BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad is sure to become a picnic favorite this spring and summer. It’s creamy and full of smoky flavor from Hidden Valley® Ranch Honey BBQ Dressing, one of 4 new Hidden Valley® Dressings available now at Walmart.
It also has sour cream, black beans, corn, red bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, diced chicken, shredded cheddar cheese, and the wonderful crunch of corn chips.
Pasta Salad is always a family favorite. It’s one of my favorite sides during the warm weather months. And I love it so much I often add a protein to it so it can be eaten as a full meal.
You can toss the ingredients for this BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad together in no time and have a huge bowl of delicious pasta salad that can feed the whole neighborhood.
Hidden Valley® Original Ranch has been a favorite of mine both as a salad dressing and a recipe ingredient. And now it is available in 4 new flavors at Walmart: Hidden Valley® Ranch Buffalo, Hidden Valley® Ranch Honey BBQ, Hidden Valley® Ranch Sriracha, and Hidden Valley® Ranch Cilantro Lime.
Hidden Valley® Ranch BBQ Honey is like a blend of Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce and since we are obsessed with BBQ sauce in my family we are loving this new dressing. It is fabulously sweet and tangy with lots of smoky flavor and it would be incredible on a chicken wrap or southwestern salad.
Next time you are in Walmart, throw a few of these new dressings in your shopping cart and you’ll be able to throw together countless quick and easy meals. I can’t wait to use the Buffalo flavor to make a Buffalo Chicken Ranch Pizza. 🙂
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Watch the short video below to see how to make BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad.
BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta, I used cavatappi, cooked until al dente
- 1 cup Hidden Valley® Honey BBQ Dressing
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup canned corn, drained
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup corn chips
Instructions
- Place cooked pasta in a large bowl.
- Stir together Hidden Valley® Honey BBQ Dressing and sour cream and pour over pasta. Toss to mix.
- Add all remaining ingredients, except corn chips, and stir to combine.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve and sprinkle corn chips on top just before serving.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Hidden Valley Ranch. The opinions and text are all mine.
Do you think canned chicken would be okay to use?
Have made this a few times. It is very filling and serves my husband and myself as a main course for two or three days. Good way to clean out fridge and freezer as well. Will continue to make. Now I just need dinner guests again!
If you google Hidden Valley Honey BBQ sauce , the Hidden Valley website has the recipe for the BBQ sauce! I have made it a couple of times and it’s a huge hit with my family!! Yummy!!
Hidden Valley no longer makes BBQ Ranch Dressing so I mixed Hidden Valley Ranch Buttermilk Salad Dressing with my favorite bottled Honey BBQ sauce and it was great! Also, instead of regular corn chips I used Chili Cheese Corn Chips.
Yum! I wish they hadn’t stopped making that dressing, but you found a great solution.
Really really good!!!!!
Loved this! Next time I will add the entire onion and red bell pepper. Also, I will get the chili cheese Fritos instead of plain. Yum 😋
This looks amazing! I’m sure everyone would love it at my beat friends wedding coming up that we’re cooking for! Can’t wait to try it out and show the bride❤️
My family absolutely loves this salad. I’m making it for the 3rd in 2 weeks. Thanks for the recipe
Did you try make this in advance? I would love to take to eat throughout the weekend at our lake place
How long does this keep in the fridge? I want to be able to eat it throughout the week.
I thought this dish looked really weird and was hesitant about trying it – But I’m sure glad I did – delicious!! Everyone really like it! I would definitely make it again!
Can you make the day before. How does it like up as leftovers ?
I made this last year for a Memorial day weekend block party. First of all my teenage son is not big on any kind of salad, nor dressings. He loved it when he tried it. Asked if we brought any home. Recently he asked me if I was going to “make that salad” again. I’m making it again this year for our block party.
So happy your son enjoyed it Patricia! 🙂
After reading this comment I made it for my teenage boys and they raved about it. Even my husband loves it!
Can anyone tell me how many this will serve as a side dish?
Can’t find the Hidden Valley Ranch Honey BBQ sauce in Harris Teeter, Publix nor Walmart grocery here in the Triangle area of NC.
Try mixing some bottles honey BBQ sauce into some Ranch dressing until you get the flavor you want.
I did that and it came out great. I actually forgot to get cilantro and realized I had cilantro lime ranch dressing so I mixed it with some honey bbq sauce. Delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
Nice
I’m wondering how this would be without the chicken. Has anyone left it out? If so, how was it?
You can leave the chicken out.
I was looking for a last minute side dish to take to a BBQ and came across this. I am so glad I decided to give this a try. It was amazing and everyone devoured it!!
So happy everyone enjoyed it!
I have three kids between 9-13. My youngest is extremely picky. She ate this and asked for more! I was impressed since she doesn’t like peppers nor beans! This has become one of my family’s favorites. the only thing I do differently is I use a 1 1/2 tsp of onion powder instead of onion, since I don’t like raw onion.
Does it do okay making the day before?
How many people does this serve?
I would say 8-10 servings.
thank you!!
This recipe is a HUGE hit!! I sauté my chicken with a dry rub of chili powder, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. The seasoning on the chicken going into the salad adds a really nice smoky flavor. If I have a little bit of the seasoning left after prepping the chicken I add it into the dressing. Also, my store doesn’t sell this dressing so I use 1/4c BBQ sauce + 3/4c ranch. We take this to every potluck now and it’s always the first to go!
My new favorite go-to for BBQ’s and get together’s. It’s always a hit!! Thank you
Trying New Recipes is one of my hobbies!
It’s the 4th of July and this has been added to the menu..thanks for sharing
Hope you have a wonderful 4th and enjoy the pasta salad!
I make this with chopped romaine (about 6 cups). shredded roasted chicken breasts, diced fresh tomato and sliced black olives. Combine equal parts of bbq sauce and ranch dressing instead of buying a seperate dressing and it is delish!!
She mentioned 10 – 12 to someone earlier. Hope this helps
For how many people is this recipte of BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad?
What could you use instead of the Honey BBQ dressing? My store did not have it.
I would use regular ranch dressing and mix in a tablespoon or 2 of a bottled honey bbq sauce.
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I made this the other day and it was delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Glad you enjoyed it Erin!!
How many people will this recipe serve?
This looks delicious!! I wouldn’t use the GMO-laden salad dressing though, just saying. But, I could come up with my own organic version…thanks for sharing ! Will give this a try!!
I made this last night and used plain Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream and it was great! The Honey BBQ Ranch dressing is some gooooood stuff. Thank you for sharing this.
Looks great. Black beans are a nice addition, thanks a lot
That looks forbidden good!! 🙂
BBQ ranch salads are my absolute favorite, so I love that you took this one step further by adding some pasta. I’ve never tried that dressing before, so I’ll be on the lookout for it. Such a great dish for spring, Christin!
This looks amazing- the corn chips are an awesome touch 🙂
Corn chips on a salad? I’m all in. I think the whole family would easily devour this pretty salad.
Happy Monday Christin!
Wow!! I love the crunchy chips in this pasta salad, it is so perfect!