How To Make Frog Eye Salad (Acini de Pepe Salad)
It may not sound like it, but frog eye salad is actually a sweet and fluffy dessert with pineapple, oranges, egg, Cool Whip, and marshmallows.
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 2tbspflour
- 2tspsalt
- 1¾cupsunsweetened pineapple juice
- 2eggs,beaten
- 1tbsplemon juice
- 1lbAcini Di Pepe pasta
- 2cupsmandarin oranges,canned, drained well
- 20ozpineapple,crushed, drained well
- 8ozcool whip
- 1cupminiature marshmallows
Instructions
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In a large pot whisk together the sugar, flour, salt, pineapple juice and eggs on medium heat until thickened then turn off the heat and whisk in the lemon juice.
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Cook the acini de pepe pasta one minute shy of the directions then drain and rinse well before adding to the pineapple egg mixture and mixing it together.
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Refrigerate the pasta mixture until fully chilled and just before serving mix with the oranges, pineapple, cool whip and marshmallows.
Nutrition
- Calories: 410.40kcal
- Fat: 6.81g
- Saturated Fat: 3.56g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.89g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.68g
- Carbohydrates: 80.40g
- Fiber: 3.09g
- Sugar: 40.02g
- Protein: 8.76g
- Cholesterol: 49.23mg
- Sodium: 488.31mg
- Calcium: 65.70mg
- Potassium: 333.76mg
- Iron: 1.16mg
- Vitamin A: 71.36µg
- Vitamin C: 42.48mg
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