Hint: It’s a fun riff on another Southern dish.

Pasta salads can so easily be lackluster.

But surprisingly neither of those recipes are the most searched pasta salads in the South.

Southern Living Southern Shrimp Pasta Salad in serving bowl with a serving beside

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No, the pasta salad recipe everyones looking for is actually a fun riff on another Southern dish.

No, its not a play ongumboor a cowboy caviar pasta mash-up.

Dressed with a simple lemon dressing featuring a touch of Old Bay, it’s also anything but bland.

The shrimp are really the stars of this recipe, though.

[Its] absolutely wonderful.

The flavors will have a chance to meld and the salad will taste even better than if served fresh.