Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The trick is to use the shredded SHARP cheddar cheese. A mild or medium just doesn't hold up to the myriad of flavors in this salad. This creamy, cold pasta salad is bursting with fresh ingredients like tomatoes, broccoli, crisp bacon, cheddar, olives and red onions.
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Take 3 cups bow-tie pasta, uncooked
- Get 2/3 cup cheddar cheese crumbles
- Prepare 6 slices cooked bacon, diced
- Make ready 2-3 small tomatoes, seeded & diced
- Make ready 2/3 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
- Prepare 2/3 cup red onions, diced
- Make ready 1/3 cup black olives
- Prepare 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- Take 1/2 cup creamy ranch dressing
- Take 1 clove garlic, minced
- Prepare 1/2-1 teaspoon oregano
Stir until pasta is completely coated in dressing. I love cold pasta salads and this creamy bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad is amongst my favs. I mean can you really go wrong with bacon, cheddar and ranch?? The fresh onions, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli and olives really makes this pasta salad pops.
Instructions to make Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Cook pasta until al dente. Be careful not overcook. - Drain pasta and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool. - Add drained pasta to a large bowl. - Add in the bacon, broccoli, red onions, black olives, and tomatoes. - essing in with the pasta mixture until well coated.
- Toss to combine. (you may need to add a tiny bit of water to moisten the pasta if it's too sticky to toss) - In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, ranch dressing, garlic and oregano. - When ready to serve, mix the dressing
- Serve immediately.
- Notes- when I made this I was low on ingredients so I substitute it for lettuce, and my kids don’t black olives so I left it out. I just used ranch because I have no mayo…
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