How to keep macaroni salad moist?

Mr_Vittles added over 1 year ago

Apply plastic wrap directly to the salad, so its touching. Make sure to bring it all the way to the sides of the bowl. This prevents moisture from evaporated inside the dry environment of the refrigerator.

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jakeremi added over 1 year ago

With pasta too dry i often add a splash of milk to moisten ... Doesn;t hurt flavor adds to liquid.

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America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated suggests adding a little warm water when your macaroni salad gets a little dry. Most of the drying is from the noodles soaking up liquid from the mayonnaise, so adding more mayo tends to just make the salad too oily and isn't really needed anyway since all you really need to do is rehydrate the mayo that's already there.

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