Now hold on to your footballs--it can be a picnic without potato or macaroni salad! This has similar ingredients, but is a nice change from the usual. The beauty of this salad is that the flavor of the other ingredients comes through even better than it does in potato or macaroni salad.
This has a bite to it from the pepper, but is mild enough to pass as "not spicy," although Dad always snuck extra Tabasco or pepper in it when no one was looking. This prompted the comment that, "I don't understand why this is spicy, I made it according to the recipe." Dad sat with his head down and his sheepish grin, looking innocent.
Yield: 6
Ingredients:
- 3 cups cooked rice (about 1 cup raw), cooled
- 3/4 cup top-quality mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons stoneground mustard
- 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
Preparation:
Place all ingredients in a large bowl and gently toss to combine.
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