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Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe
Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is the creamy pasta salad of your dreams loaded with tender pasta, loads of salty bacon, petite peas, sweet bell peppers and bite size cheddar enveloped in the showstopping homemade sour-cream laced ranch dressing. This Pasta Bacon Ranch Salad is always a crowd pleaser at potlucks, picnics and parties and is a quick chop and throw together recipe that is portable, make ahead friendly, easy to double/triple, tastes fabulous chilled or room temperature and goes with practically everything!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 42 min⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 12 min👤 Jen📖 carlsbadcravings
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Whisk together all of the Dressing ingredients in a medium bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2
Cook pasta in salted water according to package directions just until al dente. (You can chop your salad ingredients while the pasta is cooking.) Drain, rinse with cold water then toss with a drizzle of olive oil to prevent it from sticking together.
drizzle of olive oilolive oil2 tablespoons
3
Add the pasta, peas, tomatoes, bell peppers and cheese to a large bowl; don’t add the bacon.
4
Pour half of the dressing over the pasta salad and toss to combine (or all of the dressing if serving immediately). Refrigerate pasta salad and remaining dressing separately until ready to use (best served the same day).
5
When ready to serve, add bacon and toss with remaining dressing. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dig in!
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