All Zippy's recipes are proprietary; however, I am able to provide you with the ingredients so that you may have a chance to experiment with it. Here are the ingredients:
Best Foods Mayonnaise (do not substitute)
Elbow macaroni noodles
Round onions
Celery
Carrots
Salt
Pepper
Mustard
Do not keep any leftovers more than 48 hours after preparation.
Committed to Serve,
Joyce Lee
Customer Service Manager
Someone else wrote that Zippy's neglected
to mention another ingredient, MSG
One person wrote on a Honolulu Star Bulletin Blog site that they added 1 Tbsp of MSG for every 2 quarts of salad.
If you've ever had the salad you know what we all talk about,
very ONO !!
There was a thread awhile back in regards to the mac salad in Hawaii
I'm basking down here in Playa del Carmen, so I don't have access to my recipe collection. I'll check it out when I get back home this week. I know I have several recipes.
BTW, just saw a Chinese - Pizza place on the main square in Puerto Morelos. Garish yellow and red and all. Get your pepperoni pizza with a side of crispy gaugee. Menu was in Spanish, of course. Is that the new fusion cuisine?
It's snowing in AZ? Whoa. It got up to 76 today in Minneapolis. The same for tomorrow. It is mid March and summer is already here in the Northland. Of course it could snow the next day as well (and probably will before the end of April). Weather is different this year for sure.
1st. "qualifier":"I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'."
2nd. "qualifier": I'm not positive where this comes from. I'm kinda certain that it's from a "Cooks" edition, but I'm not positive. I'm somewhat of a "hoarder". My dear wife has made me dispatch a good poundage of old magazines (I had some back as far as 1980). Much of my "recipe archive" now comes from stuff that I wrote down before getting rid of the original. This is an example of that.
I don't know anything from "Zippy's Mac Salad". I do know that what I'm giving you is knock-out tasty. In the big picture, I hope this helps.
Cool-Creamy Mac Salad
S&P
1lb elbow mac
1 small minced red onion
equal amount minced celery rib (I use from the heart, inc. all the leaves)
fistful finely chopped parsley
lemon juice
1 glob Dijon mustard
sprinkle garlic powder
sprinkle cayenne powder
1 1/2 cup mayo (I hate mayo, I swap out w/ Marie's Poppy-Seed Dressing)
Cook, chop, mix, eat.
VARIATIONS:
Curry/Apple/Golden Raisins
jack up the cayenne
add 1 Granny Smith chopped just bigger than onion/celery
add 1 cup Golden Raisins
add 1/2 cup mango chutney
Good to Go.
Roasted Red Peppers/Capers
add 1 cup roasted chopped red peppers
add 6 tblspns. drained capers chopped w/ the onion
G2G.
Sharp Cheddar/Chipotle
add 1 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar
add add 2 tblspns. minced chipotle chiles in adobo
G2G.
Ham(any meat)/Hot Peppers/Scallions
add as much of your meat of choice, chopped (chunks or strips) larger than onions/celery
add 1 cup chopped hot banana peppers
add 4 minced scallions
G2G.
*Yeah. I hate mayonnaise. Any time a recipe calls for mayo, I swap out w/ a Marie's Dressing of choice (most of the time Poppy-Seed). Hey, that's me. If I just have to use mayo, always under considerable protest, I will only use Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. Hellmann's Light is much better than Hellmann's Low-Fat. If I have to go that direction I just fib.Hey, that's just me still.
...*Yeah. I hate mayonnaise. ... Hey, that's me. If I just have to use mayo, always under considerable protest, I will only use Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. Hellmann's Light is much better than Hellmann's Low-Fat. If I have to go that direction I just fib.Hey, that's just me still.
Zippy's is a Hawaiian restaurant chain that serves "plate lunch" which, in Hawaii, typically consists of an entree served with 2 scoops of rice and a scoop of mac salad. Local Hawaiian restaurants and food trucks may offer 10 - 20 (or more) entrees for plate lunch (teriyaki, teri chicken, katsu, lau lau, hamburger steak and gravy, spam, mahimahi, etc.). For some reason, mac salad has become an integral element of plate lunch. Here's a newspaper article about it:
At least in Hawaii, mayo is a necessary ingredient and should be Best Foods (or if you are out East, Hellmann's). Same mayo, just marketed under a different name depending on where you are.
Of course, most of this site's readership is not from or located in Hawaii - so there are no rules. What ever tastes good works.
My godfather, who was a pilot for a private investor, or something
Would fly to Honolulu and pick O-Vat full of Mac Salad for my godmother!!
well, if we're going that far, you might as well get fried chicken and chili, oh man, put the mac salad with the chili... :drooling: People in Hawaii like mayo, yeah?
I've seen this variation with the vinegar as well. Just depends how "tangy" you like your mac salad and what you are serving with it.
I like macaroni salad OK, but my youngest daughter adores it. When I make it, I might get one serving out of it and the rest mysteriously disappears from the fridge in a day or so. For her, it is an entree. The child has never met a carb she didn't like.
That's the recipe. It is the best I have found. Often times its not about a recipe but more a technique, overcooking the pasta is what makes it. I hope you like it. I'm going to make some too!! Do you have a good Huli Huli chicken recipe? Thanks.
I've been trying to post it, but for some reason, the website is having troubles, but I will, I promise.
You just have to try it, but with some Hawaiian BBQ meat or chicken, some steamed white rice and boy oh boy,
you'll feel like you're sitting on the beach in Hawaii!! All you need is a cocktail!
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