasta to package directions and cool. Melt butter in skillet and add thawed and peeled shrimp. Sprinkle about 1 Tbsp of Old Bay and sauté shrimp for a couple minutes per side. Remove from skillet and let cool
- Dice celery, onion and red pepper. Grate carrot. Mix mayonnaise with celery seed and 3 tsp of Old Bay seasoning.
- Combine dressing with pasta and add diced and grated veggies. Slice shrimp in half and add to pasta salad. Mix well
- Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.
Recipe Video
Notes
- The longer this salads chills in the fridge, the better it is. I recommend making it one day in advance if you are going to serve it at a cook out to amplify the flavors even more!
- I attached a throw back Saturday Dinners with Ang episode where I demonstrate how to make this yummy salad! You also get to see me make some D to the LISH Lobster Rolls and a Watermelon Margarita…This is a jam packed episode of “Things I Love about Summer” ENJOY!