BLT Pasta Salad
BLT Pasta Salad is a creamy pasta salad full of crispy bacon pieces, tomatoes, and chopped Romaine lettuce. It's one of my favorite summer pasta salads. Goes great with burgers, hot dogs, or grilled chicken.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 12 ounces uncooked pasta cavatappi, bow ties, shells, or macaroni are all good choices
- ½ cup Ranch dressing
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1 ½ cups halved cherry tomatoes or diced fresh tomato
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions in salted water. Drain and rinse under cold water.
- In a large bowl, stir together Ranch dressing, mayonnaise, and sour cream.
- Stir in the pasta, red onion, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Just before serving, stir in Romaine and bacon.
Notes
If the pasta salad has been refrigerated for a while, the pasta may have soaked up a lot of the mayonnaise mixture. Stir in a little more mayonnaise and Ranch dressing just before serving.
Leftovers will keep for about 3 days. The lettuce will get a little soggy but it will still taste good.
Nutrition
Calories: 443kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 526mg | Potassium: 296mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 497IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg