Our mom made this Frog Eye Salad growing up and it was always a hit at parties and potlucks.
It has the perfect amount of sweet and fruity flavor to it. It’s incredibly easy to make, and is the ideal side dish for any occasion.
If you are looking for a quick, simple, and delicious salad recipe, this is one you most definitely have to try.
how to make frog eye salad:
Making Frog Eye salad takes a few simple ingredients found in your fridge and pantry.
- Cook the Acini De Pepe pasta according to package directions. When done, rinse under cold water in strainer. Let cool. You may want to use a fork to stir the noodles a bit, or else they will get a little clumped together. To prevent this, a lot of the directions explain to add a little bit of salt to the noodles when boiling.
- In a saucepan over medium high heat stir together pineapple juice, sugar, flour, salt and egg. Cook and stir constantly until mixture thickens and is smooth.
This process may take about 5-7 minutes before you really see it thicken. You don’t want it to come to a roaring boil, but just until the mixture has obviously thickened. - Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Let cool, and set aside. You will want to remove it from the stove, because even if it is off, the heat is still getting to it, taking it longer to cool down.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the pasta and thickened mixture. You will want to be sure both the mixture and noodles have completely cooled, or they will melt your cool whip, and make your salad runny.
- Gently fold in the mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, pineapple tidbits, marshmallows and coconut. You will then fold in cool whip. Continue to fold until fully combined.
- Refrigerate until serving. This recipe makes quite a bit, but can easily be doubled. You may want a second bowl, or use an extremely large bowl, if you plan to double.
helpful items used in this recipe
- 3 Quart Saucepan – We love this pan for boiling pasta.
- Mixing Bowl Set – This mixing bowl set is so pretty you can serve your salad in it too.
- Spatula – A great spatula set for stirring and folding in ingredients.
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- 5 Minute Pistachio Salad
- Cucumber Salad
- Skinny Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- The Best Homemade Pasta Salad
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Serves: 12
Growing up this Frog Eye salad was a must at every family get together! It's perfect for summer BBQ's and potlucks where you have to feed a big crowd. It's a family favorite that has been in our family for years, and is sure to please!
25 minPrep Time
10 minCook Time
35 minTotal Time
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- 8 ounces Acini De Pepe pasta
- 1 cup pineapple juice (reserved from pineapple tidbits)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 22 ounces mandarin oranges (drained)
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits (drained and reserve juice)
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple (drained)
- 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 3/4 cup shredded coconut
- 1 (8 ounce) Cool Whip
Instructions
- Cook the Acini De Pepe pasta according to package directions. When done, rinse under cold water in strainer. Let cool.
- In a saucepan over medium high heat stir together pineapple juice, sugar, flour, salt and egg. Cook and stir constantly until mixture thickens and is smooth. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Let cool.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the pasta and thickened mixture.
- Then gently fold in the mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, pineapple tidbits, marshmallows and coconut. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Refrigerate until serving.
- This recipe can easily be doubled.
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